The 2010 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators and icons who you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed, with Mir-Hossein Mousavi having won the honor, users can continue to vote for their favorites until the list is revealed on Thursday, April 29th

Lindsey Vonn

Lindsey Vonn

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Age: 25
Occupation: Olympic ski racer
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 0

Vonn wrote history in Vancouver, overcoming a shin injury to become the first American woman to win a gold medal in the downhill, the most prestigious ski race at the Games (she nabbed a bronze in the super-G too). She also clinched her third straight overall World Cup title, the first American, and second woman, to accomplish this feat.

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