Isolde Kostner

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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]

Born (1975-03-20) 20 March 1975 (age 51)
Bolzano, Italy
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
DisciplinesSpeed events
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Isolde Kostner
Kostner in 2014 at the age of 39.
Personal information
Born (1975-03-20) 20 March 1975 (age 51)
Bolzano, Italy
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Skiing career
DisciplinesSpeed events
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle[1]
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  Italy
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 2
World Championships 2 1 0
World Junior Championships 1 0 0
Total 3 2 2
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Downhill 12 13 10
Super-G 3 5 7
Giant slalom 0 0 1
Total 15 18 18
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2002 Salt Lake CityDownhill
Bronze medal – third place1994 LillehammerSuper-G
Bronze medal – third place1994 LillehammerDownhill
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1996 Sierra NevadaSuper-G
Gold medal – first place1997 SestrièreSuper-G
Silver medal – second place2001 St. AntonSuper-G
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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

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SeasonDiscipline
2001Downhill
2002Downhill
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Individual victories

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

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
19941919164
1995202033325
19962141143
19972251646
19982382133
1999241450145
2000254325311
20012664161st place, gold medalist(s)
200227627381st place, gold medalist(s)
200328351719
2004291546234N/a
20053021141425
200631834148

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