Sue Howland, Date of Birth

Sue Howland

Australian javelin thrower

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1960

Profession: athletics competitor, javelin thrower

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sue Howland (born 4 September 1960) is an Australian javelin thrower whose best result was a gold medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.
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 1986 Commonwealth Games, but ended up third behind England's Tessa Sanderson and Fatima Whitbread.
In 1987, just prior to the Rome World Championships, Howland was ranked third in the world for her event and was a medal prospect.
However, after having been detected taking banned drugs, she was disqualified from competition for 2 years just prior to the championships.
In September 1987, Howland tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.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.