Lindsey Vonn

Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Caroline Vonn is an American World Cup alpine ski racer on the US Ski Team. She has won four World Cup overall championships—one of only 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. She has also won the record eight World Cup season...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSkier
Date of Birth18 October 1984
CitySaint Paul, MN
CountryUnited States of America
My mom is really tough.
Ninety percent of the day is working out. Sometimes I get my nails done and go to the grocery store.
The Olympics are what I work for. They're why I spend so much time in the gym.
Golf is all about patience - one tournament is four days long, 18 holes a day.
I never thought my face would be on the cover of a Red Bull Six Pack.
I love skiing fast. You're going 80 to 85 m.p.h. down an icy slope, and I love it.
I never felt sidelined, I was supported by my friends, my family and my team. I always knew I could do it. I had confidence in myself.
When you're young, you develop ways to win, and you think they will always work, but then you get to the top, competing against the other top athletes, and sometimes things don't work.
I want to show America who I am and inspire young kids.
I take risks - that's my life on the slopes and off.
Today it was win or lose. But my victory yesterday and the downhill globe boosted my confidence. My record in Cortina was also a liberation.
Especially when I'm in the gym, I get really motivated by hip-hop.
I did gymnastics when I was a kid. I wasn't very good at it.
Divorce doesn't fit my cookie-cutter image.