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Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Vonn
American skier
Maze, Tina
Tina Maze
Slovenian skier
Carlo Janka
Swiss skier
Picabo Street
American skier
Anton Sailer
Austrian skier
Rosi Mittermaier
German skier
Jean-Claude Killy
French skier
Marie-Thérèse Nadig
Swiss skier
Henri Oreiller
French skier and race-car driver
Franz Klammer
Austrian skier
Annemarie Moser-Pröll
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