Florian Floto
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| National team | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 April 1988 Braunschweig, West Germany[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 194 at World Archery Rankings (March 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Recurve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
[edit]- ^ a b "Florian Floto". Deutsche-Olympiamannschaft.de (in German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ^ a b c "Florian Floto". DSB.de. Deutscher Schützenbund. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14.
- ^ "2016 World Indoor Archery Championships: Entries" (PDF). ianseo.net. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Bogenschießen: WM-Titel für Unruh und Männer-Mannschaft" (in German). Focus. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "2016 Rio Olympic Games Recurve Men: Ranking". World Archery Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
- ^ "Archery: Individual Competition men". Olympic.org.
- ^ "Bogenschießen: Floto im Achtelfinale ausgeschieden" (in German). Die Zeit. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
External links
[edit]- Florian Floto at World Archery
- Florian Floto at Olympics.com
- Florian Floto at Team Deutschland (in German)
- Florian Floto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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