Oskar Kwiatkowski (born 25 April 1996) is a Polish

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic ...

. He made his international debut in 2012 in

Kreischberg Kreischberg is an Austrian ski resort in Styria, Austria. The area includes the adjacent Rosenkranzhöhe and offers 40 kilometres of slopes altogether. In December 2013, Kreischberg was considered the first 10-seater gondola in Styria. In recent ye ...

. In 2013, he won silver medal in the parallel giant slalom at the

European Youth Olympic Winter Festival The European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) is a biennial multi-sport event for youth (14 to 18 years old) athletes from the 50 member countries of the association of European Olympic Committees. The festival has a summer edition, held for the fir ...

Predeal Predeal (; hu, Predeál) is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. Predeal, a mountain resort town, is the highest town in Romania. It is located in the Prahova Valley at an elevation of over . The town administers three villages ...

, Romania. In 2015, he finished 5th at the FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships in Yabuli, China. He competed in the 2017

FIS Snowboard World Championships The FIS Snowboarding World Championships is the world championship organized by the FIS for Snowboarding. It was first held in 1996 and is now held every odd year. The championship events include Big air, Half-pipe, Parallel giant slalom, Parallel ...

, and in the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

, in

parallel giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up the ...

. He claimed 13th place in the parallel giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. In February 2023, he won a gold medal at the Snowboarding World Championships in

Bakuriani Bakuriani ( ka, ბაკურიანი) is a daba and a ski resort in the Borjomi district of Georgia. It is located on the northern slope of the Trialeti Range, at an elevation of 1,700 meters (5,576 feet) above sea level. Geography The ...

, Georgia, in the parallel giant slalom, becoming the first Pole ever to win a world championship in alpine snowboarding.

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* 1996 births Living people Polish male snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Poland Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Zakopane FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland FISU World University Games silver medalists for Poland Universiade medalists in snowboarding Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade 21st-century Polish people {{Poland-snowboarding-bio-stub