Know HOT Lindsey Vonn who returned from wilderness to win 60th World Cup skiing

Lindsey Vonn put the 22 hardest months of her career behind her with a 60th World Cup victory in a downhill at Lake Louise on Saturday and said she had always believed in her ability to come back.The victory was her first in nearly two years.'I've never had that sort of setback like I've had the last two years,' said the American. 'I always believed in myself to come back but I never really knew until today. And today I'm finally back at the top. ... It's an amazing day.'A broken shin and two knee operations were not enough to spoil Vonn's class and she could not have chosen a better place to return than Lake Louise, where she clinched her 15th victory at the resort.'My first victory in Lake Louise (in 2004) I was more surprised and happy. It's a completely different feeling,' said the girlfriend of golfer Tiger Woods who had not raced at World Cup level for 349 days.It only took her a dress rehearsal in Friday's first downhill, in which she finished eighth, to find her marks.'Every day's gotten a little bit better here. I'm finally back when I'm confident and pushing my limits,' she said. 'I haven't had that until today. It's finally where it should be.'While warning not to expect too much just yet, the four-times World Cup champion is now only two victories short of Austria's Annemarie Moser-Proell's record of 62 World Cup wins.'It definitely gives me a lot of confidence for the rest of the season,' Vonn said. 'The record is always something that I kind of think about but it's not something that motivates me in the summer or when I'm working hard in my gym.Lets know more about her:Lindsey Caroline Vonn is an American World Cup alpine ski racer who competed with the United States Ski Team.She has won four overall World Cup championships – one of only two female skiers to do so, along with Annemarie Moser-Pröll – with three consecutive titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010, plus another in 2012.Vonn won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first ever in the event for an American woman. She has also won six consecutive World Cup season titles in the downhill discipline (2008–2013), four consecutive titles in Super G (2009–2012), and three consecutive titles in the combined (2010–2012).Vonn is one of six women to have won World Cup races in all five disciplines of alpine skiing – downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom, and super combined – and has won 59 World Cup races in her career through the end of the 2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup.World Cup Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn is not only one of the best in her sport, but is also one of the hottest female athletes currently walking the planet. Vonn is so sexy that Tiger Woods didn't waste any time taking her off of the market following his divorce from Elin Nordgeren.Vonn has enjoyed a significant amount of media attention for an alpine skier, making her the face of her sport in the US. She has appeared on The Today Show, Access Hollywood, and The Late Show with David Letterman and has picked up endorsements from notable companies such as Head, Oakley, Red Bull, Rolex, and Under Armour. Her assets were estimated to be worth over 2.5 million dollars, even in 2010.Vonn married fellow 2002 Olympian, and former U.S. Ski Team athlete, Thomas Vonn on September 29, 2007 at the Silver Lake Lodge in Deer Valley, Utah In November 2011, it was announced that the couple had begun divorce proceedings after four years of marriage. Their divorce was finalized on January 9, 2013.On March 18, 2013, it was announced she and golfer Tiger Woods were dating. Vonn has been a supporter of Woods while he is on tour, appearing at several events in 2013.Vonn frequently stays at the home of her friend and major competitor, Maria Riesch, in Garmisch, Germany. Traditionally, Lindsey and Thomas Vonn spent Christmas Eve at the Riesch family home; Lindsey is fluent in German (including Austro-Bavarian) During the off-season, Vonn resides in Vail, Colorado.The most unusual of Vonn's trophies also lives in Kirchberg: Olympe the cow.Vonn won the oversized pet in 2005 in Val d'Isère. Vonn's nicknames are "Kildon", "Don Don" and "The Don." Her hobbies include cycling, tennis, reading, and watching NBC's Law & Order. Vonn appeared as a guest star in the final series episode ("Rubber Room") of Law & Order on May 24, 2010.In the midst of her public appearances, Vonn says training takes up most of her life except for a few weeks after the ski season, Vonn trains 6–8 hours a day for 6 days a week during the summer. She incorporates endurance cycling, tight-rope walking, and reaction training into her indoor regimen.She also spends a good portion of her training actually skiing, focusing on technical aspects and speed all year round. In the summer she is known to train in Austria, Chile, and New Zealand. Vonn appeared in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Edition that featured Winter Olympians in 2010. Vonn also made No. 59 on Maxim's Hot 100 list that year.