Carolina Kostner

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Carolina Kostner

Kostner in 2009
Personal information
Full name Carolina Kostner
Country represented  Italy
Born February 8, 1987 (1987-02-08) (age 24)
Bolzano
Home town Urtijëi
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Coach Michael Huth
Former coach Friedrich Juricek
Frank Carroll
Christa Fassi
Eduardo de Bernardis
Choreographer Lori Nichol
Former choreographer Kurt Browning
Megan Smith
Skating club GS Fiamme Azzurre
Began skating 1990
World standing 1 (As of 28 January 2012 (2012 -01-28))[1]
Season's bests TBD (2011–2012)[2]
5 (2010–2011)[3]
10 (2009–2010)[4]
8 (2008–2009)[5]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 187.48
2011-12 Grand Prix Final
Short program 67.15
2007 Worlds
Free skate 124.93
2011 Worlds

Carolina Kostner (born 8 February 1987) is an Italian figure skater. She is a three-time World medalist (2008 silver, 2011 and 2005 bronze), a four-time European champion (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012), the 2011-12 Grand Prix Final champion, the 2003 World Junior bronze medalist, and a six-time Italian Champion.

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[edit] Personal life

Carolina Kostner was born in Bolzano, Italy and lives in Urtijëi (Ortisei/St. Ulrich), Italy. She began skating at age 4.[6] Her mother, Patrizia, was a nationally ranked figure skater in the 1970s. She was also a geometric arts teacher.[7] Her father, Erwin, played ice hockey for the Italian national team at the World Championships and Olympic Games and presently coaches ice hockey teams. One of her grandfathers was the director of the Art Academy in her hometown.[7] She has two brothers, one year older Martin and three years younger Simon, who plays ice hockey competitively in JYP-Akatemia in Jyväskylä, Finland.[8] Kostner is the cousin and godchild of Isolde Kostner, a silver medalist in alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics.[9]

Kostner speaks Ladin (a Rhaeto-Romanic language), German, Italian, English and French.[6] In the fall of 2007, she enrolled at the University of Turin. She is studying art history mainly through correspondence courses.[10]

She is currently in a relationship with Italian race walker Alex Schwazer.[11]

[edit] Career

Kostner in 2004

Kostner began skating in 1990. She has said, "Half of my family on my Dad's side is in sports, and my mother's side is more involved in arts. For me figure skating was a good mix of the two."[7] When her home rink was destroyed in a landslide[9] 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 the 2003–2004 season, Kostner finished 5th at the 2004 European Figure Skating Championships and at the 2004 World Championships. In the 2004–2005, she finished 7th at the 2005 European Figure Skating Championships before beating Michelle Kwan for the bronze medal at the 2005 Worlds in Moscow.[12]

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.[13] At the Olympics, she placed 9th. The next month, at the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships, she placed 12th.

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 Championships.[14] She set a new personal best to finish third in the short program at the 2007 Worlds but faltered in the long program and finished 6th overall.[15]

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 Europeans after winning the short program and placing second in the free skate.[16] At the 2008 Worlds, Kostner won the short program and placed third in the free skate, winning the silver medal overall.[17]

Kostner performs at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships.

Kostner had a difficult 2008–2009 season, finishing off the podium at her first Grand Prix event, 2008 Skate Canada, losing her European title to Laura Lepistö,[18] and placing twelfth at the 2009 World Championships after a disastrous long program in which she failed to land a single clean triple. As a result, Italy qualified only one ladies spot for the 2010 Olympics.[19]

Kostner's assigned events for the 2009–10 Grand Prix series were the Trophée Eric Bompard and the 2009 Cup of China. She placed sixth in both. In December 2009, Kostner lost her national title to Valentina Marchei, which threatened her spot on the Italian team for the Vancouver Games, but the following month she rebounded to win gold at the 2010 European Championships, held in Tallinn, Estonia. At the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, she placed sixteenth overall after again failing in most of her jumping elements in the free skate. She was able to finish the season on a better note by placing sixth at the 2010 World Championships, which took place in Turin, near her hometown. In 2011, Kostner said that her bad experience at the Olympics led her to question whether she should continue skating, but that she came to realize that she loved skating.[20]

For the 2010–2011 ISU Grand Prix season, Kostner was assigned to the 2010 NHK Trophy and to the 2010 Skate America. During the season, she had a left knee injury.[21] As a result, she did not practice the flip and lutz until the end of 2010.[7] Nevertheless, she was the bronze medalist at Skate America and won the NHK trophy for the second time in her career. At the 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final, Kostner placed second in the short program and fourth in the long, winning the silver medal. She also won the silver medal at the 2011 European Championships, where she had a difficult short program but won the free skate.[22] Between the Europeans and Worlds, she took part in the Gardena Spring Trophy, which she won. At the 2011 Worlds in Moscow, Kostner was sixth in the short program but won the bronze medal after a personal-best free skate. It was her first podium finish at Worlds since 2008 and her third overall; she had won her first Worlds medal, also a bronze, in Moscow six years prior.[23] After winning medals at all of her events in 2010–11, Kostner finished atop the ISU season standings.[24] She underwent physiotherapy and took a two-and-a-half month break from skating, returning to training in mid-July.[7]

As a top six finisher at the 2011 Worlds, Kostner was allowed three Grand Prix assignments in 2011. She elected to do so and was assigned to Skate America, the Cup of China, and the Trophée Eric Bompard. She was the silver medalist at Skate America and won the Cup of China, thus becoming the first skater to qualify for the Grand Prix Final.[20] Kostner then won the silver medal at the Trophée Eric Bompard. In an interview after the event, she stated that her knee was fully recovered and her goal was to include more difficult jumps in the 2012 ISU championships.[7] Kostner posted season's-best scores in the short program (66.43) and the free program (121.05) to win her first-ever gold medal at the Grand Prix Final, with an overall score of 187.48.[25] She is the first Italian single skater to become a Grand Prix Final champion and the second overall after Barbara Fusar-Poli and Maurizio Margaglio, who won the ice dancing title in 2000.

[edit] Coaching changes

Kostner with coach Michael Huth in 2010

After eight years of training with coach Michael Huth, Kostner made a coaching change in the summer of 2009,[26] relocating to El Segundo, California to work with Frank Carroll and Christa Fassi, the widow of the late Carlo Fassi.[27] In the middle of the 2009–2010 season, she left Carroll but continued training with Christa Fassi,[28] as well as Eduardo de Bernardis. However, Kostner felt homesick being so far from home,[10] so she returned to Oberstdorf and resumed training with Huth in July 2010.[29]

[edit] Skating technique

Kostner can land triple-triple combinations, including the triple flip – triple toe loop. She can also land a triple flip – triple toe loop – double loop combination and a double axel-triple toe loop combination. She has also landed a triple lutz - triple toe combination and a double axel - half loop - triple salchow combination. She spins and jumps in the clockwise direction.

She has also landed a triple flip-triple toe loop-triple loop combination[30]

[edit] Endorsements and shows

Kostner's current and former sponsors[31] include Alto Adige/Südtirol, Asics, Grissin Bon, Lancia, Herbalife (from 2010–11 season), Torino Olympic park and Roberto Cavalli (until 2009–10 season). Kostner's current and former official suppliers[32] include Maybelline, L'Oréal Professionnel, Fratelli Rossetti, Damiani, Swarovski and Iceberg.[33]

Kostner has participated in the show "Winx On Ice[34][35]" from November 2008.

Kostner took part in Opera on Ice, held in October 2011 at the Arena of Verona; this show was broadcast simultaneously in 40 countries worldwide.[36]

[edit] Programs

Kostner performs her short program at the 2010 European Championships.
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2011–2012[7] Allegretto from Trio No. 2
by Dmitri Shostakovich
choreo. by Lori Nichol		 Concerto No. 23
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
choreo. by Lori Nichol		 Halleluia
by Jeff Buckley

Carmen
by Georges Bizet
choreo. by Stephane Lambiel
2010–2011 Galicia Flamenco
by Gino d'Auri
choreo. by Lori Nichol		 Prélude à l'Après-Midi d'un Faune
by Claude Debussy
choreo. by Lori Nichol		 Mein Herr
by Liza Minnelli
Heavy Cross
by Gossip
2009–2010 Nocturne in C Sharp Minor, No. 20
by Frédéric Chopin
 Violin Concerto
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
choreo. by Lori Nichol		 Air on the G String
by Johann Sebastian Bach
 Cello Concerto
Antonio Vivaldi
choreo. by Lori Nichol		 Ain't No Sunshine
by Bill Withers
performed by Carol Duboc
2008–2009 Mujer Sola
Canaro en Paris
by Tango Lorca
choreo. by Lori Nichol		 Black Swan Pas de Deux
from Swan Lake
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
choreo. by Lori Nichol
Dumky Trio
by Antonín Dvořák
choreo. 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
choreo. by Lori Nichol		 Dumky Trio
by Antonín Dvořák
choreo. by Lori Nichol		 Panic
by Giovanni Allevi
You Are A Woman
by Bonnie Tyler
2006–2007 Variations on the Canon in D
by George Winston
choreo. by Lori Nichol		 Memoirs of a Geisha
by John Williams
choreo. 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 George Winston
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

Event 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
Winter Olympic Games 9th 16th
World Championships 10th 5th 3rd 12th 6th 2nd 12th 6th 3rd
European Championships 4th 5th 7th 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st
World Junior Championships 11th 10th 3rd
Italian Championships 1st J. 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st WD 1st 2nd 1st WD
Grand Prix Final 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st
Skate America 9th 3rd 2nd
NHK Trophy 6th 1st 1st
Trophée Eric Bompard 2nd 6th 2nd
Cup of China 3rd 6th 1st
Cup of Russia 2nd 7th 1st
Skate Canada International 5th 7th 4th
Bofrost Cup on Ice 4th
Karl Schäfer Memorial 1st
Nebelhorn Trophy 1st 1st
Finlandia Trophy 4th 3rd
Merano Cup 1st
Gardena Spring Trophy 4th 1st
Dragon 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
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

[edit] Detailed results

Kostner at the 2011-12 Grand Prix Final
2011–2012 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 23–29, 2012 2012 European Figure Skating Championships 1
63.22		 1
120.33		 1
183.55
December 8–11, 2011 2011–2012 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 1
66.43		 1
121.05		 1
187.48
November 17–20, 2011 2011 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Eric Bompard 2
59.70		 3
119.62		 2
179.32
November 3–6, 2011 2011 ISU Grand Prix Cup of China 1
61.88		 1
120.26		 1
182.14
October 20–23, 2011 2011 ISU Grand Prix Skate America 2
60.23		 1
117.12		 2
177.35
Kostner at the 2011 World Championships
2010–2011 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 25 – May 1, 2011 2011 World Figure Skating Championships 6
59.75		 3
124.93		 3
184.68
March 1 – April 3, 2011 2011 Gardena Spring Trophy 1
58.24		 1
109.76		 1
168.00
January 24–30, 2011 2011 European Figure Skating Championships 6
53.17		 1
115.37		 2
168.54
December 16–19, 2010 2011 Italian Figure Skating Championships 1
65.52		 1
124.22		 1
189.74
December 8–12, 2010 2010–2011 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2
62.13		 4
116.47		 2
178.60
November 11–14, 2010 2010 ISU Grand Prix Skate America 1
60.28		 6
94.59		 3
154.87
October 21–24, 2010 2010 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy 1
57.27		 2
107.34		 1
164.61
Kostner at the 2010 European Figure Skating Championships
2009–2010 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 22–28, 2010 2010 World Figure Skating Championships 4
62.20		 5
115.11		 6
177.31
February 12–27, 2010 2010 Winter Olympics 7
63.02		 19
88.88		 16
151.90
January 18–24, 2010 2010 European Figure Skating Championships 1
65.80		 1
107.66		 1
173.46
December 17–20, 2009 2010 Italian Figure Skating Championships 2
53.26		 2
102.42		 2
155.68
November 12–15, 2009 2009 Merano Cup 1
58.17		 1
109.23		 1
167.40
October 29 – November 1, 2009 2009 ISU Grand Prix Cup of China 3
61.12		 7
93.06		 6
154.18
October 15–18, 2009 2009 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Eric Bompard 7
51.26		 4
96.37		 6
147.63
Kostner at the 2009 European Figure Skating 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 2009 Italian Figure Skating Championships 1
58.54		 1
112.55		 1
171.09
December 10–14, 2008 2008-2009 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 4
55.88		 4
112.13		 3
168.01
November 20–23, 2008 2008 ISU Grand Prix Cup of Russia 2
57.02		 1
113.70		 1
170.72
October 30 – November 2, 2008 2008 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada International 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
Kostner at the 2008 European Figure Skating 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 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 3
59.86		 3
119.07		 3
178.93
November 28 – December 2, 2007 2007 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy 1
61.24		 2
103.45		 1
164.69
November 7–11, 2007 2007 ISU Grand Prix 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
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
January 4–7, 2007 2007 Italian Figure Skating Championships 1
60.54		 1
106.19		 1
166.73
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
172.45
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
January 5–8, 2006 2006 Italian Figure Skating Championships – 1
57.84		 1
107.14		 1
164.98
December 1–4, 2005 2005 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy – 1
58.64		 7
86.78		 6
145.42
October 27–30, 2005 2005 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada International – 5
49.46		 8
83.18		 7
132.64
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
200.56
January 25–30, 2005 2005 European Figure Skating Championships – 7
49.29		 7
93.42		 7
142.71
January 6–9, 2005 2005 Italian Figure Skating Championships – 1
 1
 1
November 25–28, 2004 2004 ISU Grand Prix Cup of Russia – 2
57.50		 10
71.42		 7
128.92
November 18–21, 2004 2004 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Eric Bompard – 2
53.72		 3
89.78		 2
143.50
October 28–31, 2004 2004 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada International – 4
50.86		 5
88.08		 5
138.94
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
January 16–18, 2004 2004 Italian Figure Skating Championships – 1 2 2
November 20–23, 2003 2003 ISU Grand Prix Cup of Russia – 6
45.38		 1
98.15		 2
143.53
October 23–26, 2003 2003 ISU Grand Prix Skate America – 7
49.22		 10
78.07		 9
127.29
October 9–12, 2003 2003 Finlandia Trophy – 2 4 4
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
January 3–5, 2003 2003 Italian Figure Skating Championships Senior – 1
December 12–15, 2002 2002–2003 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Junior – 2 3 2
October 17–20, 2002 2002–2003 ISU 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 ISU Junior Grand Prix, France Junior – 1 1 1
2001–2002 season
Date Event Level QR SP FS Total
March 3–10, 2002 2002 World Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 10 9 8 10
November 7–11, 2001 2001–2002 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Italy Junior – 9 5 6
October 11–14, 2001 2001–2002 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands Junior – 4 5 4
2000–2001 season
Date Event Level QR SP FS Total
February 26 – March 2, 2001 2001 World Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 9 13 9 11
January 12–14, 2001 2001 Italian Figure Skating Championships Junior – 1 1 1
November 2–5, 2000 2000–2001 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Norway Junior – 10 8 9
October 5–8, 2000 2000–2001 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic Junior – 11 7 7

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