Florian Howald

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Florian Howald
File:JWOC2011 sprint medalists.jpg
Sprint medalists at the 2011 Junior World Championships (Howald with bronze medal)
Personal information
Born (1991-08-20) 20 August 1991 (age 34)
Sport
SportOrienteering
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Strömstad Mixed sprint relay
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tartu Mixed sprint relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Latvia Middle
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Wrocław Middle
Silver medal – second place 2017 Wrocław Relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Jeseník Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Jeseník Sprint

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]

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]

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