Not much has stopped Ingemar Stenmark.
Not even in the fall of age.
During the recordings of Let’s Dance, he made the Swedish people gape with his incredible skills.
There is only one Ingemar Stenmark. He is the uncrowned king of alpine sports and he was the one who revolutionized the sport and made it what it is today. He won competition after competition, and every time he went, Sweden stood still.
Incredible hope
Stenmark had everything it took to be the best in the world. No one could match him when it came to winning skulls, but it was no coincidence that it always went so well. Ingemar trained more than anyone else, and it has continued even after his alpine career ended. And he has many times made the Swedish people gape with his incredible athleticism.
When Ingemar Stenmark was in Mästarnas mästera in 2011, which he of course won, a classic video was shown when he jumps level on a large stone wall. Four years later, Stenmark was in Let’s Dance, and then the beats really hadn’t gone out of him. Despite the fact that Stenmark was 58 years old at the time, he did things that many energetic 20-year-olds would hardly have been able to come close to succeeding with.
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Highly praised
His dance partner in the competition, Cissi Ehrling, shared a clip of Ingemar from a training session, when he jumped in a gymnasium with a plinth in front of him. 120 centimeters high was the jump, but for Stenmark it was as easy as anything. And many were shocked by his incredible resilience.
The feature was shown in Let’s Dance, but also in the comment field on Instagram, tributes poured in from the Swedish people.
“He is awesome! He is a great role model,” wrote one user.
“Absolutely unbelievable at his age. A big compliment to you Ingemar,” wrote another.
“Sick! The guy is almost 60!! But on the other hand he is the GREATEST ever,” wrote a third.
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