 Howard at the 2024 United States Olympic trials | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Marisa Vander Malle | ||||||||||||||
| Born | August 10, 1992 Pasco, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Boise, Idaho, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Pasco High School (Washington) | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Boise State University | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 3000 metres steeplechase | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2015 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marisa Howard (/məˈrɪsə/ mə-RISS-ə; née Marisa Vander Malle, born August 10, 1992)[1][2] is an American athlete who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In 2024, Howard qualified for the Olympic Games in Paris by placing third at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 3000 meters steeplechase. [3] During the 2024 Paris Olympics, Howard placed seventh in the Round 1, Heat 3 with a time of 9:24.78. [4]
Representing Team USA, Howard placed 4th in 3000 m steeplechase at the 2023 Pan American Games[5] and she won the silver medal in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[6][7][8]
- ^ "HOWARD Marisa". Olympics.com. 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "Marisa Howard". Team USA. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021.
- ^ "Results". results.usatf.org. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1 Results". olympics.com. August 3, 2024. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
- ^ Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase results
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (August 11, 2019). "Throwing events headline Lima 2019 athletics with Berry protest and Peters record". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ Morrow, Jeff (August 22, 2019). "This Pasco grad is chasing Tokyo gold. She's already won a silver this summer". Tri-City Herald. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.