Florian Howald (born 20 August 1991 in Oberönz, Switzerland) is a Swiss

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competitor. At the 2016 World Orienteering Championships in

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he won a silver medal in mixed sprint relay with the Swiss team, along with Rahel Friederich, Martin Hubmann and

Judith Wyder Judith Wyder (born 25 June 1988) is a Swiss orienteering and ski orienteering competitor and runner. Her achievements include gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships and the European Orienteering Championships, both individually and ...

. In the 2016 European Championships in the

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, Howald achieved a silver medal in the individual sprint and a surprise gold medal with the second

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team, running with Baptiste Rollier and Martin Hubmann. In the

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, 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. He was part of the silver team in the Men’s Relay together with Matthias Kyburz and

Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann (born 16 April 1983 in Eschlikon, Thurgau) is a Swiss orienteering competitor. Hubmann is the most successful male Swiss orienteer of all time, with 9 Gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships. In 2023, with his victory ...

. He won the Mixed Sprint Relay together with

, Martin Hubmann and Elena Roos. 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.

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* * 1991 births Living people Swiss male orienteers Swiss foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists World Games silver medalists for Switzerland World Games medalists in orienteering Medalists at the 2017 World Games 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-orienteering-bio-stub