{"id":792834,"date":"2019-02-07T16:48:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T23:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/lindsey-vonn-to-take-on-the-world-after-skiing-career\/"},"modified":"2019-02-07T16:48:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T23:48:01","slug":"lindsey-vonn-to-take-on-the-world-after-skiing-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/lindsey-vonn-to-take-on-the-world-after-skiing-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Vonn to \u2018take on the world\u2019 after skiing career"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lindsey Vonn poses for a photo outside the New York Stock Exchange as she arrives for a visit in March 2018. Vonn is planning to \u201ctake on the world\u201d after retiring from skiing after the world championships in Sweden. That is set to include becoming a businesswoman, getting into the movie industry _ both behind and in front of the camera _ and becoming a mother.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ARE, Sweden \u2014 Actor. Businesswoman. Mom. Heck, maybe even all three.<\/p>\n

Life after skiing is already taking shape for Lindsey Vonn and she has not even competed in her last race.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext goal, take on the world,\u201d Vonn said, perhaps jokingly \u2014 but who\u2019d put it past her? \u2014 when discussing what the future holds for her when she retires after the World Championships in Sweden.<\/p>\n

One thing\u2019s for sure: She\u2019s unlikely to be slipping out of the limelight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a driven person,\u201d said Vonn, who has 1.6 million Instagram followers and, at the height of her career in 2013, was worth $3 million, according to Forbes. \u201cI\u2019m not going to be sitting on the couch, twiddling my thumbs. That would be boring. It\u2019s all about pushing myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just like it was all or nothing in her record-setting skiing career \u2014 her current shiner around her right eye and the highlight reel of crashes are testament to that \u2014 Vonn intends to immerse herself in lots of things once she puts away her racing suit.<\/p>\n

She said she\u2019ll be setting up her own business, which involves a \u201cnew project\u201d that she is keeping under wraps for the moment. Attending a four-day course at Harvard Business School last year was an early signal of her post-skiing intentions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope one day,\u201d Vonn said, \u201cthey say, \u2018OK, she was a skier a long time ago, and now she\u2019s a successful businesswoman.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

That would be a big deal for Vonn, who has previously referred to being \u201cself-conscious about my level of education,\u201d having never been to college. Her family moved from Minnesota to Vail, Colorado, when she was 12 to advance her skiing career, and she took online courses to complete her high school education.<\/p>\n

Vonn would do well to take some advice from American teammate Ted Ligety, who is also 34 and who founded his ski accessories company, Shred, in 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a whole other world,\u201d Ligety told The Associated Press. \u201cIt\u2019s never easy. \u2026 You can\u2019t do it yourself. You got to have some help along the way and have some people that know better and that can help you carry out a vision as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vonn also is looking to get into the world of movies, both in front of the camera and behind it as an executive producer.<\/p>\n

She has already been an extra on one of her favorite shows, \u201cLaw & Order,\u201d and launched in December her own YouTube channel , LVTV, where she provides weekly lifestyle content on things like health, fitness and cooking.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s therefore no surprise that being a mother is not immediately on her agenda, but she definitely plans to have kids somewhere down the line. If her boyfriend, Nashville Predators defenseman P.K. Subban, wasn\u2019t already aware of that, he is now.<\/p>\n

In her news conference Tuesday after the super-G race at the worlds, Vonn set up her cell phone on the table in front of her to ensure Subban could listen in live.<\/p>\n

\u201cWait, I\u2019ve got to make sure my boyfriend is here for this,\u201d Vonn said, repositioning her phone. \u201cYes, of course, I\u2019d love to have children.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m 34, so I can\u2019t wait too long,\u201d she added before looking straight down the phone. \u201cYou know what I\u2019m saying.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said one of the reasons she is calling an end to her sports career now is so she doesn\u2019t damage her body even more, to the extent that she wouldn\u2019t be able to go skiing with her own children.<\/p>\n

She\u2019ll be making a clean break from the sport, too, after the downhill on Sunday. Not even coaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be still here, racing,\u201d Vonn said, \u201cI accept that I can\u2019t, but I still want to be here. If I was going to be involved in skiing at least for the next few years, I think that would just make me even more sad. I need a break. Maybe after time, when I\u2019m older, maybe then I can make my way back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throw in her foundation and her slew of well-known sponsors that she plans to continue representing and Vonn won\u2019t have a problem keeping herself occupied.<\/p>\n

Top of the to-do list when she returns to the United States next week will be to have a seventh, and hopefully final, operation on her knee after tearing her lateral collateral ligament in November. During rehab, Vonn will have time to figure out exactly how to attack the next stage in her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy head is still good,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s all I need at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

AP Sports Writer Andrew Dampf contributed.<\/p>\n

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