Biography

LADIES

Date of birth:

08.02.1987

Carolina KOSTNER
ITA

Place of birth:

Bolzano

Height:

169 cm

Home town:

Ortisei

Profession:

student

Hobbies:

skiing, reading, design, music

Start sk. / Club:

1990 / Fiamme Azzurre

Coach:

Michael Huth

Choreographer:

Lori Nichol

Former Coach:

C. Fassi, F. Carroll, E. de Bernardis, F. Juricek

Practice low season:

48 h / week at Oberstdorf/GER

Practice high season:

48 h / week at Oberstdorf/GER

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2011/2012

Allegretto from Trio No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2011/2012

2nd movement (Adagio) from Concerto No. 23 in A major for Piano and Orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3rd movement (Allegro assai) from Concerto No. 23 in A major for Piano and Orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Personal Best Total Score	187.48	10.12.2011	ISU Grand Prix Final 2011/12
Personal Best Score Short Program	67.15	23.03.2007	World Championships 2007
Personal Best Score Free Skating	124.93	30.04.2011	World Championships 2011

04/05

Olympic Games

World Champ.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

1.S

12.

1.S

12.

1.S

16.

6.

1.





2.S

1.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Year	Place
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2010 Nagoya	2010	1.
ISU GP Skate America 2010 Portland OR	2010	3.
ISU GP Final 2010/2011 Beijing	2010	2.
Gardena Spring Trophy 2011 Gardena	2011	1.

International Competition	Year	Place
ISU GP Hilton HHonors Skate America 2011 Ontario, CA	2011	2.
ISU GP Cup of China 2011 Shanghai	2011	1.
ISU GP Trophee E. Bompard 2011 Paris	2011	2.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2011/12 Quebec City, QC	2011	1.

Kostner won the first European Ladies title for Italy in history (in 2007). She is the first Italian lady to medal at World Championships (bronze in 2005) since Susanna Driano took the bronze medal at the 1978 World Championships. Kostner is also the first Italian single skater to win a medal at Junior Worlds (bronze in 2003). She is a cousin and godchild of famous Italian skier Isolde Kostner and says she feels inspired by her. Kostner's mother Patrizia was a nationally ranked figure skater in the 1970s and her father Erwin played ice hockey on the National Italian team at World Championships and Olympic Games. Kostner has two brothers, Martin (one year older) and Simon (three years younger). Simon plays ice hockey competitively. Kostner switched coaches after the 2009/10 season and returned to long-time coach Michael Huth after training one season in the USA.

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