Lindsey Vonn has won 11 major championship medals in her ski racing career: 3 Olympic medals and 8 World Championship medals.

Quick Scoop: Medal Count

  • Olympic Winter Games: 3 medals (1 gold, 2 bronze).
  • World Championships: 8 medals (2 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze).
  • Total major medals (Olympics + Worlds): 11 medals.

In ski racing discussions and news, people usually mean this 11-medal tally when they ask “how many medals has Lindsey Vonn won,” since it combines her Olympic and World Championship hardware, the two biggest stages in the sport.

Stage Gold Silver Bronze Total Medals
Olympic Games 1 0 2 3
World Championships 2 3 3 8
Total 3 3 5 11

A bit of storyline

Vonn’s medals are just the tip of her legacy: she also racked up 82 World Cup race wins and a record haul of season titles, which is why fans and commentators still talk about her as one of the greatest ski racers ever. She dominated downhill and super-G through the late 2000s and early 2010s, often turning race weekends into a contest for second place behind her. Even after major injuries and comebacks, she fought her way back onto the podium, including a final World Championship bronze in 2019 that many fans see as a storybook ending to her career.

“I’m sure she’s crying into all 138 of her other medals” – as one joking forum comment put it, reflecting how fans often lump her World Cup trophies and wins in with her official medal count because her success was so overwhelming.

TL;DR: If you’re looking for a clean number, Lindsey Vonn has 11 major medals (3 Olympic, 8 World Championship), plus a mountain of World Cup wins and trophies that keep her near the top of skiing’s all-time greats list.

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