Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Judith Ann "Judy"•Howe (Hult-) |
Used name | Judy•Howe |
Born | 25 June 1935 in Shippingport, Pennsylvania (USA) |
Measurements | 162 cm / 55 kg |
Affiliations | Rochester Central Turners |
NOC | ![]() |
Judy Howe competed for the Rochester Central Turners. After making the 1956 US Olympic team, Howe was injured in practice the day before the competition started, injuring her back and wrist. She competed despite this, and was able to finish all her events. Howe was married at the time of the 1956 Olympics and raised three children, but she also worked as a gymnastics coach at the Mt. Lebanon Gymnastics Center near Pittsburgh. She was later made a charter member of the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1956 Summer Olympics | Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) | ![]() |
Judy Howe | |||
Individual All-Around, Women (Olympic) | 58 | |||||
Team All-Around, Women (Olympic) | United States | 9 | ||||
Team Portable Apparatus, Women (Olympic) | United States | 9 | ||||
Floor Exercise, Women (Olympic) | 60 | |||||
Horse Vault, Women (Olympic) | 59 | |||||
Uneven Bars, Women (Olympic) | =52 | |||||
Balance Beam, Women (Olympic) | =52 |