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Christian Oberstolz (born 8 August 1977 in Innichen) is an Italian luger who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two silvers (Men's doubles: 2011, Mixed team: 2007) and five bronzes (Men's doubles: 2015, 2016, Doubles sprint: 2016, Mixed team: 2004, 2005).
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's luge | ||
Representing  Italy | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 2007 Igls | Mixed team |
| 2011 Cesana | Doubles |
 | 2004 Nagano | Mixed team |
| 2005 Park City | Mixed team |
| 2015 Sigulda | Doubles |
| 2016 Königssee | Doubles |
| 2016 Königssee | Doubles' sprint |
| European Championships | ||
 | 2008 Cesana | Doubles |
| 2014 Sigulda | Doubles |
| 2004 Oberhof | Doubles |
| 2004 Oberhof | Mixed team |
| 2006 Winterberg | Mixed team |
| 2013 Oberhof | Mixed team |
| 2006 Winterberg | Doubles |
| 2012 Paromonovo | Mixed team |
| 2014 Sigulda | Mixed team |
At the FIL European Luge Championships, Oberstolz won nine medals with two golds (Men's doubles: 2008, 2014), four silvers (Men's doubles: 2004; Mixed team: 2004, 2006, 2013) and three bronzes (Men's doubles: 2006; Mixed team: 2012, 2014).
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 2004–05.
Oberstolz is married to fellow Russian-Italian luger Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova who sat out the 2006–07 Luge World Cup season to pregnancy, giving birth to a daughter, Alexandra, on 14 May 2007.
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- FIL-Luge profile
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
- "List of European luge champions" (in German). Archived from the original on 25 March 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978". Archived from the original on 6 February 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- Christian Oberstolz at the International Luge Federation (archive)
- Christian Oberstolz at Olympics.com
- Christian Oberstolz at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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