Omar Visintin (born 22 October 1989) is an Italian

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, specializing in

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, for which he won a silver and a bronze medal for at the Beijing 2022

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. Visintin competed at the

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for Italy. In the

, he finished 2nd in his 1/8 round race, then 2nd in his quarterfinal. However, he did not finish his semifinal and did not start the small final, finishing 12th overall. As of September 2014, his best showing at the

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is 22nd, in the

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snowboard cross. Visintin made his

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debut in March 2008. As of September 2014, he has two World Cup victories, the first coming at

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. Visintin was the 2013–14 World Cup overall winner in snowboard cross. Visintin competed in the

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in Beijing, where he earned a bronze medal in the men's snowboard cross.

World Cup Podiums

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* * * * * 1989 births Living people Olympic snowboarders for Italy Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in snowboarding Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Sportspeople from Merano Italian male snowboarders X Games competitors Winter World University Games medalists in snowboarding FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-snowboarding-bio-stub