Lindsey Vonn

Tags: Skier.

Lindsey Caroline Vonn (née Kildow; born October 18 1984) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer on the United States Ski Team. She has won four World Cup championships—one of two female skiers to do so along with Annemarie Moser-Pröll—with three consecutive titles in 2008 2009 and 2010 plus another in 2012. Vonn won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics the first ever in the event for an American woman.

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height (cm)

1.778

birth date

1984-10-18

birth place

Saint Paul Minnesota

discipline

Slalom skiing, Alpine skiing combined, Downhill, Giant slalom, Super-G

team

Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics, FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005