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Lindsey Caroline Vonn (née Kildow / k ɪ l d aʊ /; born October 18, 1984) is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer. She won four World Cup overall championships – third amongst female skiers to Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Mikaela Shiffrin – with three consecutive titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010, plus another in 2012.
Nov 21, 2019 · Lindsey Vonn, the most successful female alpine skier in history ended her career with a big triumph, throwing herself downhill for one last time, with an unforgettable farewell that added once more to her golden career.
A downhill victory drew the Olympic gold medallist level with Moser-Pröll on 62 World Cup wins and the next day Lindsey went one better by clocking first place in the Super-G race. With her family by her side, Lindsey Vonn was crowned the best female skier of all-time.
The USA’s Lindsey Vonn has skied her last race. Signing off at the 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre (SWE) on 10 February, the 34-year-old defied the pain in her knees to land bronze in the downhill, the final achievement of a truly outstanding career in which she won her country’s first ever Olympic women’s downhill gold medal.
Lindsey Vonn brought her sporting career to an end on 10 February 2019, competing at her eighth World Championship in Åre, Sweden, taking a bronze in the downhill. During the 15 years she competed at the highest level, she established herself as one of Alpine skiing’s all-time greats.
Nov 1, 2022 · Lindsey Vonn: ‘I've been through quite a bit in my career, so I understand what grit is’ Ahead of the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season, one of the most successful skiers of all time talks exclusively to Olympics.com about what it takes to succeed.
May 1, 2024 · Lindsey Vonn (born October 18, 1984, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.) is an American Alpine skier who won four women’s World Cup overall championships (2008–10 and 2012) and was the first woman to win 82 World Cup races. She also claimed three Olympic Winter Games medals and eight world championships medals during her international racing career.
