Florian Floto

Florian Floto
Personal information
National team2016
Born (1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 (age 36)
Braunschweig, West Germany[1]
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
Country Germany
SportArchery
Rank194 at World Archery Rankings (March 2016)
EventRecurve
Medal record
Men's recurve archery
Representing  Germany
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Ankara Team
European Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Rovereto Team
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Florian Floto". Deutsche-Olympiamannschaft.de (in German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  2. ^ a b c "Florian Floto". DSB.de. Deutscher Schützenbund. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14.
  3. ^ "2016 World Indoor Archery Championships: Entries" (PDF). ianseo.net. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Bogenschießen: WM-Titel für Unruh und Männer-Mannschaft" (in German). Focus. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  5. ^ "2016 Rio Olympic Games Recurve Men: Ranking". World Archery Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  6. ^ "Archery: Individual Competition men". Olympic.org.
  7. ^ "Bogenschießen: Floto im Achtelfinale ausgeschieden" (in German). Die Zeit. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.


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