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Carolina Kostner
	; Kostner in 2009.
Personal information
Full name:	Carolina Kostner
Country represented:	Italy
Date of birth:	February 8, 1987 (age 22)
Place of birth:	Bolzano
Home town:	Ortisei
Residence:	El Segundo, California
Height:	1.69 m (5 ft 61⁄2 in)
Coach:	Frank Carroll
Former coach:	Michael Huth; Friedrich Juricek
Choreographer:	Lori Nichol
Former choreographer:	Kurt Browning; Megan Smith
Skating club:	GS Fiamme Azzurre
ISU personal best scores
Combined total:	184.68; 2008 Worlds
Short program:	67.15; 2007 Worlds
Free skate:	120.40; 2008 Worlds

Carolina Kostner (born 8 February 1987) is an Italian figure skater. She is the 2008 World silver medalist, the 2007 & 2008 European champion and the 2007-08 & 2008-09 Grand Prix Final Bronze Medalist. As of December 2009^[update], Kostner is ranked second in the world^[1].

[edit] Personal life

Carolina Kostner was born in Bolzano, Italy and lives in Ortisei (Urtijëi in Ladin), Italy. She began skating at age 4.^[2] Her mother, Patrizia, was a nationally ranked figure skater in the 1970s. Her father, Erwin, played ice hockey for the Italian national team at the World Championships and Olympic Games and presently coaches ice hockey teams. She has two brothers who play ice hockey in Germany.^[3] Kostner is the cousin and godchild of Isolde Kostner, a silver medalist in alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics.^[4]

Kostner speaks Ladin (a Rhaeto-Romanic language), German, Italian, English and French.^[5] In the fall of 2007, she enrolled at the University of Turin.

[edit] Career

When her home rink closed in 2001, Kostner chose to work with Michael Huth in Oberstdorf, Germany, about a four-hour drive from her home in Bolzano. She made her senior debut in the 2002-2003 season, finishing 4th at the European championships. Later that year, she became the first Italian skater to medal at Junior Worlds, winning a bronze.

In 2004, Kostner finished 5th at the Europeans and at Worlds. In 2005, she finished 7th at World Championships before beating Michelle Kwan for the bronze medal at the Europeans in Moscow.^[6]

Kostner won her first European medal in 2006, and was chosen to be flag bearer for the host Italian team during the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics.^[7] At the Olympics, she placed 9th. The next month, at the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships, she placed 12th.

Kostner performs a donut spin at the 2007 European Championships.

Kostner missed the 2006-2007 Grand Prix season due to injury. She won the Italian national title and went on to win her first European title at the 2007 European Figure Skating Championships.^[8] She improved on her Worlds results by placing 6th at the 2007 Worlds.^[9]

During the 2007-2008 season, Kostner medaled at both her Grand Prix events and went to the Grand Prix Final for the first time. At that event, she won the bronze medal. She won her second European title at the 2008 European Figure Skating Championships after winning the short program and placing second in the free skate.^[10] At the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships, Kostner won the short program and placed third in the free skate, winning the silver medal overall.^[11]

Kostner had a difficult 2008-2009 season, finishing off the podium at her first Grand Prix event, 2008 Skate Canada, and then losing her European title to Laura Lepistö,^[12] and placing twelfth at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships after a disastrous long program in which she failed to land a single clean triple.^[13]

Kostner's assigned events for the 2009-10 Grand Prix series were the Trophée Eric Bompard and the Cup of China.

[edit] Coaching change

In June 2009, Kostner left her long-time coach Michael Huth.^[14] Her new coach is California-based Frank Carroll, along with Christa Fassi.^[15]

[edit] Skating technique

Kostner can land triple-triple combinations, often the triple flip - triple toe loop. She spins and jumps in the clockwise direction. She is considered a very fast skater, and picks up speed quickly.

[edit] Public life and endorsements

Kostner's sponsors^[16] include Asics, Cepu, Grissin Bon, Lancia, Roberto Cavalli and Torino Olympic Park. Kostner's Official Suppliers ^[17] include Biotherm, L'Oréal Professionnel and Belvita Alpine Wellness Hote.

[edit] Programs

Kostner performs her "You Are A Woman" exhibition at the 2008-2009 Grand Prix Final.

Season	Short Program	Free Skating	Exhibition
2009-2010	Nocturne in C Sharp Minor, No. 20 by Frederick Chopin Violin Concerto by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky choreographed by Lori Nichol	Air on the G String by Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Concerto Antonio Vivaldi choreographed by Lori Nichol
2008-2009	Mujer Sola Canaro en Paris by Tango Lorca choreographed by Lori Nichol	Black Swan Pas de Deux from Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky choreographed by Lori Nichol Dumky Trio by Antonin Dvorak choreographed by Lori Nichol	A Te by Lorenzo Jovanotti Come Sei Veramente Angelo Ribelle by Giovanni Allevi
2007-2008	Riders on the Storm by The Doors choreographed by Lori Nichol	Dumky Trio by Antonin Dvorak choreographed by Lori Nichol	Panic by Giovanni Allevi You Are A Woman by Bonnie Tyler
2006-2007	Variations on the Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel choreographed by Lori Nichol	Memoirs of a Geisha by John Williams choreographed by Lori Nichol	Solamente per Carolina by Robert Werner
2005-2006	Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission soundtrack by Ennio Morricone choreographed by Kurt Browning	Winter from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi choreographed by Kurt Browning	Ave Maria by Charles Gounod and Filippa Giordano
2004-2005	Country soundtrack by George Winston choreographed by Kurt Browning	Piano Concerto No 1 and 3 by Sergei Prokofiev choreographed by Kurt Browning	Fly by Celine Dion
2003-2004	Song from a Secret Garden by Rolf Lovland	A Poet's Quest for a Distant Paradise Night Flight Reflection Violin Fantasy on Puccini's Turandot by Vanessa Mae	Je t'aime encore by Celine Dion
2002-2003	Variations on the Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel arranged by George Winston	Papa, Can You Hear Me? Schindler's List Far and Away by Itzhak Perlman	But I Do Love You The Right Kind of Wrong by Leann Rimes

[edit] Competitive highlights

[edit] Post-2005

Event	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010
Winter Olympic Games	9th
World Championships	12th	6th	2nd	12th
European Championships	3rd	1st	1st	2nd
Italian Championships	1st	1st	WD	1st	2nd
Grand Prix Final			3rd	3rd
Trophée Eric Bompard					6th
Cup of China			3rd		6th
Cup of Russia				1st
Skate Canada International	7th			4th
NHK Trophy	6th		1st
Karl Schäfer Memorial				1st
Nebelhorn Trophy			1st
Finlandia Trophy			3rd
Merano Cup					1st

WD = Withdrawn

[edit] Pre-2005

Event	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005
World Championships			10th	5th	3rd
European Championships			4th	5th	7th
World Junior Championships	11th	10th	3rd
Italian Championships	1st J.		1st	2nd	1st
Cup of Russia					7th
Skate America					5th
Trophee Eric Bompard					2nd
Bofrost Cup on Ice				4th
Finlandia Trophy				4th
Nebelhorn Trophy			1st
Ondrej Nepela Memorial			1st
Junior Grand Prix Final			2nd
Junior Grand Prix, France			1st
Junior Grand Prix, China			4th
Junior Grand Prix, Italy		6th
Junior Grand Prix, Poland		4th
Junior Grand Prix, Norway	9th
Junior Grand Prix, Germany	7th
Dragon Trophy			1st
Gardena Spring Trophy		4th

J = Junior level

[edit] Detailed results

[edit] 2009-2010 season

2009-2010 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 14 - 15, 2009	2009 Merano Cup	1	1	1
October 20 - 25, 2009	2009 Cup of China	3 61.12	7 93.06	6 154.18
October 23 - 29, 2009	2009 Trophee Eric Bompard	7 51.26	4 96.37	6 147.63

[edit] 2008-2009 season

Kostner at the 2009 European Championships.

2008-2009 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 23 - 29, 2009	2009 World Figure Skating Championships	5 63.18	15 90.38	12 153.56
January 20 - 25, 2009	2009 European Figure Skating Championships	3 51.36	1 114.06	2 165.42
December 18 - 21, 2008	2008 Italian Figure Skating Championships	1 58.54	1 112.55	1 171.09
December 10 - 14, 2008	2008-2009 Grand Prix Final	4 55.88	4 112.13	3 168.01
November 21 - 23, 2008	2008 Cup of Russia	2 57.02	1 113.70	1 170.72
October 31 - November 2, 2008	2008 Skate Canada	7 48.56	4 104.20	4 152.76
October 14 - 17, 2008	2008 Karl Schäfer Memorial	3 50.59	1 93.07	1 143.66

[edit] 2007-2008 season

Kostner at the 2008 European Championships.

2007-2008 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 17 - 23, 2008	2008 World Figure Skating Championships	1 64.28	3 120.40	2 184.68
January 21 - 27, 2008	2008 European Figure Skating Championships	1 59.31	2 111.97	1 171.28
December 13 - 16, 2007	2007-2008 Grand Prix Final	3 59.86	3 119.07	3 178.93
November 29 - December 2, 2007	2007 NHK Trophy	1 61.24	2 103.45	1 164.69
November 7 - 11, 2007	2007 Cup of China	1 60.82	4 83.04	3 143.86
October 12 - 14, 2007	2007 Finlandia Trophy	1 58.54	4 97.33	3 155.87
September 27 - 30, 2007	2007 Nebelhorn Trophy	1 60.15	1 113.38	1 173.53

[edit] 2006-2007 season

2006-2007 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 20 - 25, 2007	2007 World Figure Skating Championships	3 67.15	9 101.77	6 168.92
January 22 - 28, 2007	2007 European Figure Skating Championships	2 60.46	1 114.33	1 174.79

[edit] 2005-2006 season

2005-2006 season
Date	Event	QR	SP	FS	Total
March 19 - 26, 2006	2006 World Figure Skating Championships	4 25.64	16 48.95	11 97.86	12 146.81
February 10 -26, 2006	2006 Winter Olympics	-	11 53.77	9 99.73	9 153.50
January 17 - 22, 2006	2006 European Figure Skating Championships	-	5 60.04	3 112.41	3 172.45
December 1 - 4, 2005	2005 NHK Trophy	-	1 58.64	7 86.78	6 145.42
October 27 - 30, 2005	2005 Skate Canada	-	5 49.46	8 83.18	7 132.64

[edit] 2004-2005 season

2004-2005 season
Date	Event	QR	SP	FS	Total
March 14 - 20, 2005	2005 World Figure Skating Championships	3 26.45	4 60.82	4 113.29	3 168.71
January 25 - 30, 2005	2005 European Figure Skating Championships	-	7 49.29	7 93.42	7 142.71
November 25 - 28, 2004	2004 Cup of Russia	-	2 57.50	10 71.42	7 128.92
November 18 - 21, 2004	2004 Trophee Eric Bompard	-	2 53.72	3 89.78	2 143.50
October 28 - 31, 2004	2004 Skate Canada	-	4 50.86	5 88.08	5 138.94

[edit] 2003-2004 season

2003-2004 season
Date	Event	QR	SP	FS	Total
March 22 - 28, 2004	2004 World Figure Skating Championships	6	5	6	5
February 2 - 8, 2004	2004 European Figure Skating Championships	-	5	5	5
November 20 - 23, 2003	2003 Cup of Russia	-	6 45.38	1 98.15	2 143.53
October 23 - 26, 2003	2003 Skate America	-	7 49.22	10 78.07	9 127.29
October 9 - 12, 2003	2003 Finlandia Trophy	-	2	4	4

[edit] 2002-2003 season

2002-2003 season
Date	Event	Level	QR	SP	FS	Total
March 24 - 30, 2003	2003 World Figure Skating Championships	Senior	9	4	11	10
February 24 - March 2, 2003	2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships	Junior	1	1	5	3
January 20 - 26, 2003	2003 European Figure Skating Championships	Senior	3	7	4	4
December 12 - 15, 2002	2002-2003 Junior Grand Prix Final	Junior	-	2	3	2
October 17 - 20, 2002	2002–2003 Junior Grand Prix, China	Junior	-	6	3	4
September 26 - 29, 2002	2002 Ondrej Nepela Memorial	Senior	-	2	1	1
September 4 - 7, 2002	2002 Nebelhorn Trophy	Senior	-	2	1	1
August 21 - 25, 2002	2002-2003 Junior Grand Prix, France	Junior	-	1	1	1

[edit] 2001-2002 season

2001-2002 season
Date	Event	QR	SP	FS	Total
March 3 - 10, 2002	2002 World Junior Figure Skating Championships	10	9	8	10
November 7 - 11, 2001	2001-2002 Junior Grand Prix, Italy	-	9	5	6
October 11 - 14, 2001	2001-2002 Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands	-	4	5	4

[edit] 2000-2001 season

2000-2001 season
Date	Event	QR	SP	FS	Total
February 26 - March 2, 2001	2001 World Junior Figure Skating Championships	9	13	9	11
November 2 - 5, 2000	2000–2001 Junior Grand Prix, Norway	-	10	8	9
October 5 - 8, 2000	2000–2001 Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic	-	11	7	7

[edit] References

^ "ISU World Standings for Figure Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies". International Skating Union. 14 December 2009. http://www.isuresults.com/ws/wsladies.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
^ http://www.carolina-kostner.it/E-index2.htm Official website, biography page
^ ISU biography of Carolina Kostner
^ http://www.skatetoday.com/articles0405/012305_1.htm
^ http://www.carolina-kostner.it/E-index2.htm
^ 2005 World Championship Results from ISU
^ Torino 2006 - Isolde Kostner Retiring
^ ISU European Figure Skating Championships - Ladies
^ ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2007 - Ladies
^ ISU European Figure Skating Championships - Ladies
^ ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2008 - Ladies
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^ Carolina Kostner leaves coach Michael Huth accessed 5 June 2009
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^ Kostner's official site-sponsors
^ Kostner's official site-official suppliers

[edit] External links

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[0] "ISU World Standings for Figure Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies". International Skating Union. 14 December 2009. http://www.isuresults.com/ws/wsladies.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2009.

[1] ttp://www.carolina-kostner.it/E-index2.htm Official website, biography page

[2] ISU biography of Carolina Kostner

[3] ttp://www.skatetoday.com/articles0405/012305_1.htm

[4] ttp://www.carolina-kostner.it/E-index2.htm

[5] 2005 World Championship Results from ISU

[6] Torino 2006 - Isolde Kostner Retiring

[7] ISU European Figure Skating Championships - Ladies

[8] ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2007 - Ladies

[9] ISU European Figure Skating Championships - Ladies

[10] ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2008 - Ladies

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[13] Carolina Kostner leaves coach Michael Huth accessed 5 June 2009

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[15] Kostner's official site-sponsors

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