Isolde Kostner
Isolde Kostner 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 2002 Winter Olympics|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 Alpine [World Ski Championships 1996|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 [Figure Skating Championships|2012 World champion and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist] in figure skating. She announced her retirement on 10 January 2006.