Carolina Kostner
Kim wins women's world figure skating title
Mar 17, 2013 01:20 EDT
Reigning Olympic champion Kim Yu-na set herself up as a contender to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals with a runaway women's victory at the World Figure Skating Championships.
Kim off to promising start at Worlds
Mar 14, 2013 18:20 EDT
Reigning Olympic champ Kim Yu-na gave herself high marks for her performance at the World Figure Skating Championship Thursday which signals her return to ISU competition after a two-year hiatus.
Kostner wins fifth European title
Jan 26, 2013 16:36 EST
World champion Carolina Kostner of Italy won her fifth European women's figure skating title here on Saturday.
Sotnikova braced to end Russian drought
Jan 25, 2013 16:15 EST
Sixteen-year-old Adelina Sotnikova edged closer to ending Russia's seven-year wait to clinch the European women's figure skating title when she dominated the short programme on Friday.
Sotnikova braced to win figure skating title
Jan 25, 2013 14:23 EST
Sixteen-year-old Adelina Sotnikova edged closer to ending Russia's seven-year wait to clinch the European women's figure skating title when she dominated the short programme on Friday.
Disgraced Italian walker open to Beijing retest
Aug 08, 2012 08:40 EDT
Italy's disgraced 50km walk champion Alex Schwazer, who was withdrawn from the Olympics for failing a drugs test, said Wednesday he would be happy for the IOC to retest his Beijing doping sample.
Japan wins figure skating World Team Trophy title
Apr 21, 2012 12:52 EDT
Veteran Akiko Suzuki edged Italy's world figure skating champion Carolina Kostner in the final women's free skating to help host Japan lift the World Team Trophy in Tokyo Saturday.
Chan, Kostner headline figure skating's World Team Trophy
Apr 18, 2012 23:40 EDT
World champions Patrick Chan and Carolina Kostner will be looking to put the icing on the cake when they compete at the figure skating World Team Trophy in Tokyo this week.
Figure skater Akiko looks to future
Apr 02, 2012 07:39 EDT
Veteran Japanese figure skater Akiko Suzuki has high hopes for the future after making her international breakthrough on the world stage at the age of 27 years with a bronze.
Chan makes Canada top figure skating nation
Apr 01, 2012 11:25 EDT
Patrick Chan may have been jeered by the crowd after a less than perfect free skate but he nevertheless ensured that Canada are the top figure skating nation with less than two years to go until the 2014 Olympics.
Chan, Kostner strike gold in Nice
Mar 31, 2012 17:58 EDT
Patrick Chan successfully defended his men's crown as Carolina Kostner gave Italy their first ever women's title on the final day of the world figure skating championships here on Saturday.
Chan, Kostner strike figure skating gold in Nice
Mar 31, 2012 17:23 EDT
Patrick Chan successfully defended his men's crown as Carolina Kostner gave Italy their first ever women's title on the final day of the world figure skating championships here on Saturday.
Chan wins 2nd figure skating gold for Canada despite fall
Mar 31, 2012 12:59 EDT
Patrick Chan successfully defended his men's figure skating title to give Canada their second gold at the world championships here on Saturday despite a fall during the free skate final.
Chan wins second gold for Canada despite fall
Mar 31, 2012 12:10 EDT
Patrick Chan successfully defended his men's figure skating title to give Canada their second gold at the world championships here on Saturday despite a fall during the free skate final.
Chan off the mark as Germans win fourth pairs gold
Mar 30, 2012 18:53 EDT
Germans Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy claimed a fourth pairs crown as Canada's Patrick Chan got his title defence off the mark by leading the men's short programme at the world figure skating championships here on Friday.
Murakami keeps Japanese hopes alive at F.skating worlds
Mar 29, 2012 21:52 EDT
Japan's Kanako Murakami outshone her more illustrious teammates Mao Asada and Akiko Suzuki to put herself within touching distance of gold at the world figure skating championships.
Virtue, Moir dance to second world gold
Mar 29, 2012 17:21 EDT
Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir turned on the glamour of 1950s Hollywood to reclaim their ice dancing crown at the world figure skating championships here on Thursday.
Leonova grabs lead at world ice skate championships
Mar 29, 2012 11:33 EDT
Swashbuckling Alena Leonova left her rivals in her wake as she grabbed a surprise lead after the women's short programme at the world figure skating championships here on Thursday.
Chan favourite at F.skating worlds, Wagner aims for top
Mar 27, 2012 21:25 EDT
Canada's Patrick Chan is favourite to defend his men's crown as Ashley Wagner will be bidding to put the US back among the elite of women's figure skating at the world championships starting on Wednesday.
Takahashi can topple Chan, warns Japan skating chief
Mar 23, 2012 22:09 EDT
Japanese star Daisuke Takahashi has what it takes to regain his world crown from Canadian rival Patrick Chan, Japan's figure skating chief Nobuhiko Yoshioka has warned.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
 Kostner in 2009. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name: | Carolina Kostner |
| Country represented: |  Italy |
| Date of birth: | February 8, 1987 |
| 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 |
