Lindsey Vonn

Lindsey Vonn

Vonn during World Cup competitions in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in January 2017
Personal information
Birth name	Lindsey Caroline Kildow
Born	(1984-10-18) October 18, 1984 (age 39) St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G, giant slalom, combined (also slalom before 2012)
Club	Vail SSC
World Cup debut	November 18, 2000 (age 16)
Retired	February 10, 2019 (age 34)
Website	LindseyVonn.com
Olympics
Teams	4 – (2002, 2006, 2010, 2018)
Medals	3 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	7 – (2005–19)
Medals	8 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	19 – (2001–2019)
Wins	82 – (43 DH, 28 SG, 4 GS, 2 SL, 5 SC)
Podiums	137 – (66 DH, 46 SG, 6 GS, 5 SL, 13 SC, 1 PSL)
Overall titles	4 – (2008–10, 2012)
Discipline titles	16 – (8 DH, 5 SG, 3 SC)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing the  United States International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 2 World Championships 2 3 3 Total 3 3 5 World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Downhill 43 16 7 Super-G 28 11 7 Giant 4 1 1 Slalom 2 2 1 Combined 5 5 3 Parallel 0 0 1 Total 82 35 20 Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Downhill 2010 Vancouver Super-G 2018 Pyeongchang Downhill World Championships 2009 Val-d'Isère Downhill 2009 Val-d'Isère Super-G 2007 Åre Downhill 2007 Åre Super-G 2011 Garmisch Downhill 2015 Beaver Creek Super-G 2017 St. Moritz Downhill 2019 Åre Downhill Junior World Ski Championships 2003 Puy St. Vincent Downhill 2004 Maribor Downhill 2004 Maribor Giant slalom

Lindsey Caroline Vonn (née Kildow /kɪldaʊ/; born October 18, 1984)^[1] 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,^[2] plus another in 2012.^[3] Vonn won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first one for an American woman.^[4] She also won a record eight World Cup season titles in the downhill discipline (2008–2013, 2015, 2016), five titles in super-G (2009–2012, 2015), and three consecutive titles in the combined (2010–2012). In 2016, she won her 20th World Cup crystal globe title, the overall record for men or women, surpassing Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden, who won 19 globes from 1975 to 1984. She has the third highest super ranking of all skiers, men or women.

Vonn is one of six women^[5] to have won World Cup races in all five disciplines of alpine skiing – downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and super combined – and won 82 World Cup races in her career. Her total of 82 World Cup victories was a women's record until January 2023, when it was surpassed by Shiffrin. Only Shiffrin and Stenmark, with 86 World Cup victories, have more victories than Vonn. With her Olympic gold and bronze medals, two World Championship gold medals in 2009 (plus three silver medals in 2007 and 2011), and four overall World Cup titles, Vonn is one of the most successful American ski racers, and is considered one of the greatest of all skiers.^[6]

In 2011, Vonn received the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award,^[7][8] and was the United States Olympic Committee's sportswoman of the year.^[9] Injuries caused Vonn to miss parts of several seasons, including almost all of the 2014 season and most of the 2013 season. While recovering from injury, she worked as a correspondent for NBC News, covering the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. In 2019, she announced her retirement, citing her injuries.