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.