Feb 1, 2018 · Stenmark was a slalom and GS specialist who did not race speed events. The scoring change limited how many World Cup points you could accumulate in one event. That gave racers who did race downhill and eventually Super G a better chance against Stenmark. On the Olympic scene, Stenmark won a bronze at the 1976 Olympics.

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).

Jean-Claude Killy was the first skier to win races in two seasons (1967 and 1967/1968), while Ingemar Stenmark won races in 13 seasons and set a record for the greatest absolute number of races won in a single season winning 13 races (out of 33 total) in the 1978–79 season.

Jan Ingemar Stenmark, född 18 mars 1956 i Joesjö i Tärna församling, Västerbottens län, är en av tidernas allra främsta alpina skidåkare med sammanlagt två OS-guld, fem VM-guld och 86 världscupsegrar i disciplinerna slalom och storslalom. Han tilldelades Svenska Dagbladets guldmedalj 1975 och 1978. Hans aktiva karriär varade från ...

Ingemar Stenmark and his childhood friend Stig Strand tied for the overall title, but Stenmark won under the FIS newly revised tiebreaker format of most race victories (3 to 2). He thus won his eighth Slalom World Cup.

Mar 3, 2023 · American skier Mikaela Shiffrin finished in fourth place in a World Cup super-G and missed out on a record-tying 86th career victory.

Dec 10, 2017 · Ingemar Stenmark is a former World Cup ski racer from Sweden. He is regarded as one of the most prominent Swedish athletes ever and as the greatest slalom and giant slalom specialist of all time. He remains one of the greatest skiers of …

Feb 27, 2023 · One of Shiffrin’s three medals at the world championships this month came in super-G with a silver. Stenmark knows the numbers well, because he enjoys following Shiffrin’s races. “I watch most...

Aug 31, 2018 · Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark is the most successful racer in the history of the sport and still remains a landmark in the sport 20 years after his retirement. Not only was he a successful athlete but also a vivid character.

Feb 11, 2019 · The U.S. racer is within three wins of overall World Cup record-holder Ingemar Stenmark's 86 victories. The most successful female racer of all time takes a bow with a bronze medal in downhill. Elan-sponsored skiing legend Ingemar Stenmark helps launch the world's first alpine ski producer museum. Train Like a Turtle: How Do You Measure Up?