Sabine Gasteiger (born 28 October 1956) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n Paralympic Gold medallist. She was awarded a gold medal in 2006, as part of her

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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 The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games ( it, Giochi paralimpici invernali del 2006), the ninth Paralympic Winter Games, took place in Turin, Italy from 10 to 19 March 2006. These were the first Winter Paralympic Games to be held in Italy. They were ...

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. She has two silver medals at the

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in Vancouver. She won the second silver medal in the Women’s

Giant Slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

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March 2010, paralympic.org, retrieved 15 February 2014 She was the 2009 Austrian disabled sportsperson of the year.

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Paralympic gold medalists for Austria Paralympic silver medalists for Austria Paralympic bronze medalists for Austria 1956 births Living people Medalists at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Austrian female alpine skiers Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Paralympic alpine skiers for Austria 20th-century Austrian women 21st-century Austrian women {{Austria-Paralympic-medalist-stub