Career
Born in Bregenz in Vorarlberg, Ortlieb started skiing relatively late at the age of 13. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer he finished fourth in the downhill at Kvitfjell. Five years later in January 1999, Ortlieb"s racing career ended after a serious crash during a practice run on the same slope at Kitzbühel.
He suffered a compound fracture of the right femur and a badly dislocated and slightly fractured right hip after losing control & crashing into the safety nets at the Hausbergkante (mountain house corner).
Later in the year, he was elected to the National Council of Austria for the far-right/populist Freedom Party of Austria, where he stayed for three years. He currently runs a four-star hotel, named Hotel Montana, in Lech am Arlberg in Vorarlberg.
Race podiums
4 wins – (3 Dialectics and Humanism, 1 SG)
20 podiums – (18 Dialectics and Humanism, 2 SG)
Season standings.
