Lindsey Vonn is a world-renowned American alpinist who competes for the US ski team. She is one of only six women to have won World Cup races in all five alpine skiing disciplines, including downhill, super-G, slalom, giant slalom, and super combined. She rose to prominence as a top female skier, with 82 ‘World Cup’ victories to her name, breaking the record held by Annemarie Moser-Prll of Austria since the 1970s. She still needs five more ‘World Cup victories to break the record set by Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark, who has 86 ‘World Cup titles.
She is the first American woman to win a gold medal in downhill skiing at the ‘Winter Olympics’ in 2010. She also won eight ‘World Cup season titles downhill, five super-G titles, and three consecutive super combined titles (2010 to 2012). She surpassed Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark, who had 19 ‘World Cup’ ‘Globe’ wins (1975-1984), by winning the 20th ‘World Cup’ ‘Crystal Globe title in 2016.
She has the second-highest super ranking among all skiers in America, including men and women. She is one of the best skiers that America has ever produced. She grew up in Burnsville, Minnesota, in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Her aliases include “Kildon,” “Don Don,” and “The Don.”
Lindsey Vonn Ex-Husband: Who is Thomas Vonn?
On September 29, 2007, Lindsey Kildow married fellow 2002 Olympian and former US Ski Team athlete Thomas Vonn at the Silver Lake Lodge in Deer Valley, Utah. After four years of marriage, the couple announced their divorce in November 2011. On January 9, 2013, the divorce was finalized.