Andrew Howe

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Medal record
Men's athletics
European Championships
Gold	2006 Gothenburg	Long jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold	2007 Birmingham	Long jump

Andrew Howe Besozzi (born 12 May 1985 in Los Angeles, United States) is an Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships.

Born to Renée Fedler, U.S. hurdler, and Andrew Howe Sr., a footballer of German descent, he moved in Rieti, Italy, in 1990 together with his mother, after she married to an Italian man, Ugo Besozzi.

His international breakthrough came at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, where he finished third. Later the same year he won the gold medal at the European Championships.

In the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, he won gold with a fifth round leap of 8.30, after trailing Greek competitor, and eventual silver medallist, Loúis Tsátoumas in the first four jumps.

Andrew Howe is a fan of Rome football club Lazio.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
2001	World Youth Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	3rd	Long jump
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st	Long jump
	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st	200 metres
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	Long jump
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	Long jump
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	1st	Long jump