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Ingemar Stenmark

1956 - Today

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Jan Ingemar Stenmark (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɪ̌ŋː(ɛ)mar ˈstêːnmark]; born 18 March 1956) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer. He is regarded as one of the most prominent Swedish athletes ever, and won several Olympic medals and world cups during his career, holding the record for the most amount of international race wins at the time of his retirement in 1989 until it was broken in 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ingemar Stenmark has received more than 664,223 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Ingemar Stenmark is the 2nd most popular skier (down from 1st in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 107th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Skier.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Ingemar Stenmark ranks 2 out of 817. Before him are Jean-Claude Killy. After him are Matti Nykänen, Toni Sailer, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Bjørn Dæhlie, Alberto Tomba, Anne Jahren, Franz Klammer, Birger Ruud, Eddie the Eagle, and Jiří Raška.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Ingemar Stenmark ranks 28. Before him are Judith Butler, Jost Gippert, Linda Hamilton, Giuseppe Tornatore, Leslie Cheung, and Geena Davis. After him are Martina Navratilova, Ali Asadov, David Caruso, Gina Haspel, William Fichtner, and Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ingemar Stenmark ranks 125 out of 1,879. Before him are Gunnar Gren (1920), Sune Bergström (1916), Lennart Johansson (1929), Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden (1001), Hjalmar Branting (1860), and Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896). After him are Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (1584), Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681), Harriet Andersson (1932), Victor Sjöström (1879), Stefan Löfven (1957), and Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934).

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Among SKIERS In Sweden

Among skiers born in Sweden, Ingemar Stenmark ranks 1. After him are Sixten Jernberg (1929), Gunnar Eriksson (1921), Sonja Edström (1930), Nils Karlsson (1917), Thomas Wassberg (1956), Gunde Svan (1962), Elis Wiklund (1909), Jan Boklöv (1966), Anja Pärson (1981), Nils Östensson (1918), and Assar Rönnlund (1935).

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