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Lindsey Vonn (n�e Kildow, born October 18, 1984) is an American alpine ski racer (Alpine skiing). She won the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in downhill, the first American woman to do so. She also won three consecutive overall World Cup championships (2008 (2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup), 2009 (2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup), 2010 (2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup)), the first American woman and second woman ever to accomplish this. Lindsey also won World Cup (FIS Alpine Ski World Cup) discipline championships in downhill (back-to-back) and Super G (the first American woman to do so).
With her Olympic gold and bronze medals, 33 World Cup wins in four disciplines (downhill, Super G, slalom and super combined) and two World Championship (FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009) gold medals (plus two World Championship (FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007) silver medals), Vonn has become the most successful American woman skier in history.
Skiername: Lindsey Vonn
Disciplines: Downhill (Downhill skiing), Super-G (Super Giant Slalom skiing),, Giant slalom (Giant Slalom skiing), Slalom (Slalom skiing),,Combined (Alpine skiing combined)
Skis: Head (Head (company))
Boots: Head (Head (company))
Bindings: Head (Head (company))
Sponsor: Head (Head (company))
Date of birth: 1984-10-18
Birthcity: Saint Paul (St. Paul, Minnesota), Minnesota
Height: 5 ft 10 in
Weight: 160 lb - (75 kg)
Wcdebut: November 18, 2000
Website: www.lindseyvonn.com/
Olympicmedals: 2
Olympicgolds: 1
Worldsmedals: 4
Worldsgolds: 2
Wcseasons: 10
Wcwins: 33
Wcpodiums: 64
Wctitles: 6 MedalTableTop MedalSport Women's alpine skiing MedalCountry the USA MedalOlympics MedalGold 2010 Vancouver (Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics) Downhill (Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Women's downhill) MedalBronze 2010 Vancouver Super-G (Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Women's Super-G) MedalWorldChampionships MedalGold 2009 Val d'Is�re (FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009) Downhill (FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 - Women's downhill) MedalGold 2009 Val d'Is�re Super-G (FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 - Women's Super-G) MedalSilver 2007 �re (FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007) Downhill (FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 - Ladies Downhill) MedalSilver 2007 �re Super-G (FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 - Ladies Super G) MedalBottom