Isolde Kostner (born 20 March 1975) is an Italian former

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who won two bronze medals at the

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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

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in 1996 and

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, and in 2001 and 2002 she won the World Cup discipline title in

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. 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 Ulrike Maier (22 October 1967 – 29 January 1994) was a World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria, a two-time World Champion in Super-G. She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1992 Winter Olympics. Born in Rauris, Salzburg, where h ...

on the same day. Kostner was born in

Bolzano Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third la ...

. Her cousin and goddaughter is

Carolina Kostner Carolina Kostner (born 8 February 1987) is an Italian figure skater. She is the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2012 World champion, a five-time European champion (2007–2008, 2010, 2012–2013), and the 2011 Grand Prix Final champion. She ...

, 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

Individual victories

Season standings

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kostner, Isolde 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Bolzano Italian female alpine skiers Ladin people Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic alpine skiers of Italy Olympic medalists in alpine skiing FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Alpine skiers of Fiamme Gialle Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics