Nevin Galmarini (born 4 December 1986) is a Swiss

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er and Olympic Champion. In February 2018, Nevin Galmarini won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in

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in the Parallel giant slalom. In 2009, he won the Swiss nationalships and became the Swiss champion in parallel

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. He competed in the parallel

for Switzerland during the

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games in

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, British Columbia, Canada and in the 2014 Winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia where he won the silver medal. He currently resides in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

2009/2010 Season highlights

*Top ten classification in the World Cup list *Swiss national champion in

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*Selection for the FIS Snowboarding World Championships *Bronze medalist in PGS at the Nor-Am Cup in Copper Mountain (Colorado) *Competing PGS in the 2010 Winter Olympics

Career highlights

*Fourth in PGS at the 2010 World Cup, in

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, Germany *Seventh in PGS at the 2009 World Cup, in Kreischberg, Germany. *Silver and Bronze medalist at the 2009 Europa Cup, in Nova Levante-Carezza, Italy *Bronze medalist at the 2009 Nor-Am Cup 2009 in Copper Mountain (Colorado) *Gold medalist at the 2018 Winter Olympics in

External links

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Results from the official FIS Website
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