Lindsey Vonn: podcast appearances and interviews

Lindsey Caroline Vonn is an American alpine ski racer recognized as a skiing legend. She won four World Cup overall championships in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012. Vonn secured the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first for an American woman. Throughout her career, she achieved a record eight World Cup season titles in downhill, along with five in super-G and three consecutive titles in the combined. In 2016, she won her 20th World Cup crystal globe, setting an overall record for men and women by surpassing Ingemar Stenmark, who won 19 globes in his career. Vonn is one of six women to have won World Cup races in all five disciplines of alpine skiing and has amassed 84 World Cup victories as of January 2026. Her total of 82 victories, achieved before her retirement in 2019, was a women's record until it was surpassed by Mikaela Shiffrin in 2023. Her achievements include two World Championship gold medals, three silver medals, and four overall World Cup titles, establishing her as one of the most successful American ski racers and one of the greatest alpine skiers of all time. She was awarded the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year in 2011 and was named the United States Olympic Committee's sportswoman of the year. Despite injuries that caused her to miss significant parts of several seasons, Vonn continued to contribute to the sport and worked as a correspondent during the 2014 Winter Olympics. She announced her retirement in 2019 due to injury concerns but returned to competitive skiing in November 2024, becoming the oldest downhill skiing World Cup winner at the age of 41.