| Florian Howald | |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 1991 |
| Sport: | Orienteering |
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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 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]