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One of Swedish skiing’s absolute greatest of all time.
Magdalena Forsberg is truly one of our great sporting heroes.
But the icon does the forbidden when she chooses her favorite hockey team.
There are few skiing legends who can measure up to the likes Magdalena Forsbergs greatness and medals. She is one of Swedish sports’ most popular and successful legends of all time and has a decent prize cabinet.
Magda’s greatness
But it would take some time before “Magda” found her right sport. As a youngster, she was very promising in slalom and won, among other things, the classic Donald Duck Cup.
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Despite that, she chose to focus on cross-country skiing instead and as Magdalena Wallin would she break through as one of Sweden’s most promising talents in the 80s. But in 1993 she decided to leave the sport and invest in a completely new one in the form of biathlon.
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Favorite team
After a few years of acclimatization, it would then turn out to be a real stroke of genius because in biathlon she became, like Magdalena Forsberg, one of the world’s absolute best skaters. The Swede won six World Cup golds, took two Olympic bronzes and won the World Cup six years in a row in the years 1997-2002.
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Forsberg was also awarded the prestigious Jerring prize a total of four times during his career. Today she is 55 years old and in recent years has appeared a lot on television as an expert commentator and won the television programs “Master of Masters” and “På Spåret”.
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Alongside her love of skiing, she also unexpectedly likes ice hockey. A few years ago, she was asked which was her absolute favorite team and then she did the forbidden by choosing between two rivals.
– I have to say Timrå and Modo, she says in an interview with Sportbladet.
– If you live in Timrå, were born in Ö-vik and have your heart in the High Coast, you have to keep a little of both.
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