Sue Howland
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 9 April 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sue Howland (born 4 September 1960) is an Australian javelin thrower whose best result was a gold medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.[1] Howland won the Australian Junior (under 20) Javelin throw in 1977 and 1978. Her international career began in 1981 with the Pacific Conference Games and continued to the 1992 IAAF World Cup.
She tried to retain her title at the
After serving a two-year disqualification for using performance-enhancing drugs, Howland returned to competition in 1989 and in 1990 she won the silver medal in the 1990 Commonwealth Games javelin throw.
Howland's career personal best was a throw of 69.80 metres in 1986.[5]
Role in doping in Australia
Howland has been credited with being one of a select few Australian athletes who openly admitted to using drugs and explaining the culture of drug use in the sport. Howland and another former
The Senate report (known as the "Black" report after Senator John Black) found that Maurie Plant had asked Jane Flemming to provide a urine sample to substitute for Sue Howland's sample for a drug test.[9]
References
- ^ "Suzanne 'Sue' Howland". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Drugs in Sport". Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2015. "Channel 9 Sunday program"
- ^ The Associated Press, "Woman javelin thrower Tests positive for steroids" Archived 6 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Gainesville Sun, 3 September 1987
- ^ "Sue Howland athlete profile". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-86840-582-7.
- ISBN 978-0-86840-582-7.
- ^ "Drugs in Sport". Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2015. "Channel 9 Sunday program"
- ^ Australian Parliament Senate Committee, "Jane Flemming asked to provide a substitute urine sample for Sue Howland" Archived 26 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine, The Black Report page 22, May1989