Former World Cup alpine ski racer with the US Ski Team, Lindsey Caroline Vonn, is an American. With three straight victories in 2008, 2009, and 2010, along with another in 2012, she finished with four World Cup overall titles, placing second among female skiers only to Annemarie Moser-Pröll. The first downhill gold medal for an American woman was won by Vonn at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
In 2009, Vonn won the overall World Cup title once more, the downhill title once more, and the super-G season championship by taking first place in the season’s final race. When Vonn won the super-G at Tarvisio in February, she broke Tamara McKinney’s American record of 18 World Cup triumphs.
Vonn surpassed Phil Maher’s eight victories in 1982 with nine victories at the World Cup, breaking the American single-season record. Vonn became the first American woman to win the super-G world championship at the 2009 World Championships in Val-d’Isère, France.
Why is Lindsey Vonn so famous?
Lindsey Vonn is well-known for winning four women’s World Cup overall titles (2008–10 and 2012).