Olympics Josef Polig (born 1968) former Alpine skier, gold medallist in the 1992 Winter Olympics Gerhard Plankensteiner (born 1971) luger, bronze medallist at the 2006 Winter Olympics Astrid Plank (born 1971) former alpine skier, competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics Reinhold Rainer (born 1973) luger, competed in four Winter Olympics Stéphanie Jiménez (born 1974) an Andorran mountain runner, lives in Sterzing Devis Da Canal (born 1976) biathlete, competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics Silvia Weissteiner (born 1979) long-distance runner, competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics Katja Haller (born 1981) professional biathlete, competed in three Summer Olympics Alex Schwazer (born 1984), former race walker Hans Peter Fischnaller (born 1985), luger Markus Gander (born 1989), ice hockey player Sandra Gasparini (born 1990) luger, competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ivan Deluca (born 1997), ice hockey player Society Linguistic distribution According to the 2011 census, 73.64% of the population speak German, 25.95% Italian and 0.41% Ladin as first language. Culture Sterzing/Vipiteno is a site to the Orfeo Music Festival, a renowned classical music event. Economy Industry Sterzing is home of the Leitner Group, an international industry, a manufacturer of cable systems, snowgroomer, utility tracked vehicles, systems for urban rail called minimetrò, and wind turbines. International relations Twin towns – Sister cities Sterzing is twinned with: Kitzbühel, Tyrol, Austria, since 1971 Gallery References Guide d'Italia, Trentino Alto Adige, Editrice TCI, 1976 Grande Dizionario Enciclopedico, Unione Tipografico - Editrice Torinese, 1962 External links Homepage of the municipality Sterzing Webcam Orfeo Music Festival Municipalities of South Tyrol