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Lindsey Vonn, in her 15 years career, has earned herself the name and fame that only a few can achieve. Having multiple titles, she is undeniably one of the greatest alpine skiers of all time. She marked history in 2010 when she became the first woman in US history to win the downhill Olympic championship. A celebrated author, entrepreneur, investor, and skier, she has perfected multiple roles over the years.

Sitting a chat with the host of “Celebrity Lemonade Stand,” Lindsey Vonn goes candid. Talking about her first-ever job, Lindsey shared details of her life.

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Lindsey first-ever job

Time and again, Lindsey has dominated the sporting world like no other. With 20 Crystal globes and 43 downhill victories, she is undeniably one of the best skiers. However, long before she started her skiing journey, there was another job that she took up.

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As the show host asks her, “what was your first job?” the World Champion quickly chirps in to say, “babysitting.” Sharing more details about it, she adds, “I used to babysit kids in the neighborhood.” As she talks further, the pro-financer comes out of her, talking about the good earnings, she says, “I guess you know it was a pretty good cash build-up.”

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Drawing a parallel to the jobs that her friends did, Lindsey informs that they did a better job than her, but regardless, she was happy at what she was doing. Furthermore, growing up in a big household with four siblings, Lindsey had a lot of experience that helped her perfect the role of a babysitter.

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So what were Lindsey Vonn’s learnings?

As Vonn talked at great length about her babysitting experience, the host Shannon LaNier got excited. She also told him that she “was pretty good at babysitting, diaper changing, and all those things.” Wanting to know more about what she had learned from her babysitting years, Shannon requests her to share her learnings.

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Though babysitting was something that Lindsey did enjoy and helped her earn some good cash, it is not something that helped her learn more about life. Crediting her days as a skier, the celebrity sports star comments, “I learned more from skiing.”

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