Roland FISCHNALLER

FIRST RACE
The first time he saw a race live was at the Snowboard World Championships in San Candido in 1997. "I got the chance to be a forerunner as I was a junior in my region and it was an incredible emotion I’ll never forget it." (FISI TV YouTube, Dec 2020)

FIRST WORLD CUP RACE
His first World Cup race was in Plan de Corones in 1997, but he only managed to do a few gates. "I was too hyped up and I think I exploded after 10 gates and I had to be freed from the safety nets." (FISI TV YouTube, Dec 2020)

FIRST WORLD CUP WIN
The first time he won a World Cup race was in 2010 in Limone Piemonte, Italy. "I still remember all the gates of the whole course, and at the time I said to myself that 'if I don't win now then I never will,' so I managed to get my first victory when I had just turned 30." (FISI TV YouTube, Dec 2020)

DISCO AND PARTY LOVER
For the past eight years, he has flown to Belgium in mid-July to partake in the huge party Tomorrowland as he loves festivals and being in the middle of a sweaty crowd. "Unfortunately last year we only had a virtual edition of Tomorrowland because of COVID-19 restrictions, so me and my friends rent a disco and we connected the digital edition of the party to the sound system and enjoyed Tomorrowland remotely." (Snowbeat TV Magazine, Dec 2020)

TRAVELLING WITH PURPOSE
When he got onto the national team 23 years ago his first goal was travelling around the world and partying as much as possible. "Now it’s changed a lot, I am a professional athlete, almost everyone is in military sports groups, and also for that the results are counting." (Snowbeat TV Magazine, Dec 2020)

INSPIRATION
He really likes the fact that he can be an inspiration for younger generations. "If I were to give some advice to a kid that wants to start out, I’d tell them to get a good instructor and some decent equipment, in three hours they’ll be able to snowboard." (Snowbeat TV magazine, Dec 2019)

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All-time winningest Italian snowboarder.

Five-time Olympian making his debut at the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Has two top-10 finishes, his best being seventh in parallel giant slalom at PyeongChang 2018.

Six-time World Championships medallist in 11 appearances (2001-21), winning one gold (2015 parallel slalom), three silver, and two bronze.
In winning his 2021 parallel giant slalom silver, he was 0.03 seconds from gold.

In over 225 World Cup starts, he has over 40 podiums and 19 victories, the latest in December 2020 in parallel giant slalom (Cortina d'Ampezzo).

Five-time Crystal Globe winner (two parallel giant slalom, three parallel giant slalom).

Six-time national champion.

Reached 153kph on a snowboard at Speed King of Dolomites competition in 2012. "At that speed when you are on a snowboard, the bindings don’t release if you fall, you are literally in a 'mixer'. In fact, I’m never going to do that again." (Snowbeat TV magazine, Dec 2019)