Florian Howald

{{short description|Swiss orienteering competitor}}

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| caption = Sprint medalists at the 2011 Junior World Championships (Howald with bronze medal)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|8|20|df=y}}

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| sport = Orienteering

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{{MedalSport | Men's orienteering }}

{{MedalCountry| {{SUI}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2016 Strömstad | Mixed sprint relay }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Tartu | Mixed sprint relay }}

{{MedalBronze | 2018 Latvia | Middle }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 2017 Wrocław | Middle }}

{{MedalSilver | 2017 Wrocław | Relay }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2016 Jeseník | Relay }}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Jeseník | Sprint }}

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Florian Howald (born 20 August 1991 in Oberönz, Switzerland) is a Swiss orienteering competitor.{{cite web|title=Florian Howald |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Athletes/Details/10810 |website=eventor.orienteering.org |accessdate=10 September 2016}} 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.{{cite web|title=Official results for Sprint Relay |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=5357&groupBy=EventClass |website=eventor.orienteering.org |date=21 August 2016 |accessdate=10 September 2016}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://runners.worldofo.com/florianhowald.html|title = Florian Howald|website=runners.worldofo.com}}

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.{{cite web |title=Doppelsieg für die Männer, Premiere für Simona Aebersold |url=https://www.swiss-orienteering.ch/de/news/ol/1404-eoc2018-doppelsieg-fuer-die-maenner-premiere-fuer-simona-aebersold.html |website=swiss orienteering |access-date=18 August 2024 |language=de}} He was part of the silver team in the Men’s Relay together with Matthias Kyburz and Daniel Hubmann.{{cite web |title=Silber für die Schweizer Männerstaffel |url=https://www.swiss-orienteering.ch/de/news/ol/1407-silber-fuer-die-schweizer-maennerstaffel.html |website=swiss orienteering |access-date=18 August 2024 |language=de}} He won the Mixed Sprint Relay together with Judith Wyder, Martin Hubmann and Elena Roos.{{cite web |title=Schweizer Sprintstaffel dominiert von A bis Z |url=https://www.swiss-orienteering.ch/de/news/ol/1406-schweizer-sprintstaffel-dominiert-von-a-bis-z.html |website=swiss orienteering |access-date=18 August 2024 |language=de}}

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.{{cite web |title=Florian Howald - Über mich |url=https://www.florianhowald.ch/uber-mich |access-date=18 August 2024 |language=de}}