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Ivica Kostelić [ˈiʋitsa ˈkɔstɛlitɕ] (born 23 November 1979 in Zagreb) is a Croatian alpine ski racer who specializes in slalom. He is the elder brother of overall World Cup champion Janica Kostelić.
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After considerable success in junior competitions, Kostelić has had a World Cup career alternating between triumph and injury. His main accomplishments include a World Championship gold medal in slalom in 2003, an Olympic silver medal in combined in 2006, and eight World Cup victories (seven in slalom and one in super combined).
On 14 February 2006, he won a silver medal at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, in the combined. Kostelić is only the seventeenth man in World Cup history to win World Cup points in all of the sport's five disciplines.[1]
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| Persondata |
| NAME |
Kostelic, Ivica |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION |
Croatian Alpine skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH |
23 November 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH |
Zagreb |
| DATE OF DEATH |
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| PLACE OF DEATH |
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Croatia
Aspen
Wengen
Flachau
Sestriere
Kranjska Gora
