- Christian Oberstolz
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Medal record Competitor for Italy Men's Luge World Championships Silver 2007 Igls Mixed team Silver 2011 Cesana Men's doubles Bronze 2004 Nagano Mixed team Bronze 2005 Park City Mixed team World Cup Championships Gold 2004–05 Men's doubles Gold 2008–09 Men's doubles Silver 2005–06 Men's doubles Silver 2006–07 Men's doubles Silver 2007–08 Men's doubles Bronze 2009–10 Men's doubles Bronze 2010–11 Men's doubles Bronze 2003–04 Men's doubles European Championships Gold 2008 Cesana Men's doubles Silver 2004 Oberhof Men's doubles Silver 2004 Oberhof Mixed team Silver 2006 Winterberg Mixed team Bronze 2006 Winterberg Men's doubles Christian Oberstolz (born August 8, 1977 in Innichen) is an Italian luger who has competed since 1997. He won four medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two silvers (Men's doubles: 2011, Mixed team: 2007) and two bronzes (Mixed team: 2004, 2005).
At the FIL European Luge Championships, Oberstolz won five medals with one gold (Men's doubles: 2008), three silvers (Men's doubles: 2004; Mixed team: 2004, 2006) and one bronze (Men's doubles: 2006).
Oberstolz has competed in three Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the men's doubles event at Vancouver in 2010.
He won the overall men's doubles Luge World Cup title in 2004-5.
Oberstolz is married to fellow Russian-Italian luger Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova who sat out the 2006-7 World Cup season to pregnancy, giving birth to a daughter, Alexandria, on May 14, 2007.
References
- FIL-Luge profile
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
- List of European luge champions (German)
- List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
1977-8: Italy (Peter Gschnitzer & Karl Brunner) * 1978-9: Italy (Peter Gschnitzer & Karl Brunner) * 1979-80: Austria (Günther Lemmerer & Reinhold Sulzbacher) * 1980-1: Austria (Günther Lemmerer & Reinhold Sulzbacher) * 1981-2: Austria (Günther Lemmerer & Reinhold Sulzbacher) * 1982-3: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Karl Brunner) * 1983-4: East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch) * 1984-5: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber) * 1985-6: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber) * 1986-7: West Germany (Thomas Schwab & Wolfgang Staudinger) * 1987-8: Soviet Union (Yevgeny Belousov & Aleksandr Belyakov) * 1988-9: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber) * 1989-90: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber) * 1990-1: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber) * 1991-2: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber) * 1992-3: Italy (Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber) * 1993-4: Germany (Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt) * 1994-5: Germany (Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt) * 1995-6: Germany (Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt) * 1996-7: United States (Chris Thorpe & Gordy Sheer) * 1997-8: United States (Mark Grimmette & Brian Martin) * 1998-9: United States (Mark Grimmette & Brian Martin) * 1999-2000: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch) * 2000-1: Germany (Steffen Skel & Steffen Wöller) * 2001-2: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch) * 2002-3: United States (Mark Grimmette & Brian Martin) * 2003-4: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch) * 2004-5: Italy (Christian Oberstolz & Patrick Gruber) * 2005-6: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch) * 2006-7: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch) * 2007-8: Germany (Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch) * 2008-9: Italy (Christian Oberstolz & Patrick Gruber) * 2009–10: Germany (André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich) * 2010–11: Germany (Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt)Categories:- 1977 births
- Germanophone Italian people
- Italian lugers
- Living people
- Lugers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic lugers of Italy
- Italian luge biography stubs
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