For an Olympic alpine skier who was born in Minnesota and raised in Colorado, Lindsey Vonn admits that she actually hates the cold weather. That’s why she says she loves her new life in Miami, where she bought a house on the coast in 2022.
“I’m not a cold weather person,” she tells PEOLE. “I’m finally melting.”
Former Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn admits she really hates the cold weather
Vonn, 39, continues with a laugh, “I’ve definitely adjusted to the temperatures here. I went outside the other day and it was 75 degrees and I was cold. Very quickly I went in the complete opposite direction.”
Vonn, who retired from professional skiing in 2019, says life at sea suits her perfectly. “We recently bought a boat,” she says. “So whenever we can, we just go out on the water.”
That doesn’t mean there’s much downtime. The entrepreneur and investor sits on the board of several foundations, is on the ownership team for Angel City FC and is an ambassador for brands such as Under Armour.
However, the athlete is most proud of running the Lindsey Vonn Foundation, which supports underprivileged girls between the ages of 10 and 18 through empowerment camps and scholarships.
Vonn says her hero, Picabo Street, inspired her to start the foundation after she was injured and unable to compete in the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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“I was trying to think of something positive to do with my time instead of just sitting around being depressed,” she says. “So I just kind of remembered my life and what influenced me the most.
She continued: “And honestly, meeting my idol Picabo Street when I was 9 years old was the thing that had the biggest impact on me. It literally took 90 seconds of her time, and she made me want to be an Olympian. So I thought, okay , can I repeat this experience and can I inspire and empower more young girls to follow their dreams?”
While not all camps are sports-related, Vonn says athletics holds a special place in her heart.
“I think sports have a really special way of teaching kids about life,” she says. “I mean failure specifically. I think one of the most important things in sports is learning how to fail, because we all fail in life, but it’s about how we get back up.”
Vonn says that while she’s happy in retirement — and especially living in a warmer climate — she still loves skiing.
“I miss the competition, obviously, but I feel like I’m an entrepreneur and all these jobs I’m doing, I’m getting a good shot,” she says. “But there’s nothing that will ever replace going 90 miles an hour down a mountain. I’ve accepted it.”
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