Lindsey Vonn tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her right knee.

Quick Scoop

  • In her major 2013 crash at the world championships in Schladming, Austria, Vonn tore the ACL and MCL in her right knee, along with a tibial plateau fracture.
  • That same right-knee ACL was later found to be completely ruptured after she tried to come back and race in Val d’Isère in December 2013, which ultimately forced her out of the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
  • Over her career she has had multiple serious knee injuries, but when people ask “what ACL did Lindsey Vonn tear,” they are almost always referring to the ACL in her right knee from that 2013–2014 injury saga.

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