On January 19th, 2015, American skier Lindsey Vonn made history. She won a super-G race in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. This victory was her record-breaking 63rd World Cup win.
The achievement shattered a legendary mark. Vonn broke the 35-year-old record of 62 wins held by Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Pröll. Vonn dominated the race, finishing a massive 0.85 seconds ahead of Austria’s Anna Fenninger.
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Her flawless run on the Olympia delle Tofane course cemented her status as the most successful female World Cup skier of all time.
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Other Notable Events on January 19 in Sports History:
- 1937: Baseball legends Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker, and Cy Young are elected to the Hall of Fame.
- 1952: The PGA approves the participation of Black golfers in its tournaments.
- 1972: Sandy Koufax becomes the youngest Hall of Fame electee at 36.
- 1974: Notre Dame ends UCLA’s historic 88-game basketball winning streak with a 71-70 victory.
- 1992: Golfer John Cook chips in on two consecutive playoff holes to win the Bob Hope Classic.
- 2000: Michael Jordan returns to the NBA as part-owner and President of the Washington Wizards.
- 2005: A 20-year-old LeBron James becomes the youngest NBA player to record a triple-double.
- 2008: Bode Miller wins a downhill to become the most successful American male World Cup skier with 28 wins.
- 2013: Cyclist Lance Armstrong admits to doping during all seven of his Tour de France wins.
- 2014: The Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks win conference championships to advance to Super Bowl XLVIII.
- 2017: Novak Djokovic suffers a stunning second-round upset at the Australian Open to Denis Istomin.
- 2020: The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers win their conference championships.
