Sabine Gasteiger
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.
 Gasteiger taking the 2009 Disabled Athlete of the year | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Austrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 28, 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-alpine skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Downhill Slalom Giant slalom Super combined Super-G | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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References
- Sabine Gasteiger and Alexander Hohlrieder honored in Salzburg Archived 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine, oepc.at, retrieved 15 February 2014
- Giant Slalom Races Feature Rain and Great Finishes, March 2010, paralympic.org, retrieved 15 February 2014
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