- 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.
- Started skiing at the age of three near her Minneapolis home. When she was 12, her family moved to Vail, Colorado for her training. Won her first international championship at 15 and competed in her first Olympics at 17.
- One of six women (along with Petra Kronberger, Pernilla Wiberg, Janica Kostelic, Anja Pärson, and Tina Maze) to have won a World Cup race in all five disciplines of alpine skiing: Downhill, Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G, and Combined.
- Her 28 World Cup Super-G victories are the most by any gender in the discipline. In 2016, she surpassed Austrian Hermann Maier's record of 24, which had stood since 2009.
- Parents are Alan and Laura Kildow. Her father was a junior national skiing champion.
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