Skiing powerhouse Lindsey Vonn, Tiger Woods’ girlfriend, just took 3rd place at the World Championship in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Looking on from the sidelines was golf great Tiger Woods, her boyfriend of almost two years. Vonn, 30, has been plagued by injuries over the years, but with a third place finish, that cements Vonn’s comeback to the sport that put her on the map. This finish netted Vonze a bronze medal in the super G race. Austrian skier Anna Fenninger, won the event and captured the Gold. After the race Vonn met the pool of reporters at the bottom of the run and said, “I’m happy with the outcome of the race, I just wish the weather would have been better.”

Vonn grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and started skiing when she was just two years old. Her father a former ski champion took his daughter to the slopes on a regular basis. Vonn met former ski champion Picabo Street when she was ten. The two would become close friends as they competitive on the same slopes and in the same competitions. Vonn married fellow Olympic skier Thomas Vonn in 2007. The couple split in 2011 and formerly were divorced in 2013. Vonn has said of the divorce it was one of the darkest points of her life. Vonn and Woods began dating in 2013 after having a friendship for several years.

Lindsey has suffered many almost career ending injuries during her competitive years. She spoke of Tiger’s help with her various recoveries. She said “Tiger and I kind of went through rehab because we both had injuries at the same time. We are both in the gym together, pushing each other and motivating each other. Both frustrated, but you know I think we both helped each other a lot during that time. I draw a lot of inspiration from him and I think he does the same from me.”

She went on, “I think we just continue to push each other. It’s a really positive relationship in that way. For us we’re just two athletes who try to do the best we can in our sports. There is other stuff that goes along with it. There’s media stuff like that. But that’s all a part of sports and a part of being a successful athlete and we both understand that, we just take it in stride. She was asked if her skiing or his golf is better. She said “It’s tricky, I have a hole in one, let’s be real here. But he’s a pretty good skier. We’re highly competitive so you know we’re competing at every single thing that we can. Unfortunately he holds the record for Ping Pong. I only hold a victory in one to I don’t know how many hundreds he’s beaten me in. He’s pretty much better at me than everything except skiing, so unfortunately he’s the winner between the two of us. Vonn has won one two Olympic medals, one gold one bronze at the Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada in 2010.

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