Florian Howald (born 20 August 1991 in Oberönz, Switzerland) is a Swiss orienteering competitor.[1] At the 2016 World Orienteering Championships in Strömstad he won a silver medal in mixed sprint relay with the Swiss team, along with Rahel Friederich, Martin Hubmann and Judith Wyder.[2]
 Sprint medalists at the 2011 Junior World Championships (Howald with bronze medal) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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In the 2016 European Championships in the Czech Republic, Howald achieved a silver medal in the individual sprint and a surprise gold medal with the second Switzerland team, running with Baptiste Rollier and Martin Hubmann.[3]
In the 2017 World Orienteering Championships, Howald won another medal in the mixed sprint relay, this time a bronze with Elena Roos, Martin Hubmann and Sabine Hauswirth, behind the Danish and Swedish teams.
At the 2018 European Championships in Ticino, Switzerland, he won silver in the Middle Distance.[4] He was part of the silver team in the Men’s Relay together with Matthias Kyburz and Daniel Hubmann.[5] He won the Mixed Sprint Relay together with Judith Wyder, Martin Hubmann and Elena Roos.[6]
At the 2018 World Orienteering Championships in Latvia, he won silver in the Men’s Relay, bronze in the Mixed Sprint Relay and also bronze over the Middle Distance.
He works as an environmental engineer at the engineering company EBP.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Florian Howald". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Official results for Sprint Relay". eventor.orienteering.org. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Florian Howald". runners.worldofo.com.
- ^ "Doppelsieg für die Männer, Premiere für Simona Aebersold". swiss orienteering (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "Silber für die Schweizer Männerstaffel". swiss orienteering (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "Schweizer Sprintstaffel dominiert von A bis Z". swiss orienteering (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "Florian Howald - Über mich" (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2024.
External links
edit- Florian Howald at the International Orienteering Federation
- Florian Howald at World of O
