| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games | |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | |
| Full name | Rene William•Howell | |
| Used name | Rene•Howell | |
| Born | 19 December 1916 in West Ham, England |  GBR |
| Died | 1989 | |
| Affiliations | Polytechnic Harriers — Westminster, England | GBR |
| NOC | Great Britain | GBR |
A clerical officer in the Civil Service, Rene Howell served with the Queen’s Royal Regiment in World War II. Before the War he was a member of the Victoria Park Harriers and Tower Hamlets Athletics Club, and after the hostilities, joined Finchley, and then the Polytechnic Harriers. Howell won the mile at the first post-war Essex County Championships, and also won the Southern Counties two-mile steeplechase title. Representing Surrey, he won the steeplechase at the 1947 Inter-County Championships, and also made his Great Britain début against France that year. Howell never won a AAAs title, but was third in the steeplechase in both 1948 and 1951,
Personal Best: 3000S - 9:33.8 (1947).
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 Summer Olympics | Athletics | GBR |
Rene Howell | |||
| Steeplechase, Men (Olympic) | 7 h3 r1/2 |
