Lindsey Vonn has achieved a remarkable 20 Alpine Ski World Cup podiums in Cortina d'Ampezzo, including 12 victories. The Italian ski resort holds a special place in her heart as it was there that she claimed her first World Cup podium in 2004. Vonn will be looking to return to the podium next weekend in Italy.
In April 2024, Lindsey Vonn underwent partial knee replacement surgery, a crucial first step in her comeback journey. The procedure allowed her to ski without chronic pain for the first time in years, setting the stage for her remarkable return to competitive skiing.
On November 14, Lindsey Vonn also announced her return to the Alpine Ski World Cup.
After nearly six years of retirement, American Alpine Ski legend Lindsey Vonn returned to ski racing in December at Copper Mountain. The 40-year-old skier finished 24th and 27th in the two Downhill races (won by Mirjam Puchner and Cornelia Hütter) during the FIS Fall Festival on Saturday. On Sunday, she placed 24th and 19th (won by Lauren Macuga) in the Super-G events.
Vonn returned to the Alpine Ski World Cup stage on December 21, finishing 14th in the Super-G in St Moritz.
In St. Anton in the Downhill, Lindsey Vonn put in an unexpectedly strong performance in her second race, finishing sixth.
The next day, in the Super-G, she gets closer to her first podium finish since her comeback. With starting number 31, put in another furious performance and finished 4th, 1.24 seconds behind the winner Lauren Macuga.
Lindsey Vonn was born on the 18th of October 1984 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Lindsey Vonn is one of the world's most successful ski racers. Vonn is the only American woman to claim Downhill gold at the Olympic Winter Games, has 82 Alpine Ski World Cup victories, 137 World Cup podiums, eight World Championship medals, and 20 World Cup titles, including four Overall World Cup Crystal Globes (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012), eight Downhill Crystal Globes (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016), five Super-G (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2015), and three Alpine Combined Crystal Globes (2010, 2011, and 2012).
Vonn is one of six women to have won Alpine Ski World Cup races in all five disciplines of Alpine Skiing, Downhill, Super-G, Giant Slalom, Slalom, and Super Combined.
Lindsey Vonn (then Kildow) made her debut in the Alpine Ski World Cup in the Slalom held in Park City on November 18, 2000.
Vonn made her Olympic debut at the 2002 Winter Olympics when she was 17 years old. She competed in both Slalom and Combined events in Salt Lake City, with her best result being a sixth-place finish in the Combined.
In 2004 Kildow climbed onto the World Cup podium for the first time with a third-place finish in the Downhill held at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Her maiden victory in the Downhill came at Lake Louise, Alberta, in December 2004.
In 2005, she participated in four disciplines at her first World Championships, which were held in Bormio, Italy. She finished fourth in both the Downhill and the Combined events.
Lindsey Vonn won silver medals in the Downhill and Super-G at the 2007 World Championships held in Åre, Sweden.
In 2008, Lindsey Vonn won the Overall World Cup title, becoming the second American woman to achieve this, after Tamara McKinney in 1983. She also won her first Downhill Crystal Globe.
At the 2009 Alpine World Ski Championships in Val-d'Isère, France, Vonn won her first gold medal, becoming the first American woman to win the Super-G title. Three days later, she secured gold in the Downhill event.
At the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Vonn won the gold medal in the Downhill held at Whistler Blackcomb, beating longtime U.S. rival Julia Mancuso by 0.56 seconds and becoming the first American woman to win Olympic gold in Downhill.
At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Vonn claimed a silver medal in Downhill.
At the 2015 Alpine World Ski Championships held in Vail-Beaver Creek, Colorado, Vonn won a bronze medal in the Super-G.
At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Vonn won bronze in the Downhill.
At the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, Vonn won the bronze medal in the Women's Downhill.
Lindsey Vonn achieved her last medal, a bronze in the Downhill, at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships held in Åre, Sweden, in 2019. Vonn, then 34 years old, became the oldest woman to win a medal at a World Championship and the first female racer to win medals at six different Alpine World Ski Championships.
Vonn announced her retirement on February 1, 2019. Her decision came after 18 years of pushing her body to the limit in Alpine Skiing.
Olympic Winter Games Starts: 14
Olympic Winter Games Medals: 3
Olympic Winter Games Victories: 1 (Vancouver 2010)
Lindsey Vonn sensationally takes the gold medal in the extremely difficult Women's Downhill held in the Franz's course. She crossed the finish line 0.56 seconds ahead of fellow American Julia Mancuso, and 1.46 seconds ahead of Austria's Elisabeth Goergl.
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Starts: 25
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Podiums: 8
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Victories: 2
FIS World Cup Starts: 398
FIS World Cup Podiums: 137
FIS World Cup Victories: 82
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