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.[2]

Isolde Kostner
Kostner in 2014 at the age of 39.
Born (1975-03-20) 20 March 1975
Bolzano, Italy
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
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
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt Lake City Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Lillehammer Super-G
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Lillehammer Downhill
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Sierra Nevada Super-G
Gold medal – first place 1997 Sestrière Super-G
Silver medal – second place 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.[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
2001Downhill
2002Downhill

Individual victories
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

Season standings
Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined
19941919——164—
19952020—33325—
1996214—1143—
1997225—1646—
1998238—2133—
19992414—50145—
2000254—325311
2001266—4161st place, gold medalist(s)—
2002276—27381st place, gold medalist(s)—
20032835——1719—
20042915—46234—
20053021——141425
20063183——4148—

See also

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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