Simon Kostner (born 30 November 1990) is an Italian ice hockey forward playing for Ritten Sport of the Alps Hockey League.^[1]

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Simon Kostner
Kostner in 2015
Born	(1990-11-30) 30 November 1990 (age 33) Bolzano, Italy
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Right
AlpsHL team Former teams	Ritten Sport JYP Jyväskylä
National team	Italy
Playing career	2011–present

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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]