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Howard, Chaunte

The Short List
  • Qualified for the 2004 Olympic Team by finishing 2nd at the Olympic Trials
  • 2004 Indoor & Outdoor NCAA National Champion in High Jump at Georgia Tech
  • Four-time ACC Champion & All-American in high jump
Did You Know?
  • Seven-time prep national champion at J.W. North High School
  • Indoor and outdoor national champion in the high jump in 2001 and ’02
  • Led high school team to 1999, 2000 and ’02 California state titles, as well as 2001 national crown
  • Member of the National Honor Society
  • Served as church youth department secretary during high school
It's Every Day

"She's been jumping since she was in the crib," says her grandmother Beatrice Jackson. "You ever have a child that you're talking to and she's bouncing up and down like a ball? That was her at five years old. She jumped rather than walked."



Born: 12-Jan-84
Hometown: Riverside, Calif.
Resides: Atlanta, Ga.
Sport: Track and Field
Event: High Jump

 
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