Fiat has always played a leading role in the world of sport and it has now taken on board an exceptional new testimonial: Andrew Howe. The current European long-jump champion collected a sparkling new Fiat Punto this week at the Mirafiori Motor Village, after signing an agreement with the carmaker. The agreement between Fiat and Andrew will last one year, and envisages a basic contract, prizes and special incentives in the event of important sporting success, plus advertising campaigns featuring the Los Angeles born athlete.

Andrew Howe has become a Fiat testimonial not only for his unquestioned sporting qualities, which won him the very important European long jump title in August, but also for his image, which matches that of the Fiat brand perfectly. Howe is an eclectic athlete, who excels not only in the long jump discipline (he holds a personal best of 8.41 metres), but also in the 100 metres (personal best 10.27 sec.), the 200 metres (p.b. 20.28) and the 400 metres (p.b. 46.03). He came to attention by claiming third place in the long jump at the World Youth Championships at Debrecen in Hungary in 2001.