Isolde Kostner

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.

Isolde Kostner
Personal information
Born (1975-03-20) 20 March 1975
Bolzano, Italy
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
ClubFiamme Gialle[1]
Medal record
Woman's alpine skiing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City Downhill
1994 Lillehammer Super G
1994 Lillehammer Downhill
World Championships
1996 Sierra Nevada Super G
1997 Sestrières Super G
2001 St. Anton Super G

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. 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.

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 victories

Overall victories
SeasonDiscipline
2001Downhill
2002Downhill

Individual victories
Date Location Race
29 January 1994 Garmisch PartenkirchenDownhill
20 January 1996 Cortina d'AmpezzoDownhill
24 January 1997 Cortina d'AmpezzoDownhill
25 January 1997 Cortina d'AmpezzoSuper-G
24 January 1998 Cortina d'AmpezzoDownhill
27 November 1999 Lake LouiseDownhill
8 December 1999 Val d'IsèreSuper-G
17 December 1999 Saint MoritzDownhill
10 February 2000 Santa Caterina ValfurvaDownhill
2 December 2000 Lake LouiseDownhill
19 January 2001 Cortina d'AmpezzoDownhill
24 February 2001 LenzerheideSuper-G
29 November 2001 Lake LouiseDownhill
30 November 2001 Lake LouiseDownhill
31 January 2004 Haus im EnnstalDownhill

See also

References
  1. "Sport invernali statistiche Olimpiadi" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
Winter Olympics
Preceded by
Gerda Weissensteiner		 Flag bearer for Italy
2002 Salt Lake City		 Succeeded by
Carolina Kostner
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