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.
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 results Overall victories SeasonDiscipline2001Downhill2002Downhill
Individual victories DateLocationRace29 January 1994 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill20 January 1996 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill24 January 1997 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill25 January 1997 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper-G24 January 1998 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill27 November 1999 Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill8 December 1999 Val d'Isère, FranceSuper-G17 December 1999 Saint Moritz, SwitzerlandDownhill10 February 2000 Santa Caterina Valfurva, ItalyDownhill2 December 2000 Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill19 January 2001 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill24 February 2001 Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSuper-G29 November 2001 Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill30 November 2001 Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill31 January 2004 Haus im Ennstal, AustriaDownhill
Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantSlalomSuper GDownhillCombined 1994 19 19 — — 16 4 — 1995 20 20 — 33 32 5 — 1996 21 4 — 11 4 3 — 1997 22 5 — 16 4 6 — 1998 23 8 — 21 3 3 — 1999 24 14 — 50 14 5 — 2000 25 4 — 32 5 3 11 2001 26 6 — 41 6 — 2002 27 6 — 27 38 — 2003 28 35 — — 17 19 — 2004 29 15 — 46 23 4 2005 30 21 — — 14 14 25 2006 31 83 — — 41 48 —
See also Italian sportswomen multiple medalists at Olympics and World Championships Italy national alpine ski at the World championships Italian skiers who closed in top 10 in overall World Cup Italian skiers with the most podiums in the World Cup
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