Ingemar Stenmark is featured in the documentary series “Sagan Stenmark”, which will be released in three parts.
The series also features “Steni’s” family members – who have mixed feelings about looking back on the legend’s alpine career.
– I don’t think it’s cool, I don’t know what it was like, says daughter Iza Stenmark.
33 years after his career ended, the alpine legend sounds Ingemar Stenmark, 66, life and career become a documentary series. Albeit somewhat reluctantly. Stenmark has previously told Expressen that a big reason why he ran is so that he has something to show to his children and grandchildren.
The series about Stenmark
In the documentary series, “Stenis'” family members, such as his wife, also appear Tarja as well as the daughters Nathalie and Iza. Nathalie Stenmark has been living in the USA and in Los Angeles for several years, and for her the documentary series is positive.
– It’s a fun chance for me to find out more about his career and what it was like when he competed, she says in the series according to Expressen.
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Iza Stenmark is also in the series, but she was born long after Ingemar Stenmark had his glory days on the ski slopes. 15-year-old Iza has, of course, been told about all the occasions when Sweden stopped during the 1970s and 1980s when her father competed.
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“Not so cool”
However, she is not very impressed.
– I have heard quite a lot from teachers. The same story about Sweden stopping, they pulled this television into the classrooms. Everyone has their own story that it was so awesome, but I don’t think it’s awesome, I don’t know what it was like and it’s hard to understand how it actually was, she says according to the newspaper.
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Ingemar Stenmark is still the alpine skier who has taken home the most victories in the World Cup. But despite that, he does not jump for joy when he now looks back on his career.
– If I think back, I get nostalgic and these are feelings that I don’t like, he says.
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