Emanuel Oppliger

Emanuel Oppliger ( born June 23, 1975 in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales ) is a former Swiss- Australian professional snowboarder.

Oppliger was born the son of a missionary couple in Australia and then spent more than 15 years in Papua New Guinea. In 1991 he moved to Switzerland in the canton of Bern, where he still resides with his wife in Frutigen.

Oppliger could qualify through his career Bestresultat (6th place at the World Cup race in Whistler, Canada Mountain ) for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in December 2005. He retired in the second round of the parallel giant slalom against his Swiss compatriot Philipp Schoch, who later became Olympic champion from.