Ingemar Stenmark
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Stenmark in 2011
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| Full name | Jan Ingemar Stenmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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18 March 1956 Joesjö, Storuman, Lapland, Sweden |
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| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Fjällvinden Tärnaby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 16 – (1974–89) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 86 – (46 GS, 40 SL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 155 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 231 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Jan Ingemar Stenmark (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɪŋɛmar ˈsteːnmark]; born 18 March 1956 in Joesjö, Sweden) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Sweden. He is regarded as one of the most prominent Swedish sportsmen, and as the greatest slalom and giant slalom specialist of all time. He competed for Fjällvinden Tärnaby.
Born in Joesjö, Storuman Municipality, Lapland, Stenmark's family moved to Tärnaby near Norway when he was four years old. He became a childhood neighbor of Stig Strand (also born 1956), who tied Stenmark for the World Cup slalom title in 1983. Stenmark began skiing at the age of five and won his first national competition at age eight.
Stenmark made his World Cup debut in December 1973 at age 17. He won more international races than any other alpine skier in history; with 86 wins (46 giant slaloms and 40 slaloms) he is 9 ahead of Lindsey Vonn, who (as of February 6, 2016) has 77 wins. The closest male skier is Hermann Maier, with 54 victories to his name. Stenmark won only in the two technical disciplines: slalom and giant slalom (the other events are downhill, super-G, first run in December 1982, and combined). He rarely competed in the other disciplines, as he was not comfortable with speeds in excess of 120 km/h (75 mph). Stenmark still has the record for the biggest win-margin in a World Cup alpine race: 4,06 seconds ahead of 2nd placed Bojan Križaj in Jasna, 4 February 1979. Stenmark was known as a quiet champion, with short, but polite, responses to media questions.
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