Sabine Gasteiger

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Sabine Gasteiger
Sabine Gasteiger, Österr. Behindertensportlerin des Jahres 2009.jpg
Gasteiger taking the 2009 Disabled Athlete of the year
Personal information
NationalityAustrian
Born (1956-10-28) October 28, 1956 (age 65)
Sport
CountryAustria
SportPara-alpine skiing
Event(s)Downhill
Slalom
Giant slalom
Super combined
Super-G

Sabine Gasteiger (born 28 October 1956) is an Austrian Paralympic Gold medallist. She was awarded a gold medal in 2006, as part of her Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.

Life[]

Gasteiger was born in 1956. She has very poor eyesight and she therefore competes as a paralympian. She skis for the Austrian national team.

She won a gold medal, two bronze and a silver at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin.[1]

She has two silver medals at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. She won the second silver medal in the Women’s Giant Slalom (Visually Impaired).[2] She was the 2009 Austrian disabled sportsperson of the year.

References[]

  1. ^ Sabine Gasteiger and Alexander Hohlrieder honored in Salzburg Archived 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine, oepc.at, retrieved 15 February 2014
  2. ^ Giant Slalom Races Feature Rain and Great Finishes, March 2010, paralympic.org, retrieved 15 February 2014


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