Simon Kostner

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Simon Kostner
File:Simon Kostner - Italy-Slovenia 07.02.2015 (portrait).jpg
Kostner in 2015
Born (1990-11-30) 30 November 1990 (age 35)
Bolzano, Italy
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
AlpsHL team
Former teams
Ritten Sport
JYP Jyväskylä
National team File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Playing career 2011–present

Simon Kostner (born 30 November 1990) is an Italian ice hockey forward playing for Ritten Sport of the Alps Hockey League.[1]

International play

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Kostner has represented the Italian national team in several tournaments. His first International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)-sanctioned event was the 2007 World U18 Championships Division I. Italy placed fourth in the Group A tournament while Kostner recorded one assist in five games. He returned the following year to the 2008 Division I tournament; playing in Group A Italy finished fourth again and Kostner, serving as captain, had 7 points in 5 games.

He would play in three World Junior Championships: the 2008 Division II, the 2009 Division I, and the 2010 Division I tournaments.

Personal life

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Kostner was born in Bolzano, and grew up in Northern Italy. He comes from a family of winter athletes: his father, Erwin Kostner, played ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics for Italy, while his sister, Carolina Kostner, is a figure skater who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[2]

References

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