Steve Omischl

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Steve Omischl Freestyle skiing
Steve Omischl.jpg
nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday November 16, 1978
place of birth North Bay
size 172 cm
Weight 70 kg
Career
discipline Aerials
status active
Medal table
World championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 2 × bronze
FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships
bronze Deer Valley 2003 Aerials
gold Ruka 2005 Aerials
bronze Madonna di Campiglio 2007 Aerials
silver Inawashiro 2009 Aerials
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup 4th December 1999
 World Cup victories 20th
 Overall World Cup 1. (2003/04, 2007/08)
 Aerials World Cup 1. (2003/04, 2006/07,
2007/08, 2008/09)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Aerials 20th 11 9
last change: March 20, 2010

Steve Omischl (born November 16, 1978 in North Bay , Ontario ) is a Canadian freestyle skier . He specializes in the aerials (jumping) discipline. As a world champion and two-time overall World Cup winner, he is one of the world's most successful athletes.

Career

Omischl started freestyle jumping at the age of 15. He made his debut in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup on December 4, 1999 in Whistler , where he immediately jumped to second place. With four more top 10 results in the 1999/2000 season, he established himself at the top of the world and received the Rookie of the Year award from the FIS World Ski Association . In the 2000/01 season he reached several podiums, but a win was missing, as well as in the 2001/02 season. He finished the 2001 World Cup in seventh and the 2002 Winter Olympics in eleventh. On September 8, 2002, Omischl achieved his first victory in a World Cup competition in Mount Buller, Australia , another victory followed at the end of the 2002/03 season, which was enough for 2nd place in the discipline ranking. At the 2003 World Championships in Deer Valley , he won a bronze medal.

Omischl dominated the 2003/04 season almost at will: he won six of twelve World Cup competitions and came second three times. With that he not only won the discipline ranking, but also became the overall World Cup winner. In the 2004/05 season Omischl was able to win a world cup competition, and he also won the gold medal at the 2005 World Championships in Ruka . At the Canadian Championships this year he was the first athlete in the world to perform a triple backflip with four screws (full-full-double full).

At the 2006 Winter Olympics , Omischl could not withstand the high pressure of expectations; in the qualification he was only 20th and thus clearly missed the final of the top twelve. Ten days later, he rehabilitated with another World Cup victory. He achieved two more World Cup victories in the 2006/07 season, which in turn was enough for victory in the discipline classification. In addition, he won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Cup in Madonna di Campiglio . Like four years before, Omischl was hard to beat in the 2007/08 season. He won six of the nine World Cup competitions, and came second and third. As a result, he secured the discipline ranking and the overall World Cup by a large margin.

In the 2008/09 season Omischl was able to win two World Cup competitions, at the 2009 World Cup in Inawashiro he had to admit defeat to the American Ryan St. Onge and won the silver medal.

Omischl is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right To Play .

successes

Olympic games

World championships

World Cup ratings

World Cup victories

Omischl has achieved 40 podium places so far, including 20 victories:

date place country
September 8, 2002 Mount Buller Australia
March 2, 2003 Špindlerův Mlýn Czech Republic
September 6, 2003 Mount Buller Australia
September 7, 2003 Mount Buller Australia
January 16, 2004 Lake Placid United States
January 18, 2004 Lake Placid United States
February 15, 2004 Harbin China
March 10, 2004 Sauze d'Oulx Italy
February 19, 2005 Sauze d'Oulx Italy
March 3, 2006 Davos Switzerland
December 10, 2006 Beida Lake China
February 25, 2007 apex Canada
December 21, 2007 Lianhua China
January 19, 2008 Lake Placid United States
January 27, 2008 Mont Gabriel Canada
February 10, 2008 Cypress Mountain Canada
March 1, 2008 Moscow Russia
March 7, 2008 Davos Switzerland
January 25, 2009 Mont Gabriel Canada
February 6, 2009 Cypress Mountain Canada

More Achievements

  • 5 Canadian championship titles (2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • 1 win in the Nor-Am-Cup
  • 1 podium in the European Cup

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personal data
SURNAME Omischl, Steve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian freestyle skier
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH North Bay , Ontario