Olympic Gold Medalist Lindsey Vonn Will Not Commit to WH Invite
American alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, an Olympic gold medalist, will not commit to accepting an invitation to the White House, not repeating her categorical refusal from 2017.
In 2017, Lindsey Vonn immediately declined an invitation to the White House in the lead-up to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, citing President Trump during his first term.
“Absolutely not,” Vonn told CNN when asked if she would visit the White House. “No. But I have to win to be invited. No, actually, I think everyone on Team USA is invited, so no, I won’t go.”
Vonn said she hoped to “represent the people of the United States, not the president.”
“I take the Olympics very seriously and what they mean and what they represent, what it means to march under our flag in the opening ceremony. I want to represent our country well. I don’t think there are many people in our government right now who are doing that,” she said at the time.
Vonn won three bronze medals at the Olympics that year; eight years earlier, she had won gold in Vancouver.
In 2025, ahead of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, Vonn did not commit to going to the White House or decline the invitation outright.
“First of all, I just want to say that every Olympic athlete on Team USA is normally invited… it has nothing to do with whether you win a medal or not,” Vonn told Fox News.
“I’m not going to answer that question because I’m just not going to answer it. I want to keep my passport,” she added.
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