Tiger Woods’ Olympic champion ex Lindsey Vonn comes out of retirement at 40 after five years following knee surgery
TIGER WOODS’ Olympic champ ex-girlfriend Lindsey Vonn has come out of retirement aged 40.
The American retired in February 2019 but has announced her competitive comeback having had successful knee surgery in April.
Vonn admitted she was plotting a return to skiing in July.
It has now been revealed she will mark her return to competition, following a five-year absence, at the World Cup opener in Solden, Austria.
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Organisation announced that Vonn would be actively competing again following several injuries.
She celebrated the news in an Instagram post where she showed off a video of her skiing.
Her beaming caption read: “Well, it’s off to Colorado…. I hope the @usskiteam uniform still fits…”
Away from the sport, Vonn’s fame has been boosted by posing nude and her much-publicised love life.
In 2013, Vonn became part of a sporting power coupe when she began dating golfer Woods, who she met at a charity event a year earlier.
She was often seen on the PGA Tour cheering her beau, until they broke up in 2015.
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Woods later said of split: “Well, with Lindsey, what was hard is we never had time together.
“And I can’t travel because I have the kids—my off weeks, I’m devoted to my kids—and I have to be here.”
Vonn is a three-time Olympic medallist, including gold in downhill skiing at the Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010.
She also took bronze in the Super-G in Canada.
She later claimed another downhill bronze in Pyeongchang in 2018.
In 2011, Vonn received the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award.
After Woods, Vonn was linked with NFL coach Kenan Smith, and dated NHL star P.K. Subban.
She looked set to marry the ice hockey star, when they got engaged, bought a £5.2million Beverly Hills home together.
However, they announced their surprising split on Instagram in 2020.
Since 2021, Vonn has been dating Diego Osorio, co-founder of tequila company Lobos 1707, which received investment from LeBron James.