American skiing icon Lindsey Vonn has been romantically linked to a fellow alpine ski star just months after she suffered a horrific crash in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
In a bombshell report from People Magazine, Vonn has been getting close to French ski racer Matthieu Bailet.
‘They’re getting to know each other,’ a source told the outlet – saying they’ve been spending time together in New York City.
The pair were photographed backstage after a performance of the Broadway musical ‘The Outsiders’ on Sunday.
They also have been spotted shopping in SoHo and riding on the subway together the same week Vonn was seen at the Met Gala.
Moreover, eagle-eyed fans saw the 41-year-old Vonn post a flirty side-eye emoji in the comments of an Instagram post of Bailet with his shirt off outside while he washed his car.
American ski icon Lindsey Vonn has been romantically linked to Frenchman Matthieu Baliet
The news comes a week after Vonn was seen walking at the Met Gala after breaking her leg
Baliet (above) is a fellow ski racer who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
It’s the first time that Vonn has been linked to a new beaux since her 2025 breakup with business executive Diego Osorio. Vonn confirmed in February 2025 that she and Osorio had split, which left her time and space to focus on her preparation for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The ski icon previously told the outlet that it’s hard for non-athletes to understand what life is like on her schedule.
‘It’s hard to have thick enough skin to not combat everyone that wants to tell you what to do, or how to do it, or tell you that you should have done something differently when there’s maybe five people in the world that even understand the pressure that I was under,’ she told People.
The 30-year-old Baliet has competed in the FIS Ski World Cup since 2016, but has yet to pick up his first win on the circuit. His best-ever finish came in 2021 when he came second in the Super-G race at Saalbach in Austria.
He competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing for his native France – finishing 27th in the downhill and DNF-ing in the Super-G. Baliet did not qualify for the 2026 Winter Games.
As for Vonn, she’s set to take a vacation after spending months recovering from her catastrophic leg break in Cortina d’Ampezzo.
‘The plane ticket is booked!’ she told the outlet in April. ‘I want to have a good summer, and I need to kind of disconnect from everything.
‘I also feel like in the next six weeks, I’ll be at a point where I can start living normally. I’ll still have to do some exercises, but yeah, I have some stuff planned. And I’m really looking forward to it.’
