Isolde Kostner

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Isolde Kostner
Alpine skier
Isolde Kostner.jpg
Kostner in 2014 at the age of 39.
DisciplinesSpeed events
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle [1]
Born (1975-03-20) 20 March 1975 (age 47)
Bolzano, Italy
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
World Cup debut1992
Retired2006
Olympics
Teams3
Medals3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams6
Medals3 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons15
Wins15
Podiums51
Overall titles0
Discipline titles2
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
International alpine ski competitions
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 012
World Championships 210
World Junior Championships 100
Total322
World Cup race podiums
Event1st2nd3rd
Downhill121310
Super-G357
Giant slalom001
Total151818
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Salt Lake City Downhill
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Lillehammer Super-G
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Lillehammer Downhill
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Sierra Nevada Super-G
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Sestrière Super-G
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 St. Anton Super-G

Isolde Kostner (born 20 March 1975) is an Italian former Alpine skier who won two bronze medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She was the Italian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2002 Olympics. [2]

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Biography

Kostner won two gold medals in Super-G at the Alpine Ski World Championships in 1996 and 1997, and in 2001 and 2002 she won the World Cup discipline title in Downhill. [3] Her first World Cup win was in the downhill on 29 January 1994, at Garmisch-Partenkirchen this was, however, overshadowed by the death of Ulrike Maier on the same day. [4]

Kostner was born in Bolzano. Her cousin and goddaughter is Carolina Kostner, the 2012 World champion and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist in figure skating. She announced her retirement on 10 January 2006.

World Cup results

Overall victories

SeasonDiscipline
2001 Downhill
2002 Downhill

Individual victories

DateLocationRace
29 January 1994 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill
20 January 1996 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill
24 January 1997 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill
25 January 1997 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper-G
24 January 1998 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill
27 November 1999 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill
8 December 1999 Flag of France.svg Val d'Isère, FranceSuper-G
17 December 1999 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Saint Moritz, SwitzerlandDownhill
10 February 2000 Flag of Italy.svg Santa Caterina Valfurva, ItalyDownhill
2 December 2000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill
19 January 2001 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill
24 February 2001 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSuper-G
29 November 2001 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill
30 November 2001 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill
31 January 2004 Flag of Austria.svg Haus im Ennstal, AustriaDownhill

Season standings

Season
AgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
1994 1919164
1995 202033325
1996 2141143
1997 2251646
1998 2382133
1999 241450145
2000 254325311
2001 266416Gold medal icon.svg
2002 2762738Gold medal icon.svg
2003 28351719
2004 291546234
2005 3021141425
2006 31834148

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References

  1. "Sport invernali statistiche Olimpiadi" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. "Isolde Kostner - Athlete Information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. "Isolde Kostner profile". olympedia.org. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. "Coppa del Mondo: i record di vittorie consecutive nelle varie specialità" (in Italian). scimagazine.it. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
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