Lindsey’s birth name is Caroline Kildow was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Linda Anne (née Krohn) and Alan Lee Kildow. She grew up in Burnsville, Minnesota, in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Her father is of Irish descent, while her mother is of German and Norwegian descent.
Vonn began skiing at the age of two and later joined Erich Sailer’s renowned development program at Burnsville’s Buck Hill, which also produced slalom racer Kristina Koznick. According to Sailer, her father, who had won a national junior title before suffering a knee injury at the age of 18, “pushed” her very hard.
Vonn met Olympic gold medalist ski racer Picabo Street when she was nine years old, and she considers him to be her hero and role model. Their meeting left such an impression on Street that she remembered it and later served as Vonn’s skiing mentor. Vonn commuted to Colorado for several years before moving to Vail, Colorado in the late 1990s.
Vonn attended the University of Missouri High School, which was offered online through the university’s Center for Distance and Independent Study. She is fluent in German. Despite not attending a traditional four-year university, Vonn attended Harvard Business School’s four-day “The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports” program.
Lindsey Vonn’s mother, Linda Krohn, died in August 2022 after a year-long battle with ALS.
Is Lindsey Vonn married now?
Lindsey was married to fellow alpinist Thomas Vonn from 2007 until their divorce in 2013. As a result, she is no longer married.