Lindsey Vonn with Angela Duckworth: Rise
When:
Thursday, Feb 03, 2022 7:30p -
9:30p
Thursday, Feb 03, 2022 7:30p -
9:30p
Where:
Online event
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences, Virtual & Streaming
Event website:
https://www.brooklinebooksmith.com/event/lindsey-vonn-angela-duckworth-rise
Join Lindsey Vonn for a moderated discussion about her life, incredible career, and new memoir, Rise. Lindsey will be joined in conversation by Angela Duckworth.
Books purchased on the registration page will be SIGNED by the author (while supplies last).
About Rise:
The first ever memoir from the most decorated female skier of all time, revealing never-before-told stories of her life in the fast lane, her struggle with depression, and the bold decisions that helped her break down barriers on and off the slopes.
Lindsey Vonn has 82 World Cup wins, 4 Overall World Cup titles, 3 Olympic medals, and 8 World Championship Medals.
A fixture in the American sports landscape for almost twenty years, Lindsey Vonn is a legend. With a career that spanned a transformation in how America recognizes and celebrates female athletes, Vonn—who retired in 2019 as the most decorated American skier of all time—was in the vanguard of that change, helping blaze a trail for other world-class female athletes and reimagining what it meant to pursue speed at all costs.
In her new memoir, Rise, Vonn shares her incredible journey for the first time, going behind the scenes of an incredible life built around resilience and risk-taking. One of the most aggressive skiers ever, Vonn offers a fascinating glimpse into the relentless pursuit of her limits, a pursuit so focused on one-upping herself that she pushed her body past its breaking point as she achieved greatness. While this iconic grit and perseverance helped her battle a catalog of injuries, these injuries came with a cost—physical, of course, but also mental. Vonn opens up in Rise about her decades-long depression and struggles with self-confidence, discussing candidly how her mental health challenges influenced her career without defining her.
