Omar Visintin (born 22 October 1989) is an Italian

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, specializing in snowboard cross, for which he won a silver and a bronze medal for at the

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. Visintin competed at the

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for Italy. In the snowboard cross, 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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in 2012–13. Visintin was the 2013–14 World Cup overall winner in snowboard cross. Visintin competed in the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

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

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* * * * * 1989 births Living people Olympic snowboarders of 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 athletes Universiade medalists in snowboarding Universiade silver medalists for Italy Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-snowboarding-bio-stub