Roland Fischnaller (snowboarder)
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nation | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||
birthday | 19th September 1980 (age 39) | ||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Bressanone , Italy | ||||||||||||||||||
size | 186 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Parallel slalom, parallel giant slalom | ||||||||||||||||||
society | SC Funes-Villnöß, CS Esercito | ||||||||||||||||||
Trainer | Erich Pramsohler | ||||||||||||||||||
National squad | since 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||
status | active | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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
- 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
- ↑ Roland Fischnaller is world champion
- ↑ Carolina Kostner and Roland Fischnaller are the "Sportsmen of the Year": Sport News Südtirol
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fischnaller, Roland |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian snowboarder |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brixen , South Tyrol |