| Simon Kostner | |
| Birth Date: | 1990 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bolzano, Italy |
| Height Cm: | 172 |
| Weight Kg: | 77 |
| Position: | Forward |
| Shoots: | Right |
| League: | AlpsHL |
| Team: | Ritten Sport |
| Former Teams: | JYP Jyväskylä |
| Ntl Team: | Italy |
| Career Start: | 2011 |
Simon Kostner (born 30 November 1990) is an Italian ice hockey forward playing for Ritten Sport of the Alps Hockey League.[1]
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.
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]