John Howard (cyclist)
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John Howard is an Olympic cyclist who set a land speed record of 152.2 miles per hour (245 km/h) on pedal bicycle on July 20, 1985 on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. He won the gold medal in the 1971 Pan-American Games road cycling race in Cali, Colombia, as a member of the U.S. Army cycling team by beating Luis Carlos Florez in a sprint finish. He is a former 4-time U.S. National Road Cycling champion (1968, 1972, 1973 and 1975) and won the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii.
| Preceded by Dave Scott |
Ironman Triathlon World Champion (Mens) 1981 |
Succeeded by Scott Tinley |
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