Roland Fischnaller (snowboarder)

Roland Fischnaller
nation	Italy
birthday	19th September 1980 (age 39)
place of birth	Bressanone , Italy
size	186 cm
Weight	85 kg
Career
discipline	Parallel slalom, parallel giant slalom
society	SC Funes-Villnöß, CS Esercito
Trainer	Erich Pramsohler
National squad	since 1997
status	active
Medal table
World championships 1 × 2 × 2 ×
Snowboard world championships bronze 2011 La Molina Parallel giant slalom silver 2013 Stoneham Parallel giant slalom bronze 2013 Stoneham Parallel slalom gold 2015 Kreischberg Parallel slalom silver 2019 Park City Parallel slalom
Placements
World cup
Debut in the World Cup March 1, 1997  World Cup victories 18th  Parallel World Cup 1. ( 2019/20 )  PGS World Cup 2. ( 2012/13 , 2019/20)  PSL World Cup 1. (2012/13, 2015/16 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Parallel 18th 15th 8th
last change: April 11, 2020

Roland Fischnaller (born September 19, 1980 in Brixen , South Tyrol ) is an Italian snowboarder and five-time Olympian (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018). He lives and lives in St. Peter in Villnöß .

Life

Fischnaller grew up in Villnöß and made his first attempts at snowboarding at the Fillerlift in Villnößtal when he was 10 years old . The trained carpenter is now a member of the Italian Army Sports Group and in his spare time is an enthusiastic mountaineer and member of the Villnöß mountain rescue service.

Athletic career

Fischnaller made his debut in the World Cup in 1997 . Fischnaller has been part of Sigi Grabner's SG Pro Team since 2007 . His greatest World Cup successes to date were the first places in the parallel slalom in Limone Piemonte (Italy) in December 2010 and in Moscow in March 2011, as well as four second places in the parallel slalom and three further second places in the parallel giant slalom.

So far he has participated in three Olympic Games ( Salt Lake City 2002 , Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010 ) and is now multiple Italian champion in various snowboard disciplines. He has been taking part in world championships since 2001.

In the parallel giant slalom he won the silver medal and bronze in the parallel slalom at the 2013 Snowboard World Championships in Stoneham (Canada) .

In 2015 he became FIS world champion in parallel slalom in Kreischberg.

At the 2017 Snowboard World Championships , he finished ninth in the parallel slalom.

In 2018 he competed for the fifth time at the Winter Olympics and on February 24th in Pyeongchang he finished seventh in the parallel giant slalom.

Awards

• South Tyrol's Sportsman of the Year 2011

successes

Olympic games

• Salt Lake City 2002 : 19th parallel giant slalom
• Turin 2006 : 13th parallel giant slalom
• Vancouver 2010 : 18th parallel giant slalom
• Sochi 2014 : 8th parallel giant slalom
• Pyeongchang 2018 : 7th parallel giant slalom

World championships

• Madonna di Campiglio 2001 : 14th parallel giant slalom, 32nd parallel slalom
• Kreischberg 2003 : 24th parallel slalom
• Whistler 2005 : 19th parallel slalom, 39th parallel giant slalom
• Arosa 2007 : 6th parallel slalom, 15th parallel giant slalom
• Gangwon 2009 : 15th parallel slalom, 19th parallel giant slalom
• La Molina 2011 : 3rd parallel giant slalom, 5th parallel slalom
• Stoneham 2013 : 2nd parallel giant slalom , 3rd parallel slalom
• 2015 Kreischberg : 1st parallel slalom

FIS Snowboard World Cup

• 29 podium finishes:

date	place	country	discipline	placement
03/06/2016	Winterberg	Germany	Parallel slalom	2
01/30/2016	Moscow	Russia	Parallel slalom	1
12/19/2015	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	Parallel slalom	2
03/14/2015	Winterberg	Germany	Parallel GS	1
02/08/2013	Rogla	Slovenia	Parallel GS	2
01/12/2013	Bad Gastein	Austria	Parallel slalom	2
11/01/2013	Bad Gastein	Austria	Parallel slalom	2
03/17/2012	Valmalenco	Italy	Parallel GS	1
03/03/2012	Moscow	Russia	Parallel slalom	1
January 15, 2012	Bad Gastein	Austria	Parallel slalom	1
13/01/2012	Jauerling	Austria	Parallel slalom	3
December 21, 2011	Karerpass	Italy	Parallel GS	1
October 13, 2011	Landgraaf	Netherlands	Parallel slalom	1
03/27/2011	Arosa	Switzerland	Parallel GS	2
05.03.2011	Moscow	Russia	Parallel slalom	1
12/11/2010	Lime Piemonte	Italy	Parallel slalom	1
10/10/2010	Landgraaf	Netherlands	Parallel slalom	2
03/06/2010	Moscow	Russia	Parallel slalom	3
December 21, 2008	Arosa	Switzerland	Parallel slalom	2
03/15/2008	Valmalenco	Italy	Parallel GS	2
02/24/2008	Gujō	Japan	Parallel GS	2
03/03/2006	St. Petersburg	Russia	Parallel slalom	2
03/01/2006	Shukolovo	Russia	Parallel slalom	3
10/19/2003	Soelden	Austria	Parallel slalom	2
02/09/2001	Berchtesgaden	Germany	Parallel slalom	3

Italian champion snowboard

• Italian champion in parallel GS 2006 and 2008
• Italian champion in giant slalom 2007
• Italian champion in parallel slalom in 2002 , 2004 and 2008

Web links

Commons : Roland Fischnaller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• SG Pro Team
• Roland Fischnaller in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
• Roland Fischnaller ( Memento from April 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) at the Italian Winter Sports Association (Italian)
• Roland Fischnaller in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Roland Fischnaller is world champion
2. ↑ Carolina Kostner and Roland Fischnaller are the "Sportsmen of the Year": Sport News Südtirol