Lindsey Vonn Timeline

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1984 Lindsey Vonn born in Saint Paul Lindsey Kildow is born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and learns to ski at Buck Hill.
1999 Lindsey Vonn wins the Trofeo Topolino At 14, Kildow is the first American woman to win the youth race in Italy.
2000 Lindsey Vonn makes her World Cup debut At 16, Kildow races her first World Cup in Park City.
2002 Lindsey Vonn races at her first Olympics At 17, Kildow competes at Salt Lake City.
2004 Lindsey Vonn wins her first World Cup race Kildow wins a downhill at Lake Louise, later her most successful venue.
2006 Lindsey Vonn crashes at the Turin Olympics Kildow is airlifted from a training crash but races two days later.
2007 Lindsey Vonn marries Thomas Vonn Kildow marries the former skier and races as Vonn.
2008 Lindsey Vonn wins the overall World Cup Vonn is the second American woman to win the overall title.
2009 Lindsey Vonn wins two world titles Vonn wins super-G and downhill gold in Val d'Isère.
2010 Lindsey Vonn wins Olympic downhill gold Vonn is the first American woman to win the Olympic downhill.
2010 Lindsey Vonn wins super-G bronze Vonn adds a second medal in Vancouver.
2010 Lindsey Vonn wins a third overall title Vonn wins her third straight overall World Cup.
2012 Lindsey Vonn wins a fourth overall title Vonn wins the overall World Cup again.
2013 Lindsey Vonn crashes at the World Championships Vonn tears knee ligaments and breaks her leg in the super-G at Schladming.
2014 Lindsey Vonn misses the Sochi Olympics Vonn re-injures her knee and withdraws.
2015 Lindsey Vonn sets the women's World Cup record Vonn wins her 63rd race in Cortina, passing Annemarie Moser-Pröll.
2018 Lindsey Vonn wins Olympic downhill bronze At 33, Vonn takes bronze in Pyeongchang.
2019 Lindsey Vonn retires with a medal Vonn ends her career with downhill bronze at the World Championships in Åre.
2023 Lindsey Vonn skis the Streif Vonn becomes the first woman to ski the Kitzbühel downhill, as a forerunner.
2024 Lindsey Vonn announces her comeback After a partial knee replacement, Vonn returns to racing at 40.
2024 Lindsey Vonn returns to the World Cup Vonn finishes 14th in a super-G in St. Moritz.
2025 Lindsey Vonn returns to the podium Vonn is second in super-G at Sun Valley, her first podium in seven years.
2025 Lindsey Vonn wins at 41 Vonn wins a downhill in St. Moritz, the oldest downhill winner in World Cup history.
2026 Lindsey Vonn wins her 84th race Vonn wins a downhill in Zauchensee.
2026 Lindsey Vonn crashes in the Olympic downhill Racing with a torn ACL, Vonn crashes in Cortina and breaks her leg.