Omar Visintin

Omar Visintin is an Italian snowboarder, specializing in snowboard cross, for which he won a silver and a bronze medal for at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Career

Visintin competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Italy. In the Snowboarding at the [2014 Winter Olympics – Men's snowboard cross|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 World Championships was 22nd, in the FIS [Snowboarding World Championships 2013|2013] snowboard cross.
Visintin made his World Cup debut in March 2008. As of September 2014, he has two World Cup victories, the first coming at Montafon in 2012–13. Visintin was the 2013–14 World Cup overall winner in snowboard cross.
Visintin competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where he earned a bronze medal in the Snowboarding at the [2022 Winter Olympics – Men's snowboard cross|men's snowboard cross].