Christoph Sieber (born 9 January 1971, in

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) is an

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who competed in the

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. He won a gold medal in the Mistral class.

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* * * * 1971 births Living people Austrian windsurfers Austrian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Austria Olympic gold medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Lechner A-390 Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria Sportspeople from Wels {{Austria-yachtracing-bio-stub