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The 9 Greatest Ski Racers of All Time

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[Updated March 9, 2025] SnowBrains assembled a list of the ten greatest alpine skiers of all time for our readers. Only one of these ten athletes is still active; the other nine have all retired. To find a numerical measure, we created the ranking by the number of World Cup wins in alpine disciplines. In reverse order and starting with [โ€ฆ]

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Julia Schneemann | February 23, 2025
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Ingemar Stenmark Celebrates 50-Year Anniversary of First Career World Cup Win

The worldโ€™s most successful male alpine skier, Ingemar Stenmark, celebrates the 50th anniversary of his first career World Cup victory this winter. On December 17, 1974, then 18-year-old Stenmark claimed the victory at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy. โ€œThe Silent Swedeโ€ went on to win a total of 86. FIS Alpine World Cups, of which 46 were won in Giant Slalom, [โ€ฆ]

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Julia Schneemann | December 19, 2024
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Legendary Former Ski Racer Ingemar Stenmark Captured Pole Vaulting at Age 68

Age is just a numberโ€”that is how the saying goes. However, for most, age does catch up with us at some point. We all start to move a little slower, get out of bed in the morning a little slower, and sometimes even take us longer to do things a little longer. This seems not to be the case for [โ€ฆ]

Avatar photo Gregg Frantz | August 21, 2024
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Lindsey Vonn Postpones Entering Menโ€™s Races to Focus on Beating World Cup Wins Record

Lindsey Vonn, TIME

Although Lindsey Vonn still has intentions of competing with the men and entering a menโ€™s World Cup race, at the moment she is focussing on beating just one man: Ingemar Stenmark. She just pulled back her proposal to enter a menโ€™s World Cup race in November, instead keeping her focus on training to break the World Cup career wins record in what [โ€ฆ]

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Steven Agar | May 17, 2018
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Lindsey Vonn Reminds us Why Sheโ€™s One of the Best Skiers on the Planet | 82nd Victory puts her 4 Away from All-Time Record

Lindsey Vonn, TIME

Lindsey Vonn recently said she wouldnโ€™t stop until she got the record, and she got just a little closer. A couple of weeks since the Olympics finished, Vonn, is making sure we keep tabs on her. After failing to win a gold medal at the Winter Games in PyeongChang, she just reminded the world why sheโ€™s still one of the [โ€ฆ]

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Steven Agar | March 15, 2018
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