Yearender: World's top 10 athletes in 2012

The 28-year-old American skier won Downhill, Super G and Combined titles in a dominant year 2012. It was the fifth straight year she has won the Downhill, the fourth year she has won Super G and the third year she has won Combined. At the end of the 2011/12 season, she had 53 World Cup wins and was closing in on Annemarie Moser-Proll with 62 and Vreni Schneider with 55. Vonn jokes at the base of the hill following her training at the Women's World Cup Downhill skiing in Lake Louise, Alberta ,Dec 28,2012. [Photo/Agencies]