Lindsey Vonn is widely regarded one of the best skiers in history, but it wasn't until 2010 that her status shot to Olympic proportions. She won gold in the downhill, becoming the first American woman to do so, and went on to dominate the women's skiing circuit for the rest of the decade. She retired this year with 82 World Cup victories to her name, the most of any female Alpine skier.
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