Florian Howald

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Athlete profile: Florian Howald

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Florian Howald's strongest discipline is the Sprint discipline where he has several international top results. 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. Earlier in 2016 he took silver medal at the European Championships Sprint in Jesenik, Czech Republic. At the same championship Howald was also part of the Swiss second team's surprise victory in the (forest) relay. Howald ran the first leg with Baptiste Rollier and Martin Hubmann on the other legs.

Country	Switzerland
WoO Ranking	Overall: 31, Sprint: 33, Middle: 16, Long: 55
World Ranking	Middle/Long 24 / Sprint 58 (as of 22/2/2025)
Club	OLG Herzogenbuchsee
Born year	1991
Lives	Zürich (SUI)
Webpage	http://florianhowald.ch
Twitter	@flohowald

World Orienteering Championships (WOC)

3 silver medals

2018, Relay, Riga, Latvia
2018, MixedRelay, Riga, Latvia
2016, MixedRelay, Stromstad, Sweden

3 bronze medals

2021, Relay, Doksy, Czech Republic
2018, Middle, Riga, Latvia
2017, MixedRelay, Tartu, Estonia

Best for each discipline:

Long: 7. place 2021, Doksy, Czech Republic
Middle: Bronze 2018, Riga, Latvia
Sprint: 6. place 2021, Doksy, Czech Republic
Relay: Silver 2018, Riga, Latvia
MixedRelay: Silver last time 2018, Riga, Latvia

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Overall World Cup (WC Overall)

Best result 9. place:

WC Overall 2016

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European Orienteering Championships (EOC)

2 gold medals

2018, MixedRelay, Tessin, Switzerland
2016, Relay, Jesenik, Czech Republic

2 silver medals

2018, Relay, Tessin, Switzerland
2018, Middle, Tessin, Switzerland

2 bronze medals

2022, Relay, Rakvere, Estonia
2016, Sprint, Jesenik, Czech Republic

Best for each discipline:

Middle: Silver 2018, Tessin, Switzerland
Sprint: Bronze 2016, Jesenik, Czech Republic
Relay: Gold 2016, Jesenik, Czech Republic
MixedRelay: Gold 2018, Tessin, Switzerland
KO-Sprint: 19. place 2021, Neuchatel, Switzerland

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World Cup (WC)

2. place: 2 times

2018, WC no. 2, Tessin, SUI, Middle, EOC
2014, WC no. 13, Switzerland, Middle

3. place: 2 times

2018, WC no. 5, Riga, LAT, Middle, WOC
2016, WC no. 3, Jesenic, CZE, Sprint, EOC

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Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC)

3. place: Once

2011, Sprint, Rumia - Wejherowo, Poland

Best for each discipline:

Long: 4. place 2011, Rumia - Wejherowo, Poland
Middle: 5. place 2011, Rumia - Wejherowo, Poland
Sprint: 3. place 2011, Rumia - Wejherowo, Poland
Relay: 4. place 2010, Ålborg, Denmark

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EYOC (EYOC)

Note that some EYOC results may be missing.

Best result 5. place:

2008, Long, Solothurn, Switzerland

Best for each discipline:

Long: 5. place 2008, Solothurn, Switzerland
Sprint: 20. place 2008, Solothurn, Switzerland

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Other international results

Relays:
2011: Jukola 2011, 12. place (5. leg, Out: 14. place, In: 15. place, Tampereen Pyrintö)
2010: Jukola 2010, 11. place (4. leg, Out: 2. place, In: 14. place, Tampereen Pyrintö)

IOF World Ranking:
World Ranking position: Middle/Long 24 / Sprint 58 (as of 22/2/2025)
See also all IOF WRE results for Florian Howald including updated WR position

Florian Howald is found under the following names:
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