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National team | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Braunschweig, West Germany[1] | 12 April 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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]