Lindsey Caroline Vonn
Crowd favorite, cheerful soul and true fighter: how a girl from Minnesota became the best ski racer in the world.
She is an American alpine ski racer with the United States Ski Team.
She has won four overall World Cup championships.
SEASON 2012/13 | |
1st | Super-G World Cup |
1st | Downhill World Cup |
33rd | Giant Slalom World Cup |
3rd | Overall World Cup |
History: 1987-1998
Born in 1984, Vonn had her earliest experiences on skis falling down and picking herself up again in a US state not particularly known for being mountainous, Minnesota. But with a grandfather and a father who were competitive skiers, little Lindsey started carving the local hill aged just three. “I began racing at seven, and by nine I was doing international events,” she remembers. Her talent as a small child proved so big that the whole family considered relocating for the sake of better training opportunities. Eventually her parents, brothers and sister all moved to Vail.
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