Gabriel Obernosterer

Career

Luging Obernosterer was active as a luger for the national squad of Austria in natural track luging. Apart from his political activity, Obernosterer is a hotelier.

Achievements

• He won two silver medals in the men"s doubles event at the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships (1971, 1973).

Membership

He went on to own the Almwellness-Hotel and has been a member of the Austrian National Council (Nationalrat) since 2006. Obernosterer was a member of the local council of his home town Lesachtal in Carinthia from 1985 until 1997. In 1995 he became a member of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (Wirtschaftskammer), in October 2006 he became a member of the National Council for the Austrian People's Party (Österreichisches Volkspartei (Austrian People's Party)).