Erwin Kostner

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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

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]

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]