Emanuel's Story
Emanuel Oppliger completed at the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games in the sport of snowboard parallel giant slalom, finishing in 15th position.
Oppliger's best World Championship result was in 2005 at Whistler, Canada when he finished 18th. In the two-run elimination round, he finished just half a second behind the 16th fastest qualifier, narrowly missing a place in the head to head final rounds.
He first competed on the World Cup circuit in October 2003 in Soelden, Austria, placing 42nd in his first competition. Before retiring from international competition in 2007, his best World Cup placing was sixth in December 2005 in Le Relais, Canada.
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