Isolde Kostner (born 20 March 1975) is an Italian

Italy

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 former Alpine skier

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

 who won two bronze medals at the 1994

1994 Winter Olympics

The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the games in 1988, after having beat...

 Winter Olympics and 1 silver medal at 2002

2002 Winter Olympics

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 Winter Olympics. She was Italian flag bearer

Italy at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Italy competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenMen's combinedWomenWomen's combined- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5 km relayWomen...

 at the opening ceremony of the 2002 Olympics.

Kostner also won two Gold Medal in Super-G at the Alpine Ski World Championships (1996 and 1997), and in 2001 and 2002 she won the World Cup for Downhill

Downhill

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Kostner was born in Bolzano. Her cousin is Carolina Kostner

Carolina Kostner

Carolina Kostner is an Italian figure skater. She is a three-time World medalist , a three-time European champion , a three-time Grand Prix Final medalist , the 2003 World Junior bronze medalist, and a six-time Italian Champion.-Personal life:Carolina Kostner was born...

, a three-time World championships medalist

World Figure Skating Championships

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 in figure skating.

Overall victories

Season	Discipline
2001 2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup The 35th World Cup season began in October 2000 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 2001 at the World Cup finals at Åre, Sweden. The overall winners were Hermann Maier of Austria and Janica Kostelić of Croatia....	Downhill
2002 2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup The 2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup began in October 2001 and ended in March 2002 at the World Cup finals held in Altenmarkt, Austria. The overall winners were Stephan Eberharter and Michaela Dorfmeister, both from Austria....	Downhill

Individual victories

Date	Location	Race
29 January 1994	Garmisch Partenkirchen	Downhill
20 January 1996	Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo is a town and comune in the southern Alps located in Veneto, a region in Northern Italy. Located in the heart of the Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is a popular winter sport resort known for its ski-ranges, scenery, accommodations, shops and après-ski scene...	Downhill
24 January 1997	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Dowhill
25 January 1997	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Super-G
24 January 1998	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Downhill
27 November 1999	Lake Louise Lake Louise Mountain Resort The Lake Louise Ski Area is a ski resort located in Banff National Park, near the village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It can be reached from Banff, from where it is a 35 to 45 minute drive west on Trans-Canada Highway, or Calgary, a 2-hour drive...	Downhill
8 December 1999	Val d'Isère Val d'Isère Val d'Isère is a commune of the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department in south-eastern France. It lies from the border with Italy. It is on the border of the Vanoise National Park created in 1963. The Face de Bellevarde was the scene of the men's downhill race as part of the 1992 Winter...	Super-G
17 December 1999	Saint Moritz St. Moritz St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...	Downhill
10 February 2000	Santa Caterina Valfurva	Downhill
2 December 2000	Lake Louise	Downhill
19 January 2001	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Downhill
24 February 2001	Lenzerheide Lenzerheide Lenzerheide is a mountain resort in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It lies at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn. The village belongs to the municipality Vaz/Obervaz in the district of Albula, sub-district Alvaschein....	Super-G
29 November 2001	Lake Louise	Downhill
30 November 2001	Lake Louise	Downhill
31 January 2004	Haus im Ennstal Haus im Ennstal Haus im Ennstal is an Austrian village, located in the Liezen district of Styria. As of 2001 it has a population of 2,526 in an area of 8.177 km². The town is an important town on the Enns river....	Downhill

External links

• Official Site
• Ski-DB.com - Results - Isolde Kostner