World's top 10 athletes in 2012 (9)

（Xinhua）  15:42, January 04, 2013

9. Lindsey Vonn (female, skiing)

The 28-year-old American skier won Downhill, Super G and Combined titles in a dominant year 2012. It was the fifth straight year she has won the Downhill, the fourth year she has won Super G and the third year she has won Combined. At the end of the 2011/12 season, she had 53 World Cup wins and was closing in on Annemarie Moser-Proll with 62 and Vreni Schneider with 55.