Lindsey Vonn

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Lindsey Vonn Alpine skiing
2017 Audi FIS Ski World Cup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Women - Lindsey Vonn - by 2eight - 8SC8048.jpg
Full name Lindsey Caroline Vonn
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday 18th October 1984 (age 35)
place of birth Saint Paul , Minnesota ,  USA
size 178 cm
Weight 75 kg
Career
discipline Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom ,
combination
(until 2012 also slalom )
society Ski and Snowboard Club Vail
status resigned
End of career February 10, 2019
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 2 × bronze
World championships 2 × gold 3 × silver 3 × bronze
Junior World Championship 0 × gold 2 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold Vancouver 2010 Departure
bronze Vancouver 2010 Super G
bronze Pyeongchang 2018 Departure
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
silver Are 2007 Departure
silver Are 2007 Super G
gold Val d'Isère 2009 Super G
gold Val d'Isère 2009 Departure
silver Garmisch-Partenk. 2011 Departure
bronze Vail / Beaver Creek 2015 Super G
bronze St. Moritz 2017 Departure
bronze Åre 2019 Departure
FIS Alpine Ski Junior World Championships
silver Briançonnais 2003 Departure
silver Maribor 2004 Departure
bronze Maribor 2004 Giant slalom
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut November 18, 2000
 Individual world cup victories 82
 Overall World Cup 1. ( 2007/08 , 2008/09 , 2009/10 ,
2011/12 )
 Downhill World Cup 1. (2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10,
2010/11 , 2011/12, 2012/13 ,
2014/15 , 2015/16 )
 Super G World Cup 1. (2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11,
2011/12, 2014/15 )
 Giant Slalom World Cup 2. (2011/12)
 Slalom World Cup 3rd (2008/09)
 Combination World Cup 1. (2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Departure 43 16 7th
 Super G 28 11 7th
 Giant slalom 4th 1 1
 slalom 2 2 1
 combination 5 5 3
 Parallel races 0 0 1
 team 0 1 0
last change: February 10, 2019

Lindsey Vonn Caroline (* 18th October 1984 as Lindsey Caroline Kildow in Saint Paul , Minnesota ) is a former American alpine skier . She is one of the best athletes in alpine skiing and was the overall World Cup winner in the 2007/08 , 2008/09 , 2009/10 and 2011/12 seasons . In addition, he won a World Cup discipline 16 times. She is an Olympic downhill champion and won two gold, three silver and three bronze medals at world championships . Vonn started in all disciplines, most successful she was in the downhill. Since October 2011, Vonn has also been a member of the small group of runners who celebrated World Cup victories in all five disciplines . With 82 successes, she is the most successful female ski racer in World Cup history. On January 19, 2015, with her 63rd victory, she surpassed Annemarie Moser-Pröll's 35-year record and took the lead in the all-time best list of the Women's World Cup.

biography

Adolescent years

Lindsey Vonn grew up with two brothers and two sisters (the brothers and Laura are triplets) with their parents in Burnsville , a southern suburb of Minneapolis . She learned to ski at the age of two on Buck Hill , a 93 meter high hill not far from where she lived . Her father, Alan Kildow, a lawyer and former American youth champion, recognized his daughter's talent. He had her trained there by Erich Sailer, a native Austrian, from whose ski racing school Kristina Koznick , among others, emerged.

Every winter Vonn in Colorado took part in a special advancement course organized by Sailer. When she was eleven, her father initiated the relocation of the entire family to the ski resort of Vail (Colorado) in order to be able to support his daughter even more specifically. In 1997 she won the giant slalom of the Whistler Cup and in 1999 she became the first North American woman to win the Trofeo Topolino in Italy. Despite the early successes, the father's great ambition also had negative effects: The parents' marriage was divorced and the relationship with the father was so shattered that she avoided any contact with him. She accused him of being completely fixated on her later career and not leaving her time for other interests. Since the separation from her husband Thomas Vonn in 2011, the relationship has improved steadily, meanwhile they have regular contact again, the father also visits them at various ski races.

Career start

Former US team coach Chip Wood promoted her talent for the fast downhill and super-G disciplines . In November 1999 she first took part in FIS races and in races of the Nor-Am Cup . As a 15-year-old she was second in the US downhill championship, followed by her first appearances at junior world championships. In April 2000 she won her first FIS race, in November 2000 the first Nor-Am race.

On November 18, 2000 Vonn took for the first time at a World Cup race in part, in the slalom from Aspen but she could not qualify for the second round. Even in the four subsequent slalom appearances in the World Cup, she did not succeed. In the 2001/02 season sporadic World Cup appearances in all disciplines followed. She won her first World Cup points on December 15, 2001 when she finished 26th in the Super-G in Val-d'Isère .

Vonn qualified for the 2002 Winter Olympics . In the combination , she finished sixth and clearly undercut her previous best performance in the World Cup. From then on, at the latest, she was considered one of the most hopeful American ski talents. Due to minor injuries, the hoped-for increase in the World Cup did not materialize in the 2002/03 season . Vonn also failed to qualify for the 2003 World Cup . However, she won her first medal at the Junior World Championship with second place in the downhill.

Rise to the top of the world

Lindsey Vonn in Aspen, 2006

Vonn made his final breakthrough in the 2003/04 season . On January 17, 2004, she finished third on the Tofana in Cortina d'Ampezzo , one of the most difficult descents in the world, and thus achieved her first World Cup podium. There were also two further medals at the 2004 Junior World Championships in Maribor (silver in the downhill, bronze in the giant slalom ) and two US championship titles in the same disciplines. On December 3, 2004 Vonn won for the first time in a World Cup race, the downhill from Lake Louise . With five more podium places, she finally established herself among the world's best. At the 2005 World Championships , she narrowly missed the medal ranks, placing fourth in both downhill and combined.

After two more victories at the beginning of the 2005/06 World Cup season , she was one of the most frequently mentioned favorites for a medal win at the 2006 Winter Olympics . During training on the Banchetta slope in San Sicario , however, she had a serious fall and had to be flown to a hospital in Turin by helicopter . Contrary to initial fears, she only suffered severe bruises. She took part in the Olympic races in great pain; she achieved a seventh place in the Super-G and an eighth place in the downhill, for which she was awarded the US Olympic Spirit Award .

In the 2006/07 World Cup season , she won three races. At the 2007 World Championships in Åre , she won the silver medal in the Super-G and in the downhill, behind the superior Anja Pärson . During slalom training in Åre, she suffered a torn cruciate ligament , so that she had to end the season early. On September 29, 2007, she married her long-time friend, the former ski racer Thomas Vonn (* 1975) in Deer Valley near Park City . Since then she no longer drives under her maiden name Kildow, but under the surname of her husband. This in turn was part of their supervisory staff until the separation at the end of 2011.

At the beginning of the 2007/08 season she made a successful comeback with the victory in the downhill of Lake Louise . She hadn't undergone knee surgery and continued to drive with a torn cruciate ligament. This winter she celebrated five downhill victories, often with a large time advantage over the runner-up, and won the Downhill World Cup in the third last race of the season. In this discipline she was never ranked worse than fifth. Even before the last race of the season, she was the winner of the overall World Cup. She was the second American after Tamara McKinney (1982/83 season) to succeed.

Beginning of their dominance

At the beginning of the 2008/09 season , Vonn celebrated her first slalom victory in Levi (with two fastest times), which meant that she was missing just one victory in the giant slalom to belong to the small group of winners in all disciplines . A second victory and three more podium places followed in slalom, and in giant slalom she achieved her best result so far with fourth place in Aspen . She won two downhill runs and four races in a row in the Super-G.

At the 2009 World Championships in Val-d'Isère Vonn lived up to her role as a favorite and won gold in both the downhill and the super-G. In the super combination she led after the downhill run, but made a goal error in the slalom and was disqualified (as second place for the time being). At the victory celebration for the World Cup downhill, she cut the flexor tendon on her thumb on a splintered champagne bottle, which had to be sewn. She could not contest the giant slalom, at the World Cup slalom she started handicapped and dropped out in the second round.

With her victory in the Super-G in Tarvisio on February 22, Vonn became the most successful US runner in Alpine World Cup history (so far it was Tamara McKinney with 9 victories each in slalom and giant slalom) and crowned the 2008/09 season when she already won the overall World Cup for the second time in a row with three races to go. She had developed into the most complete all-rounder this season. She won the Downhill World Cup for the second time, plus the World Cup in Super G, came second in the Super Combination World Cup, third in the Slalom World Cup and eighth in the Giant Slalom World Cup. In a total of 34 World Cup races, she celebrated nine victories, was on the podium 16 times and finished in the top ten 26 times. In 2009 she was awarded the Skieur d'Or by the International Association of Ski Journalists (AIJS) .

Olympic gold and third overall World Cup victory in a row

Before the 2009/10 season Vonn changed their supplier. Her previous partner Rossignol was forced to cut the fixed salary of all athletes by half in view of the economic crisis. Vonn did not accept this decision and then switched to Head . She was also the first woman to switch from women's to men's skis in the Alpine World Cup, which experts believe are more difficult to ski and require better athleticism. In addition, the risk of injury is higher.

Vonn was once again the most successful skier, especially in the speed disciplines. In the downhill she won six out of eight races, five of them in a row. In the Super-G, she celebrated four wins, three of them in a row, and was on the podium in all races of the season. Vonn won one of the two super combinations held and was once third. In the technical disciplines, however, she was unable to match the successes from the previous year. In the giant slalom, she was eliminated in five out of seven races, with a ninth place as the best result. She had a similarly high failure rate in the slalom, but was second in Levi but once on the podium.

Downhill award ceremony, Olympic Winter Games 2010 (from left): Julia Mancuso , Lindsey Vonn and Elisabeth Görgl

At the season highlight, the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , Vonn won the gold medal in the downhill ahead of her teammate Julia Mancuso . There was also the bronze medal in the Super-G. In the other races, however, she was eliminated, although she was still leading in the super combination after the downhill section and broke a finger when she fell in the giant slalom in poor visibility. Vonn had suffered a painful contusion of the shin during slalom training the week before the Olympic Games and was unsure whether a start would be possible. However, she then benefited from the postponements of the race, which allowed a longer regeneration time.

Vonn suffered several minor injuries this season, for example a broken finger in the Olympic giant slalom or a severe hand bruise in Lienz and finally at the World Cup final in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , where she suffered a knee bruise in the giant slalom. Nevertheless, it decided the overall World Cup for the third time in a row. In addition, she won the Downhill World Cup for the third time in a row, the World Cup in the Super G for the second time in a row and the first time in the Super Combined. She became the first woman to win four World Cup rankings in one season. She reached 17 podiums and eleven wins this season. Only Vreni Schneider has won more races in one season - 14 in the 1988/89 season. Vonn also managed to win three races on three consecutive days in Haus im Ennstal (two downhill runs and a Super-G), something that only Katja Seizinger had achieved in 1997 in Lake Louise.

Barely lost duel against Maria Riesch

Lindsey Vonn, 2011

While Vonn had already brought about a preliminary decision in the overall World Cup in the three previous winters, she received strong competition from the German Maria Riesch in the 2010/11 season . For example, she had to admit defeat on the two runs from Lake Louise , where she had won the last five runs in a row. But she was never worse than third in the five runs up to the end of January, and never worse than second in the four Super-G races. In the technical disciplines, it was unable to maintain the high level of previous years. She was eliminated four times in a row in the slalom, which allowed Riesch to gain a fairly large lead in the overall standings.

In the week leading up to the 2011 World Cup , Vonn suffered a concussion in a fall while training . She therefore decided not to start at the Zwiesel World Cup Slalom . In the Super-G of the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, she finished seventh, and for the first time in two years she was not on the podium in this discipline. After Vonn had not started the slalom in the super combination, she won the silver medal in the downhill; she refrained from starting the slalom and giant slalom in order to spare herself for the upcoming World Cup races.

After the World Cup, Vonn started a race to catch up in the World Cup: With consistently better performances, she was able to continuously reduce the gap to Riesch in the overall standings. In the three races in Tarvisio at the beginning of March , she won the discipline classification in downhill, super-G and super-combination. At the World Cup final in Lenzerheide , she took the lead in the overall standings after the descent with a 27 point lead. After the slalom (the Super-G was canceled due to the weather) Riesch passed her again by three points. Since the final giant slalom was also canceled, Vonn could no longer make up for the narrow deficit.

Fourth overall World Cup victory

At the beginning of the 2011/12 World Cup season in October 2011 in Sölden , Vonn won a giant slalom for the first time, with which she can boast World Cup victories in all five disciplines . On November 27, after the slalom race in Aspen, she announced the impending divorce from her husband Thomas. At the beginning of December, the focus was again on her athletic performance: with three victories in the three races in Lake Louise (two downhill runs, one Super-G), she had so far achieved eleven victories at one and the same World Cup location, setting Renate Götschl's record (ten victories in Cortina) broken. Also in December Vonn won the Super-G from Beaver Creek; it was her first victory in a World Cup race in her home country. With her victory in the Super-G in Cortina on January 15, 2012, she equaled Götschl's record as the runner with the most World Cup victories in the Super-G (17) and overtook her in the ranking of the runners with the most World Cup victories overall - just ahead of her nor Annemarie Moser-Pröll (62 wins) and Vreni Schneider (55 wins).

On February 4th Vonn won the 50th World Cup victory in the downhill race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. At the third last downhill race of the season in Krasnaya Polyana , she secured early victory in the discipline classification on February 18, 2012. When the super combination was canceled at the same location, it was also confirmed as the winner of the combination discipline ranking for the third time. With her second giant slalom win in Åre, five races before the end of the season, she decided the overall World Cup for the fourth time. Before the World Cup final in Schladming , Vonn had the realistic possibility of breaking Hermann Maier's World Cup points record (2000 points in the 1999/2000 season). First she celebrated her twelfth win of the season in the downhill, which she even surpassed her own record from the 2009/2010 season (eleven wins), after which she won the Super G World Cup for the fourth time in a row. In the penultimate race, the slalom, she exceeded the women's season record held by Janica Kostelić , which was then 1980 points. In the final giant slalom, Vonn would have had enough 13th place to at least set Maier's record. However, due to a stick loss right at the start of the second run, she only finished 24th.

Nevertheless Vonn won the overall World Cup this season and for the fourth time in her career. Only Annemarie Moser-Pröll could celebrate more overall World Cup victories in the alpine women with six successes. In addition, Vonn succeeded for the second time in winning four of the six crystal balls in one season, which apart from her only Hermann Maier succeeded ( 1999/2000 and 2000/01 ); Only Pirmin Zurbriggen , who won the overall World Cup and four discipline rankings in 1986/87 (but only received four and not five balls because none were awarded for the combination at the time), and Jean-Claude Killy , who won the 1967 had 100% odds and won all four balls awarded at the time.

Crisis, Success and Injury

In October 2012 Vonn applied to the International Ski Federation FIS for permission to start the men's downhill race in Lake Louise in order to be able to compete directly with the men. The FIS rejected these plans at its autumn meeting at the beginning of November, as the regulations do not provide for a start in a race of the opposite sex.

Vonn did not score in the first two races of the season - in Sölden she was eliminated in the giant slalom and in the slalom in Levi she did not start. The reason for this was a severe intestinal infection in the first half of November, which resulted in a three-day hospital stay and marked weight loss. In the first week of December, Vonn won both downhill runs and the Super-G in Lake Louise, increasing her record to 14 World Cup victories on this route. In addition, she won a race there for the seventh time in a row, something that no one had before. For the third time, she won three races on three consecutive days - also a first in the World Cup. She overtook Vreni Schneider with a total of 56 World Cup victories , and she also achieved her 100th podium in the second descent. A week later in St. Moritz she was eliminated in the super combined, but won the super G. On December 14, Vonn fell into the nets on the descent from Val-d'Isère , but was uninjured. For the first time since January 2007, she did not finish in this discipline. On the same day, People magazine published an interview in which Vonn announced that she had suffered from depression for years .

Due to the unusual weakness in the technical disciplines (in that season up to this point no placement in the slalom and a 21st place as the best result in the giant slalom), she took a break of several weeks and only started the speed races in St. .Anton back to the start. After winning the downhill from Cortina d'Ampezzo , she also won the giant slalom in Maribor - somewhat surprisingly in view of the course of the season so far . On February 5, 2013, she had a serious fall at the Super-G World Championships in Schladming and suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament and a ruptured inner ligament in her right knee. This ended the season prematurely for them. An initially feared fracture of the tibial head turned out to be a hairline crack on a second examination. Although she could not take part in any more races, she won the Downhill World Cup by one point over Tina Maze . Vonn is the first female ski racer ever to win the same discipline ranking six times in a row.

Since, according to her own statements, her rehabilitation went better than expected, Vonn wanted to make her comeback at the first race of the season in Sölden at the end of October 2013. She decided not to participate three days before the race in order to prepare better. During training in Copper Mountain on November 19, she fell violently and suffered a partial tear of the cruciate ligament on the operated right knee. Another operation should only be carried out after the end of the season. After all, she was back at the start on December 6th in Lake Louise; while she finished 40th in the first downhill, she climbed to 5th place in the Super-G two days later. A few days later Vonn announced that a new MRI examination had shown that the cruciate ligament that was initially only torn was now complete was torn through. On January 7, 2014, she finally canceled her participation in the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Persistent pain and swelling in the knee made it impossible to resume training. In January 2014 she was operated on again on her right knee.

Way back to success, chasing records

In October 2014 Vonn started snow training again in Sölden . The comeback at the speed races in Lake Louise was successful: one day after finishing eighth in the first descent, she celebrated her 15th victory in Lake Louise on the second descent, and it was also her 60th victory in the World Cup. After skipping the races in Åre in order to improve further in the speed races, the 61st victory in the World Cup followed in the descent from Val-d'Isère , which was also the 50th podium in a downhill. In addition, with four victories at this location, she is now the sole record winner. She crashed in the Super-G, but was uninjured. In Cortina d'Ampezzo she won the second downhill run there. By winning the subsequent Super-G, she celebrated her 63rd World Cup victory on January 19, 2015, overtaking Annemarie Moser-Pröll as the most successful female skier in the Alpine Ski World Cup. Another victory in the Super-G followed in St. Moritz , after a serious mistake in the downhill race the day before she could not make it into the top ten in 23rd place for the first time this season.

The 2015 Alpine World Ski Championships in Vail / Beaver Creek did not go particularly well for Vonn. Only in the opening race was she able to secure the bronze medal in the Super-G as a local hero. At the World Cup downhill she couldn't withstand the pressure and expectations and finished in fifth place. Vonn was also unable to convince in the technical disciplines: In the Alpine Combined she was eliminated - after finishing seventh in the downhill - as in previous major events ( 2010 Winter Olympics , 2007 World Cup and 2009 World Cup ) in slalom. In her last competition, the World Cup giant slalom, she managed to catch up from 27th to 14th after a failed first round.

Back in the World Cup, a dry spell followed until Vonn achieved more victories. In Maribor she fell into the safety nets during the giant slalom, but was again uninjured. In the Super-G in Bansko she made it to the podium, in the downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen it was enough for seventh place. Her first victory after the dry spell was the Super-G there. Vonn shone at the finale in Méribel with a double victory in downhill and super-G and thus secured both balls in the speed disciplines. In the final giant slalom she achieved fifth place, which on the one hand brought her third place in the overall World Cup and on the other hand was the best giant slalom result since her victory in Maribor two years ago.

Season of injuries and setting further records

During her summer training in New Zealand for the coming season Vonn injured herself again and had to break off camp. A broken ankle was diagnosed, which meant a ten-week break before she was back on skis two days before the World Cup kick-off in Sölden . Due to the lack of racing experience and the icy slope, Vonn decided not to start the season until the giant slalom in Aspen . There she was eliminated. Despite sustaining another off-piste injury from a dog bite, she finished first on both runs at Lake Louise. She also won the Super-G on the third day of racing. With that she managed the third speed triple in Canada and her 18th World Cup successes in Lake Louise.

Vonn after the giant slalom in Lienz in December 2015, where she was eliminated

On December 12, 2015, Vonn won a giant slalom in Åre for the first time since her injury. In the sprint descent (race in two rounds) in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee , she won her 36th descent and tied with the record of Annemarie Moser-Pröll. On January 23, 2016 Vonn overtook them with their victory in the World Cup downhill from Cortina d'Ampezzo. The following day she also won the Super-G at the same location, celebrating her 75th World Cup win and her eighth win of the season. Vonn was also unbeatable on the descent in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, winning 1.51 seconds ahead of Fabienne Suter. The Super-G there she finished in third place; This makes her the ski racer who has been on the podium most often in this discipline. By winning the Downhill World Cup on February 20, 2016 in La Thuile , Italy , Vonn secured her 20th crystal ball (4 × overall World Cup / 16 × discipline World Cup) - despite a fall the day before - and thus exceeded Ingemar Stenmark's previous record (3/16). In Soldeu the following week she fell again; in difficult weather conditions she came after jumping into the soft snow and fractured the head of the tibia. Nevertheless, she started the next day in the Super Combined, where she finished 13th after a lead in the Super G.

On March 2, 2016, Vonn announced as the overall World Cup leader that she would end the season early. More detailed investigations in Barcelona had shown that she had suffered a total of three fractures on the left tibial head in her fall and further starts posed too high a risk to her health. Her focus is on the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang .

Comeback season, World Cup medal, falls

Vonn on his way to victory in the downhill run in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 2017

In the summer, Vonn held a multi-week ski champ in Chile to prepare for the season - where she competed exclusively in the downhill and super-G. Vonn was absent from the season opening in Sölden , however, because she preferred her promotional tour of her book Strong is the new Beautiful through the entire USA. It was originally planned that she would return to the speed races in Lake Louise . This goal could not be achieved due to her renewed injury (she suffered a broken upper arm during training in Copper Mountain in November and marked damage to the nerve field in her right arm), which she published on Facebook . She contested her first race of the season on the downhill in Zauchensee , where she finished 13th. A week later she won her first race after her comeback on the downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , and in her first Super-G race of the season, she made it into the top ten straight away, finishing ninth. She retired on the downhill in Cortina d'Ampezzo , but was uninjured. The next day she reached 12th place in the Super-G.

At the Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 in St. Moritz , she was eliminated in the Super-G, in the combination she reached 5th place and won the bronze medal in the downhill, making her the oldest medal winner at an Alpine World Ski Championships at 32 years and 117 days has been. Back in the World Cup, she came second in the downhill and super-G at the Olympic dress rehearsal in Jeongseon . Also in the season finale in Aspen she failed to win, so she ended the season with just one race win, which was the last time she had won in 2005, when she celebrated her first World Cup victory. Due to the lack of training and the injury, Vonn showed significant weaknesses in the Super-G, where she crashed three times in seven races and did not start once.

Vonn announced that she would continue her career until at least 2019 in order to focus first on the 2018 Winter Olympics and then on Ingemar Stenmark's all-time record of most World Cup victories.

Further World Cup victories and Olympic bronze

After several injury breaks and limited training, Vonn was able to do her regular summer training in New Zealand and Chile for the first time. She made her first start spontaneously in Sölden , where she was not part of the decision with 34th place. Her losing streak continued unusually in Lake Louise, where she has already won 18 times: on the first descent she fell, twisted her knee, but got off lightly. In the second descent she only finished twelfth, in the Super-G she fell again. Vonn finished 24th in the Super-G in St. Moritz , but then complained of severe back problems. On December 16, Vonn managed to clinch her first victory in the Super-G in Val-d'Isère after eleven months and thus her 78th World Cup victory. In the descent, after a moderate start and only 36 points from the first 3 races, she achieved a second place and finally 4 victories in the last 4 descents, which made the fight for the crystal ball exciting again. Since her competitor Sofia Goggia finished second in each of the last 3 races, Vonn finally had to admit defeat by 3 points in this duel, even if in the end she had twice as many victories as Goggia. However, Vonn held 82 World Cup victories and was only 4 behind Ingemar Stenmark's all-time record .

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she won the bronze medal in the downhill and reached 6th place in the Super-G.

Another injury, bronze medal and resignation

In October 2018, Lindsey Vonn announced the end of her career after the 2018/2019 season. After another training injury in Copper Mountain, she only dared her comeback after the turn of the year in Cortina d'Ampezzo. After a long jump on the finish slope during the first training session, Vonn suffered an injury to the peroneal nerve, which increased the pain in his knees and calves. In the following two runs she achieved top 15 results, but in the Super-G she was eliminated with severe pain and even considered an immediate end to her career in an emotional interview on ORF. On February 1, 2019, she announced via Facebook that she would be stepping down after the 2019 World Ski Championships in Åre . She gave up her attempt to break Ingemar Stenmark's record of 86 World Cup victories. In her last world championship, she competed in the super-G and downhill. Vonn fell in Super-G because she hit a gate too directly, but was uninjured. In the subsequent downhill she was third behind Ilka Štuhec and Corinne Suter and won her eighth World Championship medal. On February 10, 2019, she officially retired from ski racing.

Records

With 82 World Cup victories, Lindsey Vonn is the most successful female skier in the World Cup to date . This is followed by Mikaela Shiffrin with 66 victories so far and Annemarie Moser-Pröll with 62. Vonn also leads in podium positions with 137, ahead of Moser-Pröll with 113. Vonn has won 4 large and 16 small World Cup crystal balls.

In addition, she won 18 World Cup races in the same place (Lake Louise), which is unsurpassed so far, the 14 victories in the downhill in Lake Louise are a record in one place. Another record is her 25 podium places there. Six super-G victories in one place (Cortina d'Ampezzo) are also unmatched. You, Katja Seizinger and Mikaela Shiffrin are the only athletes to date to have won three races on three consecutive days. Vonn succeeded in doing this four times (in Lake Louise in 2011, 2012 and 2015 and in Haus im Ennstal in 2010). Vonn also won seven races in a row at Lake Louise, something no one else had done before her.

With 43 downhill victories and 28 super-G victories, she is the most successful runner in the World Cup in both disciplines. In addition, she achieved the most podium places in the downhill (66), in the Super-G she overtook Renate Götschl with her third place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on February 7, 2016 (46). By winning the fifth Super G ball at the end of the 2015 World Cup season, she drew level with the German Katja Seizinger, who also won the Super G five times.

Vonn belongs to the small group of runners who have won world cup races in all five disciplines . In the 2009/2010 season she was the first female ski racer to win four of the six crystal balls. In 2011/2012 she repeated this success, which had been equalized by Tina Maze in the 2012/2013 season and Mikaela Shiffrin (2018/19).

In the downhill, Vonn was the only athlete to date to win a discipline world cup six times in a row (from 2008 to 2013). It is noteworthy that Vonn won the Downhill World Cup in 2013, although she was unable to participate in the last three races due to an injury. She benefited from the fact that the last season run had to be canceled due to weather conditions, so that Vonn had a point ahead of Tina Maze in the end. At the end of the 2015 World Cup winter, she won the downhill ball for the seventh time, something that only Annemarie Moser-Pröll had achieved before her. Vonn won the Downhill World Cup for the eighth time in the 2015/2016 season, making herself the only record holder in this category. With a total of 20 crystal balls won, she holds the record for women.

After all, Vonn is the only one who has managed to win the Downhill and Super-G balls in five seasons, thus creating the so-called speed double .

successes

Lindsey Vonn with the crystal ball for winning the Downhill World Cup 2010
Award ceremony of the World Cup run in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee on January 8, 2011: Anja Pärson (left), Lindsey Vonn (center), Anna Fenninger (right)

winter Olympics

World championships

World Cup ratings

Vonn won the overall World Cup four times and one discipline classification 16 times:

season total Departure Super G Giant slalom slalom combination CityEvent
space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points
2001/02 93. 27 41. 15th 35. 12 - - - - - - - -
2002/03 118. 3 47. 3 - - - - - - - - - -
2003/04 30th 265 14th 158 20th 62 45. 13 38. 32 - - - -
2004/05 6th 914 5. 384 3. 396 35. 29 28. 60 5. 45 - -
2005/06 5. 1067 2. 410 4th 326 49. 7th 9. 214 3. 110 - -
2006/07 6th 808 3. 390 3. 310 - - 37. 28 7th 80 - -
2007/08 1. 1403 1. 755 6th 262 13. 140 32. 46 2. 200 - -
2008/09 1. 1788 1. 502 1. 461 8th. 205 3. 440 2. 180 - -
2009/10 1. 1671 1. 725 1. 620 28. 41 14th 125 1. 160 - -
2010/11 2. 1725 1. 650 1. 560 12. 158 19th 107 1. 220 5. 30th
2011/12 1. 1980 1. 690 1. 453 2. 455 20th 142 1. 180 3. 60
2012/13 8th. 740 1. 340 4th 286 20th 114 - - - - - -
2013/14 68. 69 36. 24 25th 45 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 3. 1087 1. 502 1. 540 29 45 - - - - - -
2015/16 2. 1235 1. 580 3. 420 18th 120 43. 15th 5. 100 - -
2016/17 19th 411 4th 280 12. 131 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 10. 792 2. 506 9. 236 - - - - 10. 50 - -
2018/19 83. 45 32. 45 - - - - - - - - - -

World Cup victories

  • 82 World Cup victories in individual races (43 × downhill, 28 × super-G, 5 × super combination, 2 × slalom, 4 × giant slalom)
  • 137 podium places in individual races (66 × downhill, 46 × super-G, 13 × super-combination, 5 × slalom, 6 × giant slalom, 1 × city event)
  • 1 podium in team competitions

Departure

date place country
December 3, 2004 Lake Louise Canada
December 3, 2005 Lake Louise Canada
December 17, 2005 Val d'Isère France
December 2, 2006 Lake Louise Canada
December 20, 2006 Val d'Isère France
December 1, 2007 Lake Louise Canada
December 21, 2007 St. Anton Austria
January 19, 2008 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
February 9, 2008 Sestriere Italy
March 8, 2008 Crans-Montana Switzerland
December 5, 2008 Lake Louise Canada
March 11, 2009 Are Sweden
4th December 2009 Lake Louise Canada
December 5, 2009 Lake Louise Canada
January 8, 2010 House in the Ennstal Austria
January 9, 2010 House in the Ennstal Austria
January 23, 2010 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
March 6, 2010 Crans-Montana Switzerland
December 18, 2010 Val d'Isère France
January 8, 2011 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee Austria
February 26, 2011 Are Sweden
December 2, 2011 Lake Louise Canada
December 3, 2011 Lake Louise Canada
January 28, 2012 St. Moritz Switzerland
4th February 2012 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
March 14, 2012 Schladming Austria
November 30, 2012 Lake Louise Canada
December 1, 2012 Lake Louise Canada
19th January 2013 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
December 6, 2014 Lake Louise Canada
20th December 2014 Val d'Isère France
January 18, 2015 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
March 18, 2015 Meribel France
4th December 2015 Lake Louise Canada
5th December 2015 Lake Louise Canada
January 9, 2016 * Altenmarkt-Zauchensee Austria
January 23, 2016 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
February 6, 2016 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
January 21, 2017 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
20th January 2018 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
3rd February 2018 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
4th February 2018 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
March 14, 2018 Are Sweden

* Sprint descent in two runs

slalom

date place country
November 15, 2008 Levi Finland
January 30, 2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany

Super G

date place country
March 3, 2006 * Hafjell Norway
January 28, 2007 San Sicario Italy
February 1, 2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
February 22, 2009 Tarvisio Italy
March 1, 2009 Bansko Bulgaria
March 12, 2009 Are Sweden
January 10, 2010 House in the Ennstal Austria
January 22, 2010 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
January 31, 2010 St. Moritz Switzerland
March 12, 2010 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
5th December 2010 Lake Louise Canada
January 21, 2011 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
January 23, 2011 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
March 6, 2011 Tarvisio Italy
4th December 2011 Lake Louise Canada
December 7, 2011 Beaver Creek United States
January 15, 2012 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
February 26, 2012 Bansko Bulgaria
December 2, 2012 Lake Louise Canada
December 8, 2012 St. Moritz Switzerland
19th January 2015 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
January 25, 2015 St. Moritz Switzerland
March 8, 2015 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
19th March 2015 Meribel France
December 6, 2015 Lake Louise Canada
January 10, 2016 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee Austria
January 24, 2016 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
December 16, 2017 Val d'Isère France

* at the same time as Michaela Dorfmeister and Nadia Styger

Giant slalom

date place country
October 22, 2011 Soelden Austria
March 9, 2012 Are Sweden
January 26, 2013 Maribor Slovenia
December 12, 2015 Are Sweden

Super combination

date place country
December 22, 2007 St. Anton Austria
January 17, 2009 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee Austria
December 18, 2009 Val d'Isère France
December 19, 2010 Val d'Isère France
January 27, 2012 St. Moritz Switzerland

Nor-Am Cup

Lindsey Vonn in Crans-Montana, March 2008
  • Season 1999/00 : 5. Appreciation, 2nd downhill standings, fifth slalom rating
  • Season 2000/01 : 2. Super-G standings
  • 2002/03 season : 10th overall ranking, 2nd slalom ranking, 6th giant slalom ranking
  • 9 podiums including 3 wins

Junior World Championships

More Achievements

  • 4 US championship titles (Super-G 2004; Slalom 2004, 2008 and 2009)
  • 1 podium in the European Cup
  • 8 victories in FIS races (4 × giant slalom, 4 × slalom)

Awards

Personal

During the racing season in Europe Vonn lives like the rest of the US ski team in Austria (until 2009 in Kirchberg , until 2011 in Kaprun and then in Sölden ). After winning a World Cup run in Val-d'Isère in 2005 , she waived the usual prize money and instead opted for a cow that had been offered by a local sponsor. The cow was named Olympe and has been grazing not far from the former team base in Kirchberg since then. She also won a cow in the downhill win in Val-d'Isère in 2014, this time it was called Winnie , a homage to her physiotherapist Lindsay Winninger. The cow grazes in Sölden.

Due to the long stays in Austria, the mostly Austrian supervisor and a language teacher provided by her main sponsor Red Bull , Vonn speaks fluent German . She is a fan of the Swiss tennis player Roger Federer and describes him as her great role model.

In May 2010 she played a supporting role in the last episode of the TV series Law & Order and was the office worker of a teachers' union. Vonn was also seen on TV in early 2015 when the American TV station NBC made a documentary called Lindsey Vonn: The Climb broadcast, which showed the healing process of the two years of injury (2013, 2014) and the successful comeback.

In April 2012, several media reported that Vonn had tax debts of $ 1.7 million (equivalent to 1.3 million euros ) based on income from 2010.

After Lindsey and Thomas Vonn separated in November 2011, the divorce was finalized in January 2013. In mid-March of the same year, she announced on her Facebook account that she had been with professional golfer Tiger Woods for several months . On May 3, 2015 Vonn announced on her Facebook page that she and Woods had split up. From 2016 to 2017 she was in a relationship with the former footballer Kenan Smith .

Vonn's self-written fitness motivational guide Strong Is the New Beautiful was published in October 2016 .

Vonn has been in a relationship with ice hockey player P. K. Subban since March 2018 . Subban and Vonn announced their engagement in August 2019.

Web links

Commons : Lindsey Vonn  - Collection of Images
 Wikinews: Lindsey Vonn  - on the news

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ It's full speed ahead for Lindsey Kildow. Star Tribune , February 5, 2006, archived from the original on October 28, 2009 ; accessed on January 19, 2010 (English).
  3. ↑ Lindsey Kildow: dispute with father escalates. skiinfo.de, November 29, 2005, accessed on January 19, 2010 .
  4. ↑ Lindsey Vonn Bio. nbcolympics.com, 2009, archived from the original on January 30, 2010 ; accessed on January 19, 2010 (English).
  5. ↑ Kildow can tick off WM. Focus , February 16, 2007, accessed January 19, 2010 .
  6. ↑ Olympic Skier Lindsey Kildow Recalls Wedding Jitters. People , October 20, 2007, accessed January 19, 2010 .
  7. ↑ Clumsy Vonn starts in the slalom. Kleine Zeitung , February 13, 2009, accessed January 19, 2010 .
  8. ↑ A bang in the Ski World Cup: Lindsey Vonn switches to Head. skiinfo.de, September 7, 2009, accessed on January 19, 2010 .
  9. ↑ Cool or idiotic - Lindsey Vonn uses men's skis on downhill slopes - not everyone likes that. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , December 20, 2009, accessed on February 17, 2010 .
  10. ↑ As expected, fit for the start of the descent. rhein-zeitung.de , February 17, 2010, accessed on February 17, 2010 .
  11. ↑ Vonn celebrates gold - first Riesch disappointment. Die Zeit , February 17, 2010, archived from the original on March 2, 2010 ; accessed on October 12, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Lindsey Vonn not seriously injured. Handelsblatt , December 28, 2009, accessed on January 19, 2010 .
  13. ↑ Ski run in Garmisch - Riesch, Vonn races away. n-tv , March 10, 2010, accessed March 14, 2010 .
  14. ↑ Alpine skiing - Lindsey Vonn closes the sack. Focus , March 12, 2010, accessed March 14, 2010 .
  15. ↑ At eye level with Katja Seizinger. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , January 10, 2010, accessed on January 19, 2010 .
  16. ↑ Lindsey Vonn had a serious fall. skionline.ch, February 2, 2011, accessed on February 7, 2011 .
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  18. ↑ Lindsey Vonn's divorce. Der Spiegel , November 28, 2011, accessed November 28, 2011 .
  19. ↑ Regensburg wins, Vonn misses the record. 20 Minuten , March 21, 2012, accessed March 21, 2011 .
  20. ↑ Is she driving the gentleman up and away? ORF , October 8, 2012, accessed October 8, 2012 .
  21. ↑ FIS is no exception for Vonn. Kleine Zeitung , November 3, 2012, accessed May 5, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Vonn is back on the slopes. Spiegel Online , November 18, 2012, accessed December 16, 2012 .
  23. ↑ What's wrong with Lindsey Vonn? Neue Zürcher Zeitung , December 15, 2012, accessed on December 16, 2012 .
  24. ↑ Lindsey Vonn took the back exit after the failure. skionline.ch, December 16, 2012, accessed on December 16, 2012 .
  25. ↑ Lindsey Vonn suffers cruciate ligament tear in horror fall. Focus , February 5, 2013, accessed February 5, 2013 .
  26. ↑ Vonn: But no fracture of the head of the tibia. Focus , February 17, 2013, accessed February 18, 2013 .
  27. ↑ Point advantage despite knee injury: injured Vonn wins Downhill World Cup. Spiegel Online , March 13, 2013, accessed March 13, 2013 .
  28. ↑ Vonn does not start in Sölden. Spiegel Online , October 23, 2013, accessed November 21, 2013 .
  29. ↑ Vonn needs an operation - but not now. Kleine Zeitung , December 2, 2013, accessed May 5, 2020 .
  30. ↑ Knee injury: Ski star Lindsey Vonn cancels Olympic participation. Spiegel Online , January 7, 2014, accessed January 7, 2014 .
  31. ↑ Vonn operated on his knee. Basler Zeitung , January 16, 2013.
  32. ↑ Knee injury: Vonn made her comeback on skis. kurier.at , October 3, 2014, accessed December 8, 2014 .
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  35. ↑ Lindsey Vonn makes skiing history. derStandard.at , January 18, 2015, accessed on January 18, 2014 .
  36. ↑ Vonn wins the Super-G. Spiegel Online , January 25, 2015, accessed January 25, 2014 .
  37. ↑ Lindsey Vonn injured again. kurier.at , August 13, 2015, accessed on October 25, 2015 .
  38. ↑ Vonn does not start in the Sölden giant slalom. In: sport.orf.at. ORF, October 23, 2015, accessed on October 25, 2015 .
  39. ↑ US superstar celebrates next speed triumph. In: sport.orf.at. ORF, December 6, 2015, accessed on December 6, 2015 .
  40. ↑ Lindsey Vonn: fracture of the tibial head. derStandard.at , February 27, 2016, accessed on February 18, 2018 .
  41. ↑ Gagnon Kombi-Winner, Vonn not to slow down. derStandard.at , February 28, 2016, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  42. ↑ Lindsey Vonn has to pass. faz.net , March 2, 2016, accessed March 2, 2015 .
  43. ↑ Lindsey Vonn ends up in the hospital again. kurier.at , November 11, 2016, accessed on November 11, 2016 .
  44. ↑ Ski star Vonn is back on the slopes. n-tv.de, January 12, 2016, accessed on January 12, 2016 .
  45. ↑ Vonn wants to continue his career until 2019. laola1.at , June 7, 2016, accessed on March 21, 2017 .
  46. ↑ Vonn missed the second Sölden pass. diepresse.com , October 28, 2017, accessed December 9, 2017 .
  47. ↑ Fans worry about Vonn. heute.at , December 9, 2017, accessed December 9, 2017 .
  48. ↑ Lindsey Vonn debuts at Pyeongchang Olympics, fails to medal in women's super-G . Espn.com. July 16, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  49. ↑ Women's Downhill Live Results . nytimes.com. February 20, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  50. ↑ Lindsey Vonn ends her career in 2019. In: spiegel.de. Spiegel Online , October 12, 2018, accessed October 12, 2018 .
  51. ↑ Vonn finally stops after the World Cup. sport.orf.at, February 1, 2019, accessed on February 1, 2019 .
  52. ↑ According to downhill bronze Lindsey Vonn: "That was definitely my last race". kleinezeitung.at, February 10, 2019, accessed on February 10, 2019 .
  53. ^ Vonn, Mancuso and Co: Second home in Zell am See-Kaprun. ski2b.com, January 6, 2010, accessed January 19, 2010 .
  54. ↑ Lindsey Vonn, Snow Queen. The Independent , February 9, 2010; archived from the original on May 14, 2009 ; accessed on January 19, 2010 (English).
  55. ↑ Lindsey Vonn chases Moser-Pröll. Courier , December 20, 2014, accessed February 18, 2018 .
  56. ↑ Lindsay Vonn loves red-white-red: “Austria has become my second home.” News.at , December 22, 2007, accessed on January 25, 2015 .
  57. ↑ Ski World Cup: Vonn does without a super combination. February 11, 2011, accessed March 9, 2012 (interview with Lindsey Vonn ( YouTube video)).
  58. ↑ US ski star Lindsey Vonn is a "Roger Federer Freak". news1.ch, October 8, 2009, archived from the original on March 2, 2010 ; Retrieved January 19, 2010 .
  59. ↑ Skiing star Lindsey Vonn's so sad to see 'Law & Order' take a powder. Daily News , May 16, 2010, accessed May 26, 2010 .
  60. ^ Film about Vonn's comeback on US TV on Sunday. kleinezeitung.at, January 25, 2015, accessed on June 25, 2020 .
  61. ↑ Vonn has to pay $ 1.7 million. Kleine Zeitung , April 17, 2012, accessed May 5, 2020 .
  62. ↑ Lindsey Vonn officially divorced. Blick , January 10, 2013, accessed March 18, 2013 .
  63. ↑ Lindsey Vonn and Tiger Woods are a couple. 20 Minuten , March 18, 2013, accessed March 18, 2013 .
  64. ↑ Lindsey Vonn and Tiger Woods separated. Blick , May 3, 2015, accessed May 3, 2015 .
  65. ↑ Lindsay Vonn publishes book. On miss.at, accessed on October 20, 2016.
  66. ^ Lindsey Vonn and PK Subban's Love Story Will Melt Your Heart. In: eonline.com . October 18, 2019, accessed November 19, 2019 .
  67. ↑ Lindsey Vonn And Boyfriend PK Subban Go Together Like Snow And Ice. CBS Denver, February 8, 2019, accessed March 14, 2019 .
  68. ↑ Alexandra Macon: Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn Is Engaged to New Jersey Devils Hockey Player PK Subban. Vogue, August 23, 2019, accessed November 19, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Vonn, Lindsey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vonn, Lindsey Caroline (full name); Kildow, Lindsey Caroline (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Paul , Minnesota