Florian Howald (born 20 August 1991) 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 Martin Hubmann (born 14 May 1989) is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion and European champion. He was a member of the relay team that won gold medals at the 2012 European Orienteering Championships in Falun. He won a gold medal in th ...

and Judith Wyder. In the

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, Howald won another medal in the Mixed Sprint Relay, this time a Bronze with

Elena Roos Elena Roos (born 1991) is a female orienteering competitor who runs for Switzerland. She won her first World Championship medal at the 2017 World Orienteering Championships, receiving a bronze in the Mixed Sprint Relay along with Sabine Hauswirt ...

and

Sabine Hauswirth Sabine Hauswirth (born 8 December 1987) is a Swiss orienteering competitor. She won a gold medal in the relay in the 2014 World Orienteering Championships in Asiago-Lavarone Lavarone (Cimbrian: ''Lavròu''; in local dialect ''Lavarón'') is a ...

, behind the

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and

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teams. In the 2016 European Championships in the

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, Howald achieved a Silver in the Individual Sprint and a surprise gold medal with the second

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team, running with Baptiste Rollier and

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