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Exclusive interview with retired Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn on grit and determination in the world of sport. Lindsey Vonn: ‘I've been through quite a bit in my career, so I understand what grit is’.
A downhill victory drew the Olympic gold medallist level with Moser-Pröll on 62 World Cup wins and the next day Lindsey went one better by clocking first place in the Super-G race. With her family by her side, Lindsey Vonn was crowned the best female skier of all-time.
At Vancouver 2010 she became the USA’s first ever women’s downhill Olympic champion. She set a number of new records for women, including an unmatched 82 World Cup victories, as well as several for men and women, including a record 18 victories on the same course (Lake Louise), 20 crystal globes and 43 downhill victories.
Apr 19, 2024 · Lindsey Vonn, American Alpine skier who won four women’s World Cup overall championships (2008–10 and 2012) and was the former all-time leader in women’s World Cup race victories with 82. She also won three Olympic Winter Games medals and eight world championships medals during her international racing career.
Apr 2, 2014 · Skiing was always my outlet. Olympic medalist and world champion Lindsey Vonn is one of the top female skiers in the world. Learn more about her life and career, at Biography.com.
Feb 27, 2019 · The USA ’s Lindsey Vonn has skied her last race. Signing off at the 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre (SWE) on 10 February, the 34-year-old defied the pain in her knees to land bronze in the downhill, the final achievement of a truly outstanding career in which she won her country’s first ever Olympic women’s downhill gold medal.
Feb 10, 2019 · Vonn, 34, is the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the downhill. Her 82 World Cup victories are the most of any female skier — and she is stepping away from racing just four...
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