How to Use downhiller in a Sentence

downhiller

noun
  • When Vonn crashed and broke her leg Sunday, all the downhillers moved up one slot.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • American downhiller Kyle Negomir echoed that thought.
    — Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • But within the small community of top American women’s downhillers, Vonn is now the frontrunner to grab an Olympic berth.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The Austrian team of downhiller Ariane Rädler and slalom racer Katharina Huber had won.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Three weeks after tearing her ACL, Italian downhiller Sofia Goggia won a World Cup race in 2022.
    — Outside, 4 Feb. 2026
  • My favorite place to be on the first weekend of December is at the foot of a mountain at Beaver Creek, watching the world’s best downhillers plummet down an icy race course with steeps and jumps at speeds approaching 80 miles per hour.
    — John Meyer, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
  • So when Shiffrin started her afternoon run, the American skiers who were sitting in third at that moment, downhiller Jackie Wiles and slalom racer Paula Moltzan, figured they’d be bumped to fourth.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The 41-year-old Vonn has been the circuit's leading downhiller this season with two victories and three other podium finishes, having returned last season after a partial right knee titanium replacement.
    — CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026

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