加尼卡-科斯泰里奇 （janica kostelic） （高山滑雪 克罗地亚）
janica kostelic of croatia in action in the slalom event of the women's alpine combination during the salt lake city olympic winter games.
born: 5 january 1982
birthplace: zagreb
nationality: croatia
sport: skiing
attendance at the olympic games
nagano 1998
salt lake city 2002
turin 2006
awards
olympic medals:
gold: 4
silver: 2
other results:
world championships
gold: 2 (03)
the snow queen of croatia
while traveling on the junior ski circuit in europe, janica kostelic and her family did not have enough money to stay in hotels, so they slept in tents and in their car. kostelic competed at the 1998 nagano olympics when she was only 16 years old, but her real breakthrough did not take place until the 2000-2001 season, when she won the overall world cup title.
back home in zagreb, she was presented with a bouquet of 1,256 roses -the number of points she earned that season. her nation also honoured her by making her the first athlete to appear on a croatian postage stamp. during the salt lake city olympics, kostelic had a spectacular ten days. she began by recording the fastest time in each of the three runs of the combined event, winning by almost 1½ seconds.
next she finished second in the super-g, missing a gold medal by only five hundredths of a second. three days later, she edged laure pequegnot by seven hundredths of a second to win the slalom. finally, she led both runs of the giant slalom to earn her third gold medal and her fourth total medal.
at the turin 2006 games, janica didn't disappoint those who counted her among the favourites. she was olympic champion in the alpine combined, and took the silver medal in the super g. with four gold medals and two silver, she holds the record for medals obtained by a woman in alpine skiing.
克罗地亚雪上女皇
生日：1982年1月5日
出生地：萨格勒布，克罗地亚
国籍: 克罗地亚
项目: 高山滑雪
参加奥运会时间：
1998年日本长野冬季奥运会
2002年盐湖城冬季奥运会
2006年都灵冬季奥运会
奥运成绩:
金牌4 枚
银牌2 枚
其他成绩:
世界锦标赛
金牌2 枚 2003年
当加尼卡-科斯泰里奇年轻的时候参加欧洲青年滑雪训练营时，她和家人没有足够的财力去住酒店，在整个训练营期间，他们都裹着睡袋睡在汽车里。1998年，年仅16岁的科斯泰里奇参加了在日本长野的冬奥会，年轻的科斯泰里奇在日本没有取得很好的成绩。在2000到2001赛季，她的成绩取得了重大的突破，在世界锦标赛上，她获得了金牌。回到萨格勒布的科斯泰里奇收到了一份由1256枝玫瑰扎成的花环，以纪念她在整个赛季获得了1256分。同时为了表彰她为祖国取得了巨大荣誉，克罗地亚以她的图像为主题发行了邮票，这也事克罗地亚第一次以运动员为主题发布邮票。在盐湖城奥运会上，科斯泰里奇上演了辉煌的十天， 在混合项目中的三轮比赛中，她都名列第一，最终以1秒多的优势夺冠。随后她在超级大回转比赛中名列第二，以0.05秒劣势的与金牌擦肩而过。三天后，她以0.07秒的优势夺得回转项目的金牌。最后，她在大回转比赛中夺得自己的第三枚奥运金牌，从而将自己奥运奖牌总数增加到四枚。在2006年都灵冬奥会上，科斯泰里奇没有让支持者失望，她在高山滑雪混合项目中再次夺金，同时在超级大回转比赛中，获得银牌。使她的奥运奖牌总数达到四金两银，她也成为奥运历史上，获得高山滑雪奖牌最多的女子运动员。