Biography for
Lindsey Vonn More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

18 October 1984, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Birth Name

Lindsey C. Kildow

Nickname

Don Don
Linds
Kildon

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

Lindsey has changed her name after the marriage to Lindsey Vonn and she is mostly referred by this 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 enrolled after to 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 Championsip at Puy St. Vincent, France.

In December 2004 she earned her first World Cup medal podium for the first time in downhill victory in Lake Louise, Alberta. Canada.

Despite her injuries, Lindsey earned her first "big race" medals with silver in both 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..

Spouse

Thomas Vonn

(29 September 2007 - present) (filed for divorce)

Trivia

Attending the University of Missouri (2006)

Parents are Laura & Alan (divorced)

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.

Will guest-star in the season finale of "Law & Order" (1990), her favorite TV show [March 31, 2010].

Where Are They Now

(2010) Appeared in a commercial for "Alka Selzer Plus".