Nelson Mandella

25 Years of Laureus

Despite breaking her right arm in November 2017 and suffering a back injury a month later, the most successful women’s ski racer in US history came back to win a bronze medal in the Winter Olympics. It was a personal triumph for Vonn who had missed the 2014 Games in Sochi with a knee injury.

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