Nationality Italian Role Olympic athlete Country Italy Height 1.71 m | Sport Alpine skiing Weight 66 kg Name Isolde Kostner | |
Spouse Werner Perathoner (m. 2006) Similar People Renate Gotschl, Katja Seizinger, Deborah Compagnoni, Carole Montillet, Picabo Street | ||
Isolde kostner wins downhill garmisch 1994
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.
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- Isolde kostner wins downhill garmisch 1994
- Daniel winkler interview mit isolde kostner
- Biography
- References
Daniel winkler interview mit isolde kostner
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 January 29, 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 January 10, 2006.