Ivica Kostelić
Alpine skier, Olympic athlete
1979 –
Who is Ivica Kostelić?
Ivica Kostelić is a Croatian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specializes in slalom and combined, but is also one of the few alpine World Cup ski racers able to score points in all disciplines.
After considerable success in junior competitions, Kostelić's World Cup career has alternated between triumph and injury. His main accomplishments include a World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, Olympic silver medal in slalom in 2010, Olympic silver medals in combined in 2006, 2010 and 2014, as well as the overall World Cup title in 2011.
Kostelić has scored a total of with 26 World Cup race victories and a total of 59 World Cup podiums during his career. He won the slalom World Cup title in 2002 and 2011, and the combined World Cup title in 2011 and 2012.
Since 2008, he has finished among the top six in the overall World Cup standings each season. He has also scored points in all disciplines each of those seasons, and his best race results are a seventh place in downhill, a second place in giant slalom, and victories in all other disciplines.
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- Born
- Nov 23, 1979
Zagreb - Also known as
- Ivica Kostelic
- Ivo, Ivek, Ivicko
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Croatia
- Yugoslavia
- Profession
- Education
- University of Zagreb
- Lived in
- Zagreb
- Monaco
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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