Intro

Lindsey Vonn is the first American woman to win a gold medal in downhill skiing at the Olympics. Lindsey Vonn has four World Cup overall titles to her credit. Similarly, citing her injuries, she has announced her retirement from the sport.

Lindsey Vonn: Family Life

Lindsey Vonn was born Lindsey Caroline Vonn Kildow on 1984, October 18th. She was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Likewise, she is 36 years old at the moment. Lindsey belongs to American nationality and was born under the star sign Libra. She was born to Alan Lee Kildow and Linda Anne. Likewise, her father is also a professional Skii player. However, he could not continue it following a knee injury. Lindsey has two sisters named Laura Kildow and Karin Kildow.

She grew up along with her two brothers whose names are Reed Kildow and Dylan Kildow. Lindsey had started skiing since she was only two years old.

Qualification

For education, she joined the University of Missouri High School. She had enrolled in a program for distance and Independent study. Likewise, in addition to English, Vonn can speak German fluently.

Journey of Life

Lindsey had been skiing since she was young. Her grandfather and father were the ones who taught her how to ski. Similarly, she soon became extremely excellent at it and began competing in competitions. She competed in a number of national and state championships in the United States, winning multiple titles.

Lindsey rose to the top of the United States Ski Team. Furthermore, on November 18, 2000, at Park City, Utah, the young skier made her World Cup debut at the age of 16. At the age of 17, she made her Olympic debut at the 2002 Winter Olympics. In Salt Lake City, she competed in both slalom and combined events.

Similarly, she won a silver medal in downhill at the Junior World Championships in March 2003  at Puy-Saint-Vincent, France.

Lindsey participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics for the second time. On February 13, 2006, the teenage skier Kildow set the second-best time in the first practice run but crashed in the second practice run for the downhill competition.

Vonn was the overall World Cup champion in 2008. Lindsey Vonn also made history as the second American woman to do so. Vonn went on to win the World Cup season title downhill as well as the combined championship at the US Alpine Championships, completing her best ski season to date.

She won the overall World Cup title again in 2009, as well as the downhill title. In the same way, Vonn won the season championship in super-G by winning the season’s final event.

She also won the World Cup downhill title for the seventh time in a row. She declared her retirement in the year 2018 after a while.

How Rich is Lindsey Vonn?

She has certainly earned a decent sum of wealth throughout her career. She has a net worth of a staggering $ 10 million.

Lindsey Vonn: Personal Life

In the year 2007, she married fellow ski racer Thomas Vonn. They were roughly nine years apart in age. Things quickly deteriorated, and she filed for divorce. In the year 2013, the couple divorced. In the year 2016, she dated actor Alexander Ludwig after her divorce. She, on the other hand, quickly ended her relationship with him.

Body Status

She stands tall at 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 64 kg. Likewise, her body measurements (chest-waist-hips) are 34-26-35 respectively. Lindsey has blonde hair with hazel-colored eyes.

Lindsey Vonn: Social Media Followers

She has over 2.1 million followers on Instagram, 1 million followers on Twitter, and 1.5 million followers on Facebook respectively.

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