Carolina Kostner

Carolina Kostner
Kostner at 2013 Italian Championships
Personal information
Country represented	Italy
Born	February 8, 1987 Bolzano, Italy
Home town	Urtijëi, Italy
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Coach	Alexei Mishin
Former coach	Friedrich Juricek, Frank Carroll, Christa Fassi, Edoardo De Bernardis, Michael Huth
Choreographer	Lori Nichol
Former choreographer	Kurt Browning, Megan Smith
Skating club	G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Training locations	Oberstdorf
Began skating	1990
World standing	46 (2015-16)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	216.73 2014 Winter Olympics
Short program	77.24 2014 Worlds
Free skate	142.61 2014 Winter Olympics
Medal record Figure skating: Ladies' singles Representing  Italy Internationals Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 1 2 3 European Championships 5 2 2 Grand Prix Final 1 1 2 World Junior Championships 0 0 1 Junior Grand Prix Final 0 1 0 Total 7 6 9 Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Singles World Championships 2012 Nice Singles 2008 Gothenburg Singles 2013 London Singles 2005 Moscow Singles 2011 Moscow Singles 2014 Saitama Singles European Championships 2007 Warsaw Singles 2008 Zagreb Singles 2010 Tallinn Singles 2012 Sheffield Singles 2013 Zagreb Singles 2009 Helsinki Singles 2011 Bern Singles 2006 Lyon Singles 2014 Budapest Singles Grand Prix Final 2011–12 Quebec Singles 2010–11 Beijing Singles 2007–08 Turin Singles 2008–09 Goyang Singles World Junior Championships 2003 Ostrava Singles Junior Grand Prix Final 2002–03 The Hague Singles

Carolina Kostner (Italian pronunciation: [karoˈliːna ˈkɔstner]; born February 8, 1987) is an Italian figure skater. She is the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2012 World champion, a five-time European champion (2007–2008, 2010, 2012–2013), and the 2011 Grand Prix Final champion. She is also a medalist at five other World Championships (2005, 2008, 2011, 2013 - 2014), four other European Championships (2006, 2009, 2011, 2014), and three other Grand Prix Finals (2007, 2008, 2010), the 2003 World Junior bronze medalist, and a seven-time Italian national champion.

Personal life

Carolina Kostner was born in Bolzano, Italy and lives in Urtijëi (Ortisei/St. Ulrich), Italy. She is one of three children of Patrizia, a nationally ranked figure skater in the 1970s and later a geometric arts teacher,^[1] and Erwin, who played ice hockey for the Italian national team at the World Championships and Olympic Games before becoming an ice hockey coach.^[2] One of her grandfathers was the director of the Art Academy in her hometown.^[1] She has two brothers, one year older Martin and three years younger Simon, who plays ice hockey competitively^[3] in JYP-Akatemia in Jyväskylä, Finland. 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.^[2] In autumn 2007, she enrolled at the University of Turin. She studied art history mainly through correspondence courses.^[5]

Kostner was formerly in a relationship with former Olympic race walking champion Alex Schwazer, who failed a dope test for Erythropoietin before the 2012 Summer Olympics , and was banned from competition for three and a half years by the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) in April 2013. Kostner admitted to prosecutors in Bolzano that she had lied to inspectors from the World Anti-Doping Agency shortly before the 2012 Games when they visited her home looking for Schwazer, claiming that he was not there so he could avoid being tested. She also told the prosecutors that Schwazer slept in an altitude chamber, which is not banned by WADA but is illegal in Italy. She subsequently failed to attend a hearing organised in September 2014 by CONI to investigate her comments to the prosecutors.^[6] On January 17, 2015, Kostner was banned from competition for 16 months and fined €1,000 for her role in the Schwazer case.^[7] Later, the expiration date of the ban was changed to January 1, 2016.^[8]

Career

Kostner in 2004

Early career

Kostner began skating at age four.^[2] 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."^[1] When a landslide destroyed her home rink^[4] 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 fourth at the European championships. Later that year, she became the first Italian skater to medal at Junior Worlds, winning a bronze.

2003–2006

In the 2003–2004 season, Kostner finished 5th at the 2004 European Championships and at the 2004 World Championships. In the 2004–2005, she finished 7th at the 2005 European Championships before beating Michelle Kwan for the bronze medal at the 2005 Worlds in Moscow.^[9]

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.^[10] At the Olympics, she placed 9th. The next month, at the 2006 World Championships, she placed 12th.

2007–2010

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.^[11] 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.^[12]

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.^[13] At the 2008 Worlds, Kostner won the short program and placed third in the free skate, winning the silver medal overall.^[14]

Kostner performs at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships.

In the 2008–2009 season, Kostner finished off the podium at her first Grand Prix event, 2008 Skate Canada, lost her European title to Laura Lepistö,^[15] and finished 12th at the 2009 World Championships after a 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.^[16] After eight years of training with coach Michael Huth, Kostner made a coaching change in the summer of 2009,^[17] relocating to El Segundo, California to work with Frank Carroll and Christa Fassi, the widow of the late Carlo Fassi.^[18]

Kostner placed 6th in both of her 2009–10 Grand Prix events, the 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard and the 2009 Cup of China. In the middle of the season, she left Carroll but continued training with Christa Fassi,^[19] and in Pinerolo, Italy with Edoardo De Bernardis. 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 finished 16th overall after failing in most of her jumping elements in the free skate. She was able to finish the season on a better note by placing 6th 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]

Feeling homesick being far from home,^[5] Kostner returned to Oberstdorf and resumed training with Huth in July 2010.^[21]

2010–2014

Kostner with coach Michael Huth in 2010

For the 2010–11 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.^[22] As a result, she did not practice the flip and lutz until the end of 2010.^[1] Nevertheless, she was the bronze medalist at Skate America and won the NHK trophy for the second time in her career. At the 2010–11 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.^[23] 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.^[24] After winning medals at all of her events in 2010–11, Kostner finished atop the ISU season standings.^[25] She underwent physiotherapy and took a two-and-a-half month break from skating, returning to training in mid-July.^[1]

As a top-six finisher at the 2011 Worlds, Kostner was allowed to compete in three Grand Prix events 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.^[1] 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; her overall score of 187.48 was a new personal best.^[26] She is the first Italian single skater to become a Grand Prix Final champion and the second overall after Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio, who won the ice dancing title in 2000.

Kostner won the 2012 Europeans, her fourth continental title in ten appearances at the event.^[27] Her next competition was the 2012 International Challenge Cup, which she won by more than 26 points.^[28]

At the 2012 World Championships in Nice, France, Kostner finished third in the short program^[29] and first in the free skate with a new personal best score to take the gold. She became Italy's first World champion in ladies' singles and second in any discipline after Fusar-Poli / Margaglio in 2001.^[30][31] Kostner's final event of the season was the 2012 World Team Trophy, where she competed as part of the Italian team. She set a new personal best score in the short program and placed third in the free skate, finishing 2nd overall.^[32][33]

For the 2012–2013 Grand Prix season, Kostner was assigned to the 2012 Cup of China and the 2012 Trophee Eric Bompard. In July 2012, she said that she was considering retiring from competition^[34][35] but on July 12, 2012 she stated that she had decided to continue competing until the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.^[36] On August 2, 2012 her name was removed from the entry lists of both of her 2012–2013 Grand Prix events^[37] due to insufficient time to reach competitive fitness.^[38] On December 1, 2012, Kostner announced on her website that she would be competing in the 2012 Golden Spin of Zagreb. At the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Kostner finished second in the short program and second in the free skate with a new personal best score to take the gold, her fifth title and her eighth consecutive European medal. She then won her fifth World medal, silver, at the 2013 World Championships.

In June 2013, Kostner began training for the 2013–2014 season in Oberstdorf.^[39] She started her season competing at the 2013 Cup of China where she won the bronze medal and then won the silver medal at the 2013 Cup of Russia. In January 2014, Kostner announced she had changed her competitive programs. At the 2014 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Kostner won the bronze medal, her 9th podium in a row in the continental competition.

Kostner (left) during medal ceremony in 2014 Sochi Olympics.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Kostner was in third place after the short program, with a score of 74.12, just 0.8 behind leader, and reigning Olympic champion, Kim Yuna of South Korea. She ultimately won the bronze medal after the free skate, with a total score of 216.73.^[40] She later said, "That night at the medal ceremony was very emotional; it was a moment when the circle closed for me and my career. I felt I missed nothing in my competitive career anymore."^[41]

One month later, at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, Kostner placed second in the short program with a score of 77.24, her personal best and third result ever, setting the new world record in program component score with 37.46; then, after the free program, Kostner won the bronze medal overall, even though she was disappointed by her free skate (Kostner singled two of her jumps and fell on another jump).

2014–2016: Hiatus and suspension

In the summer of 2014 Kostner announced via social media that she would be taking a break from figure skating for the 2014-15 season.^[42]

In January 2015, Kostner was banned from the sport of figure skating for 16 months for lying about her ex-boyfriend Alex Schwazer, reportedly to help him conceal his use of illegal performance-enhancing hypobaric chamber machine and to help him hide from a drug test.^[43][44] On October 5, 2015, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced Kostner agreed to a demand by Italian doping officials to increase the suspension to 21 months but to backdate the start of the ban to April 1, 2014. Kostner was therefore eligible to compete from 1 January 2016.^[45] In November 2016, it was announced that Kostner would return to competitive skating with Alexei Mishin as her coach. ^[46] She is listed to compete at the 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb

Skating technique

Kostner is known for her speed across the ice, elegance, and interpretative refinement. She can land triple-triple combinations, including the triple flip – triple toe loop, as well as a triple flip – triple toe loop – double loop combination, and a double axel-triple toe loop combination. Kostner spins and jumps in the clockwise direction.

Endorsements and shows

Kostner's current and former sponsors^[47] 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^[48] include Maybelline, L'Oréal Professionnel, Fratelli Rossetti, Damiani, Swarovski, Iceberg and T-SHIRT T-SHOPS.^[49]

Kostner designed her own costumes from 2010 to 2014.^[41][50] She worked with Roberto Cavalli in 2005.^[51] She performed in the show Winx On Ice^[52][53] from November 2008 and in Opera on Ice, held in October 2011 at the Arena of Verona, which was broadcast simultaneously in 40 countries worldwide.^[54]

Programs

Kostner performs at the 2010 Olympics

Kostner performs at the 2011 Trophée Eric Bompard

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2015–2016		Méditation (Thaïs) [55] by Jules Massenet choreo. by Lori Nichol	Summertime [56] from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin Una furtiva lagrima [56] from L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti Adagio in G minor [57] by Tomaso Albinoni choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel
2014–2015 [58]	Did not compete this season		Bonzo's Montreux by Led Zeppelin choreo. by Lori Nichol Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin choreo. by Salomé Brunner Nei by Ganes choreo. by Chiara Tanesini
2013–2014 [59][60][58]	Ave Maria by Franz Schubert choreo. by Lori Nichol Humoresque by Antonín Dvořák choreo. by Lori Nichol	Boléro by Maurice Ravel performed by André Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra choreo. by Lori Nichol Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov choreo. by Lori Nichol	Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov choreo. by Lori Nichol Imagine by Eva Cassidy choreo. by Lori Nichol
2012–2013 [61][62]	A Transylvanian Lullaby (from Young Frankenstein) by John Morris performed by Gil Shaham, Jonathan Feldman Devil's Trill by Giuseppe Tartini performed by Angele Dubeau & La Pietà choreo. by Lori Nichol	Boléro by Maurice Ravel performed by André Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra choreo. by Lori Nichol	It's Oh So Quiet performed by Björk
2011–2012 [1][63]	Allegretto from Piano Trio No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich choreo. by Lori Nichol	Piano Concerto No. 23 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart choreo. by Lori Nichol	Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley Carmen by Georges Bizet choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel
2010–2011 [3][58]	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 [58][64]	Nocturne No. 20 in c-sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin Violin Concerto by Pyotr Tchaikovsky choreo. by Lori Nichol	Air on the G String by Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for 2 Cellos in g minor, RV 531 Antonio Vivaldi choreo. by Lori Nichol	Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers performed by Carol Duboc
2008–2009 [58][65][66]	Mujer Sola Canaro en Paris by Tango Lorca choreo. by Lori Nichol	"Dumky" Trio by Antonín Dvořák choreo. by Lori Nichol Black Swan Pas de Deux from Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky choreo. by Lori Nichol	A Te by Lorenzo Jovanotti Come Sei Veramente Angelo Ribelle by Giovanni Allevi
2007–2008 [58][67]	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 [58][68]	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 [58][69]	Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission) by Ennio Morricone choreo. by Kurt Browning	Winter (from The Four Seasons) by Antonio Vivaldi choreo. by Kurt Browning	Ave Maria by Charles Gounod, Filippa Giordano
2004–2005 [4][58][70]	Country by George Winston choreo. by Kurt Browning	Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Prokofiev choreo. by Kurt Browning	Fly by Celine Dion
2003–2004 [58][71]	Song from a Secret Garden by Rolf Løvland	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 [58][72]	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
2000–2001 [73]	American Beauty by Thomas Newman True Romance by Hans Zimmer	Azul by Jesse Cook Cansion Triste by Jesse Cook Gypsy Music

Competitive highlights

International[74]
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	2012–13	2013–14	2016–17
Olympics						9th				16th				3rd
Worlds			10th	5th	3rd	12th	6th	2nd	12th	6th	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Europeans			4th	5th	7th	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	3rd
Grand Prix Final								3rd	3rd		2nd	1st
GP Bompard					2nd					6th		2nd
GP Cup of China								3rd		6th		1st		3rd
GP Cup of Russia				2nd	7th				1st					2nd
GP NHK Trophy						6th		1st			1st
GP Skate America				9th							3rd	2nd
GP Skate Canada					5th	7th			4th
Nebelhorn			1st					1st
Bofrost Cup				4th
Challenge Cup												1st	1st
Finlandia				4th				3rd
Gardena		4th									1st
Golden Spin													1st		TBD
Karl Schäfer									1st
Merano Cup										1st
Ondrej Nepela			1st
International: Junior[74]
Junior Worlds	11th	10th	3rd
JGP Final			2nd
JGP China			4th
JGP France			1st
JGP Germany	7th
JGP Italy		6th
JGP Norway	9th
JGP Poland		4th
Dragon Trophy			1st J.
National[74]
Italian Champ.	1st J.		1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	WD	1st	2nd	1st	WD	1st
Team events
Olympics														4th T (2nd P)
WTT												6th T (2nd P)
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only.

Pro-am events[75]
Event	2015–16
Medal Winners Open	2nd

Detailed results

Kostner (right) at the podium in 2014 Sochi Olympics.

Kostner with Lipnitskaya (left) and Mao Asada (center) at the 2014 World Championships podium

Kostner (center left) with the 2012 World Championships gold medalists

Kostner at the 2012 World Championships.

Kostner at the 2010 European Championships

Kostner at the 2008 European Championships

(Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships – Worlds, Europeans, and Junior Worlds. At team events, medals awarded only for team results.)

2013–2014 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 24–30, 2014	2014 World Championships	2 77.24	6 126.59	3 203.83
February 7–23, 2014	2014 Winter Olympics – Individual	3 74.12	4 142.61	3 216.73
	2014 Winter Olympics – Team event	2 70.84	–	–
January 13–19, 2014	2014 European Championships	3 68.97	3 122.42	3 191.39
November 22–24, 2013	2013 Rostelecom Cup	2 67.74	1 122.38	2 190.12
November 1–3, 2013	2013 Cup of China	2 62.75	2 110.65	3 173.40
2012–2013 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 10–17, 2013	2013 World Championships	2 66.86	3 131.03	2 197.89
February 21–24, 2013	2013 Challenge Cup	1 72.81	1 126.09	1 198.90
January 21–27, 2013	2013 European Championships	2 64.19	2 130.52	1 194.71
December 19–22, 2012	2013 Italian Championships	1 70.13	1 143.56	1 213.69
December 13–16, 2012	2012 Golden Spin of Zagreb	1 64.99	1 110.03	1 175.02
2011–2012 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
April 18–22, 2012	2012 ISU World Team Trophy	1 69.48	3 116.24	2 185.72
March 26 – April 1, 2012	2012 World Championships	3 61.00	1 128.94	1 189.94
March 8–11, 2012	2012 Challenge Cup	1 64.89	1 132.84	1 197.73
January 23–29, 2012	2012 European Championships	1 63.22	1 120.33	1 183.55
December 8–11, 2011	2011–12 Grand Prix Final	1 66.43	1 121.05	1 187.48
November 17–20, 2011	2011 Grand Prix Trophée Bompard	2 59.70	3 119.62	2 179.32
November 3–6, 2011	2011 Grand Prix Cup of China	1 61.88	1 120.26	1 182.14
October 20–23, 2011	2011 Grand Prix Skate America	2 60.23	1 117.12	2 177.35
2010–2011 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
April 25 – May 1, 2011	2011 World 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 Championships	6 53.17	1 115.37	2 168.54
December 16–19, 2010	2011 Italian Championships	1 65.52	1 124.22	1 189.74
December 8–12, 2010	2010–11 Grand Prix Final	2 62.13	4 116.47	2 178.60
November 11–14, 2010	2010 Grand Prix Skate America	1 60.28	6 94.59	3 154.87
October 21–24, 2010	2010 Grand Prix NHK Trophy	1 57.27	2 107.34	1 164.61
2009–2010 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 22–28, 2010	2010 World 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 Championships	1 65.80	1 107.66	1 173.46
December 17–20, 2009	2010 Italian 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
Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, 2009	2009 Grand Prix Cup of China	3 61.12	7 93.06	6 154.18
October 15–18, 2009	2009 Grand Prix Trophée Bompard	7 51.26	4 96.37	6 147.63
2008–2009 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 23–29, 2009	2009 World Championships	5 63.18	15 90.38	12 153.56
January 20–25, 2009	2009 European Championships	3 51.36	1 114.06	2 165.42
December 18–21, 2008	2009 Italian Championships	1 58.54	1 112.55	1 171.09
December 10–14, 2008	2008–09 Grand Prix Final	4 55.88	4 112.13	3 168.01
November 20–23, 2008	2008 Grand Prix Cup of Russia	2 57.02	1 113.70	1 170.72
Oct. 30 – Nov. 2, 2008	2008 Grand Prix 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
2007–2008 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 17–23, 2008	2008 World Championships	1 64.28	3 120.40	2 184.68
January 21–27, 2008	2008 European Championships	1 59.31	2 111.97	1 171.28
December 13–16, 2007	2007–08 Grand Prix Final	3 59.86	3 119.07	3 178.93
Nov. 28 – Dec. 2, 2007	2007 Grand Prix NHK Trophy	1 61.24	2 103.45	1 164.69
November 7–11, 2007	2007 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 Championships	3 67.15	9 101.77	6 168.92
January 22–28, 2007	2007 European Championships	2 60.46	1 114.33	1 174.79
January 4–7, 2007	2007 Italian 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 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 Championships	–	5 60.04	3 112.41	3 172.45
January 5–8, 2006	2006 Italian Championships	–	1 57.84	1 107.14	1 164.98
December 1–4, 2005	2005 Grand Prix NHK Trophy	–	1 58.64	7 86.78	6 145.42
October 27–30, 2005	2005 Grand Prix Skate Canada	–	5 49.46	8 83.18	7 132.64
2004–2005 season
Date	Event	QR	SP	FS	Total
March 14–20, 2005	2005 World Championships	3 26.45	4 60.82	4 113.29	3 200.56
January 25–30, 2005	2005 European Championships	–	7 49.29	7 93.42	7 142.71
January 6–9, 2005	2005 Italian Championships	–	1	1	1
November 25–28, 2004	2004 Grand Prix Cup of Russia	–	2 57.50	10 71.42	7 128.92
November 18–21, 2004	2004 Grand Prix Trophée Bompard	–	2 53.72	3 89.78	2 143.50
October 28–31, 2004	2004 Grand Prix Skate Canada	–	4 50.86	5 88.08	5 138.94
2003–2004 season
Date	Event	QR	SP	FS	Total
March 22–28, 2004	2004 World Championships	6	5	6	5
February 2–8, 2004	2004 European Championships	–	5	5	5
January 16–18, 2004	2004 Italian Championships	–	1	2	2
November 20–23, 2003	2003 Grand Prix Cup of Russia	–	6 45.38	1 98.15	2 143.53
October 23–26, 2003	2003 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	scopTotal
March 24–30, 2003	2003 World Championships	Senior	9	4	11	10
Feb. 24 – March 2, 2003	2003 World Junior Championships	Junior	1	1	5	3
January 20–26, 2003	2003 European Championships	Senior	3	7	4	4
January 3–5, 2003	2003 Italian Championships	Senior	–			1
December 12–15, 2002	2002–03 JGP Final	Junior	–	2	3	2
October 17–20, 2002	2002–03 JGP 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	2002–03 JGP France	Junior	–	1	1	1
2001–2002 season
Date	Event	Level	QR	SP	FS	Total
March 3–10, 2002	2002 World Junior Championships	Junior	10	9	8	10
November 7–11, 2001	2001–02 JGP Italy	Junior	–	9	5	6
October 11–14, 2001	2001–02 JGP Netherlands	Junior	–	4	5	4
2000–2001 season
Date	Event	Level	QR	SP	FS	Total
Feb. 26 – March 2, 2001	2001 World Junior Championships	Junior	9	13	9	11
January 12–14, 2001	2001 Italian Championships	Junior	–	1	1	1
November 2–5, 2000	2000–01 JGP Norway	Junior	–	10	8	9
October 5–8, 2000	2000–01 JGP Czech Republic	Junior	–	11	7	7

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External links

• Carolina Kostner at the International Skating Union
• Official site
• Carolina Kostner at Sports Reference
• Carolina Kostner at Sportfolio