Lida Howell

Lida Howell
Medal record
Women's archery
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Double national round
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Double Columbia round
Gold medal – first place 1904 St. Louis Team round

Matilda "Lida" Scott Howell (August 28, 1859 – December 20, 1938) was an American archer who competed in the early twentieth century. She won three gold medals in Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics in Missouri in the double national and Columbia rounds and for the US team.[1][2]She was 45 when she won the medals, not 71.

  1. ^ "Matilda "Lida" Howell profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  2. ^ "Matilda Howell". Olympedia. Retrieved January 4, 2021.