OUT OF THE GATE
Pay Day for Alpine Ski Racers:
Lindsey Vonn and Ivica Kostelic Top Earnings Lists BY HANK MCKEE
Lindsey Vonn
Ivica Kostelic
ERICH SPIESS/RED BULL CONTEN T POOL; GEPA
Lindsey Vonn may not have won the World Cup overall title, but she
led the league in prize money earned.
The battle between Vonn and Maria Riesch concluded with both
women earning more than men’s World Cup winner Ivica Kostelic and
having nearly double the money of Marlies Schild, the third-finishing
woman. Didier Cuche was second on the men’s list and Jean-Baptiste
Grange third.
Americans landed three among the top 10 money-winners: Julia
Mancuso was seventh among women and Ted Ligety finished seventh
among men. (Totals do not include sponsorship earnings.)
Women CHF
1) Vonn, Lindsey, USA 462,000
2) Riesch, Maria, GER 458,246
3) Schild, Marlies, AUT 268,880
4) Maze, Tina, SLO 232,894
5) Goergl, Elisabeth, AUT 177,371
6) Poutiainen, Tanja, FIN 170,796
7) Mancuso, Julia, USA 168,670
8) Rebensburg, Viktoria, GER 129,320
9) Paerson, Anja, SWE 123,500
10) Pietilae Holmner, Maria, SWE 110,425
U.S. Dollars
($503,804)
($499,711)
($293,210)
($253,968)
($193,421)
($186,251)
($183,932)
($141,022)
($134,675)
($120,417)
Men
1) Kostelic, Ivica, CRO
2) Cuche, Didier, SUI
3) Grange, Jean-Baptiste, FRA
4) Walchhofer, Michael, AUT
5) Svindal, Aksel Lund, NOR
6) Janka, Carlo, SUI 1
7) Ligety, Ted, USA
8) Myhrer, Andre, SWE
9) Zurbriggen, Silvan, SUI
10) Matt, Mario, AUT
421,107
258,630
198,271
161,180
149,574
48,349
142,459
121,465
121,268
119,662
($459,211)
($282,032)
($216,212)
($175,765)
($163,108)
($161,772)
($155,350)
($132,456)
($132,241)
($130,490)
SkiRacing.com APRIL 7, 2011 | 5
