Throughout their Olympic careers, alpine skiers Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Vonn were parallel faces of their sport in the United States.
Born five months apart in powerhouse winter sports regions—Mancuso in Reno, Nev., and Vonn in St. Paul, Minn.—the two skiers made their Olympic debuts together in Salt Lake City in 2002. In Vancouver in 2010, Vonn won gold in the women’s downhill while Mancuso won silver.
