Florian Floto

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Florian Floto
Personal information
National team2016
Born (1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 (age 35)
Braunschweig, West Germany [1]
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Sport Archery
Rank194 at World Archery Rankings (March 2016)
Event Recurve
Medal record
Men's recurve archery
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Ankara Team
European Outdoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Rovereto Team
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Torino Team
Updated on 30 July 2016.

Florian Floto (born 12 April 1988) is a German male recurve archer from Braunschweig and part of the German national team. [2] [3]

He has competed internationally since the 2008 European Indoor Championships in Turin. There, he finished in 6th place individually and won the silver medal with the German team. [1] In 2010, Floto won Gold with the German team at the European Championships in Rovereto, in the individual competition he finished in fourth place. [2]

He won the gold medal at the 2016 World Indoor Archery Championships in the men's team event [4] and represented Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where he finished in 9th place. [5] [6] In Rio, Floto lost 4–6 in the round of 16 against eventual gold medalist Ku Bon-chan. [7]

Floto represents the Braunschweig-based Schützenverein Querum in domestic competitions, and has won several German championship titles with the club, both in individual and team events. He is an electrician by profession. [2]

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References

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