After eight years of self-imposed exile, Benazir Bhuttoโwho, as two-time prime minister (1988โ90 and 1993โ96) of Pakistan, was the first woman leader of a Muslim nation in modern historyโreturned to her home country, and hours later she was nearly killed when her motorcade was bombed in Karachi; she was assassinated in December.
Lindsey Vonn (born October 18, 1984, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.) is an American Alpine skier who won four womenโs World Cup overall championships (2008โ10 and 2012) and was the first woman to win 82 World Cup races. She also claimed three Olympic Winter Games medals and eight world championships medals during her international racing career.
Kildow burst onto the international skiing scene in 1999 at age 14 when she won the slalom race at Italyโs Trofeo Topolino competition for skiers aged 11โ14, becoming the first American female to capture the event. She skied in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, racing in Alpine combined and slalom, but she managed only a sixth-place finish in combined.
Kildow burst onto the international skiing scene in 1999 at age 14 when she won the slalom race at Italyโs Trofeo Topolino competition for skiers aged 11โ14, becoming the first American female to capture the event. She skied in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, racing in Alpine combined and slalom, but she managed only a sixth-place finish in combined.