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Austrian sporting goods retail chain and one of the largest sports retailers in Austria.

Last updated September 11, 2026

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Overview

Gigasport is an Austrian sporting goods retail chain. Its corporate data page states that Gigasport is among the 5 largest sports retail companies in Austria and operates as a GmbH, with locations in Graz, Klagenfurt, Brunn am Gebirge, Villach, Fohnsdorf, Lienz and Kapfenberg/St. Lorenzen. The company's history page traces its origins to the sporting goods department of the Kastner & Öhler traditional house, with the company history reaching back over 150 years. Since 1 February 2013 Gigasport has been a strategic partner of Sport 2000.

History

The history page of Gigasport traces the company's history back over 150 years, starting from the sporting goods department in the Kastner & Öhler traditional house. In 1873, the 24-year-old accountant Carl Kastner and the 26-year-old salesman Hermann Öhler founded the 'Kurzwarenhandlung Kastner & Öhler' in Troppau (today Opava in the Czech Republic) on 1 April 1873. In 1883, Carl Kastner missed his connecting train in Graz and discovered an empty shop at today's Sackstraße 7, which he rented immediately, creating the Graz parent house. With the founding of the larger locations Zagreb (1879) and Graz and the expansion into a department store, sports articles also found their way into the assortment. In 1973, with the 100th anniversary of Kastner & Öhler, the actual history of sports began: the renovation of the Graz parent house was completed and it presented itself with four upper floors, escalators and new staircases, but above all with its own sports department under the name 'Kastner & Öhler Sporthaus'. In 1978, the first Sporthaus opened in Klagenfurt, beginning the specialization of Kastner & Öhler in the sports sector. In 1982, as part of a further renovation of the Graz location, a separate Sporthaus with 2,500 m² of sales area was created, at that time the largest in the country.

Products and positioning

One of the largest sports retailers in Austria, offering a broad sports world with advice, top brands and top quality.

Product categories. Outdoor equipment · Running shoes and apparel · Bikes and e-bikes · Fitness equipment · Climbing gear · Camping equipment · Yoga and pilates products · Winter sports equipment · Football equipment · Tennis equipment · Swim & beach products · Sport watches

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