Florian Floto
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| National team | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
12 April 1988 Braunschweig, West Germany[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Braunschweig, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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(s) | 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
- 1 2 Florian Floto at deutsche-olympiamannschaft.de.
- 1 2 3 Florian Floto at the website of the German Shooting and Archery Federation.
- ↑ "2016 World Indoor Archery Championships: Entries" (PDF). ianseo.net. 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.
- ↑ "Archery: Individual Competition men". Olympic.org.
- ↑ "Bogenschießen: Floto im Achtelfinale ausgeschieden" (in German). Die Zeit. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
