Steve Omischl (born November 16, 1978) is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
freestyle skier
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.
Career
Omischl was born in
North Bay, Ontario
North Bay is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is the seat of Nipissing District, Ontario, Nipissing District, and takes its name from its position on the shore of Lake Nipissing. North Bay developed as a railroad centre, and its airpo ...
. Omischl competes in
aerials, and made his
World Cup
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debut in December 1999, finishing with a silver medal at an event in
Blackcomb. Omischl earned five more podiums on the World Cup circuit before winning his first event in mid-2002.
Along with a fellow olympian
Jeff Bean
Jeff Bean (born January 11, 1977) is a Canadian freestyle skier.
Bean competes in aerials, and made his World Cup debut in January 1996, and made his first World Cup podium later that season, finishing third in Kirchberg. One year later, Kirch ...
, he participated in an episode of the hit show Mantracker where he defeated Terry Grant in the nerve-wracking chase.
Over his career thus far, Omischl has placed on the podium at 40 World Cup events, and claimed 20 titles. He has won four overall World Cup titles, finishing atop the aerials standings in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009. He has won four medals at the
World Championships
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
. His lone gold came in
2005
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, and most recently won a silver medal in
2009
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.
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Omischl has competed in three Olympic Games. In ]2002
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, he placed 4th in the qualifying but ended up 11th in the final.2010 Winter Olympics
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, closing = February 28, 2010
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in Vancouver.
World Cup podiums
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References
External links
FIS profile
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1978 births
Living people
Olympic freestyle skiers for Canada
Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Canadian male freestyle skiers
Sportspeople from North Bay, Ontario