2010 Winter Olympics gold medalist Lindsey Vonn has said she is “making progress” and certain to have “fun” ahead of her latest step in a potential return to the Games with Team USA.
The 40-year-old is scheduled to race the downhill and Super G on in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany on Saturday as she continues her comeback from retirement.
“Excited to be back in the starting gate of another race again,” Vonn told her millions of social media followers, posing on the slopes with team-mates Lauren Macuga and Breezy Johnson.
“Slowly figuring things out one day at a time and making progress. No matter what the result, I’m going to have fun. Let’s go.”
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Lindsey Vonn returns from retirement
Five years after ending her career following 82 World Cup wins, Vonn announced her return to the sport in November.
She took part in a series of International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) lower-tier downhill and super-G races at Colorado’s Copper Mountain in December and finished 14th in a race in Switzerland.
Sixth and fourth-placed finishes followed in races in Austria, but she crashed during training at a World Cup event in Italy last week.
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The three-time Olympic medalist and four-time World Cup overall champion is one of the most popular athletes in Team USA history and could be on a course to competing at the Winter Olympics in February 2026.
“I don’t know if it’s possible,” Vonn told AP after her crash. “I have to stay on my feet, unlike today. I have to keep things going and if I can make it, it would be a thrilling and a great way to kind of close the loop on my career — I guess the second chapter of my career.
“But I’m really trying not to think that far ahead. I have to stick with… just kind of building and getting everything dialed in.
“But I definitely am thinking about it and I hope that I can get there. I would never go past [2026]. It would be a great way to end things once and for all.”
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Lindsey Vonn career
Vonn’s 18-year senior career included six editions of the World Championships – winning two gold medals in 2009 – and three consecutive World Cup titles between 2008 and 2010, with her fourth arriving in 2012.
She won downhill gold and Super-G bronze at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and downhill bronze at the Pyeongchang Games in 2018.
A fifth Olympics outing could now be in store at the 2026 Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, where Vonn won 12 World Cup races between 2008 and 2018.
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Lindsey Vonn boyfriend
Following her divorce from alpine skier Thomas Vonn in 2013 after six years of marriage, Vonn entered a relationship with golf icon Tiger Woods until 2015.
She dated NHL player PK Subban after meeting the hockey star in 2017, with the pair becoming engaged in August 2019 but separating the following year.
Throwback to Lindsey Vonn’s inaugural World Cup win at Lake Louise’s downhill in December 2004 🏆⛷️ pic.twitter.com/20wlJHKFfg
— Eurosport (@eurosport) November 14, 2024
Since 2021, Vonn is widely reported to have been in a relationship with actor and tequila company founder Diego Osorio.
Lindsey Vonn net worth
Vonn is one of the richest athletes of all time according to Celebrity Net Worth, which estimates her fortune to be worth around $14 million.
She has held endorsements with companies including Red Bull, Beats by Dre, Oakley, Rolex, GoPro and Under Armour and is said to own multiple lucrative properties, including a Miami home worth a purported $10.5m and shared with Osorio.
Vonn describes herself as an Olympic champion, author, entrepreneur and investor and has her own charitable foundation named after her.
