Erwin Kostner (born 7 April 1958) is an Italian ice hockey coach and former player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Winter Olympics.[1]

Erwin Kostner
Born (1958-04-07) 7 April 1958 (age 66)
Bressanone, Italy
Played for HC Gardena
HC Merano
HC Bolzano
National team  Italy
Playing career 1975–1996

As a player Kostner won four times the Scudetto: three times with HC Gardena (1975-1976, 1979-1980 and 1980-1981) and one time with HC Bolzano (1989-1990). After retirement he becomes a coach in Italy (with Ritten Sport, HC Gherdëina, SHC Fassa, the jr. team of Val Pusteria and the Under-18 and Under-20 national teams) and Switzerland (Giovani Discatori Turrita Bellinzona and HC Thurgau).[2]

Erwin Kostner is father of figure skater Carolina Kostner and of the ice hockey player Simon Kostner. He is also the uncle of alpine skier Isolde Kostner.[3]

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erwin Kostner Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Erwin Kostner at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.
  3. ^ Pietro, Merlo Gianni, Nicolodi. "Kostner, parenti vincenti". archiviostorico.gazzetta.it.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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