Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Caroline Vonn is an American World Cup alpine ski racer on the US Ski Team. She has won four World Cup overall championships—one of only two female skiers to do so, along with Annemarie Moser-Pröll—with three consecutive titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010, plus another in 2012. Vonn won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first ever in the event for an American woman. She has also won the record eight World Cup season...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSkier
Date of Birth18 October 1984
CitySaint Paul, MN
CountryUnited States of America
Athletics at the highest level is a sport within a sport.
Life's short, you know? Especially as an athlete. Your career is very short, and you use the opportunities that you have because you're not going to have them again.
I always channeled what I felt emotionally into skiing - my insecurities, my anger, my disappointment. Skiing was always my outlet, and it worked.
Medals are decided by hundredths of a second, so I need assurance that my vision is perfect every time I compete, no matter what the conditions.
Life changes very quickly in a very positive way if you let it.
Records are the only thing that remain of an athlete, the only thing that people will remember. If I want to ensure that people don't forget me, I can only stop once I've set the bar as high as possible for anyone coming after me.
If you work hard, it will pay off in the end.
I always ate healthy, but it wasn't scientific. Now it's a high-protein diet and no carbohydrates. I have more consistent energy, and I don't get tired after a meal. It does take a very detailed meal plan.
Skiing takes so much out of me, and when I start a family, I want to do it 100%.
If you go around being afraid, you're never going to enjoy life. You have only one chance, so you've got to have fun.
You are only limited to what you push yourself to, you know? You can always get better.
My childhood dream was to win the Olympics, and I've done that. Everything else is icing on the cake.
I want to keep pushing the limits to see what's possible. That's the nice thing about ski racing - no one is stopping you from going faster.
I think the most important thing in skiing is you have to be having fun. If you're having fun, then everything else will come easy to you.