- Born
- Birth nameLindsey Caroline Kildow
- Nicknames
- Don Don
- Linds
- Kildon
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Lindsey Vonn (née Kildow) is now mostly known by her married name (her husband is the skier Thomas Vonn).
She began to ski at the tender age of 2 in her natal area Twin City (Minnesota) and was later enrolled into the famous development program at Buck Hill.
In her Olympic debut at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, Lindsey came sixth in both slalom and combined at Salt Lake City and the next year she won a silver medal in downhill in the Junior World Championship at Puy St. Vincent, France.
In December 2004 she earned her first World Cup medal (bronze) for the downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta. Canada.
Despite injuries, Lindsey earned her first "big race" medals with silver in both the downhill and super G at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 held in Sweden.
After a recovering 2007 season through February 9, 2008, she had already won five World Cup races during the season and became World Cup discipline leader in both downhill and combined.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Mae R..
- SpouseThomas Vonn(September 29, 2007 - January 9, 2013) (divorced)
- ParentsAlan KildowLaura Kildow
- RelativesKarin Kildow(Sibling)Lauren Kildow(Sibling)Dylan Kildow(Sibling)Reed Kildow(Sibling)Don Kildow(Grandparent)Shirley Kildow(Grandparent)
- Her 43 World Cup Downhill victories are the most by any gender in the discipline. In 2016, she surpassed Austrian Annemarie Moser-Pröll's record of 36, which had stood for almost 37 years.
- Parents are Alan and Laura Kildow. Her father was a junior national skiing champion.
- Won two Gold medals in the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill and Super-G at the 2009 World Championships in Val-d'Isère, France. Additionally, she has won two Silver and a Bronze medal in Downhill (2007, 2011, 2017) and a Silver and a Bronze medal in Super-G (2007, 2015).
- A 4-time Olympian for the United States Alpine Skiing team (2002, 2006, 2010, 2018).
- Her 5 World Cup Season Championships in Super-G ties German Katja Seizinger, Austrian Hermann Maier, and Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal's record for the most championships in that discipline.
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