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Joshua Andrew Howard

Personal information
Birth name	Joshua Andrew Howard
National team	Great Britain
Born	18 1998/12/30 Manchester, United Kingdom
Education	Loreto College
Occupation	Professional Athlete
Years active	2010 - Present
Employer	British Athletics
Agent	James Reed
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Athletics
Disability	Cerebral Palsy
Disability class	T38
Rank	British No1
Track	Long Jump
Club	Sale Harriers
Coached by	Kieth Hunter
Achievements and titles
Regional finals	European 3rd 2016
National finals	National Champion
Highest world ranking	5th World
Personal best	5.65m

Joshua Andrew Howard (born 30 December 1998) is a Professional Para athlete from Stockport, England. He competes in the Long Jump in the T38 classification and represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer IPC European Championships. in Grosseto, Italy

Personal History

Joshua Andrew Howard was born in Stockport, in 1998, He was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at birth, due to a lack of oxygen causing brain damage. He attended St. Mary's Primary School. In his home town of Reddish, where he grew up as a child. Joshua was born to parents Gary Howard and Yvonne Howard, after leaving Primary Education, Joshua went on to study at Reddish Vale High School and then processing on to Loreto College. Where he studied Media Studies as well as Film Studies.Athletics was not the only sport Howard took part in. Basketball was also one of Howard's favourite sports and at the age of 8 he Join his local team "TV Sharks". When Joshua was born his parents were told that he would not be able to live the life of a normal child, That encouraged them to push their son to the limits and always ensure he was staying active and healthy. Like many children, Joshua had to undergo speech therapy to strengthen his speech and also had eye sight issues causing him to have to wear an eye patch for most of his younger years.