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Cyclist John Howard is in MO top 100 athletes for 2003

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Thu, 01/08/2004 - 12:30am
MOSports.com has a nice profile of John Howard, who is #15 on their list of the top 100 MO athletes of 2003:
Springfield native John Howard has been a member of three Olympic cycling teams and represented the United States for 12 years as a member of the national team. In his 30-year career as a cyclist, he has won 12 national championships in 3 separate categories: road racing, cyclo- cross and off-road mountain bike racing. John won a gold medal at the Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia in 1971, becoming America’s first international road racing champion. He held the world land speed record of 152 mph for 11 years, and still holds the world 24-hour endurance record of 539 miles.
The 152 mph record is with motor pacing, by the way (makes those of us who have a hard time maintaining 15 MPH on level ground feel better . . . )
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