Ingemar Stenmark is a Swedish former alpine ski racer regarded as the greatest technical skier in the sport's history. Between his December 1973 debut and his March 1989 retirement he won 86 World Cup races, a record that stood for more than three decades, and he won two Olympic gold medals at the 1980 Lake Placid Games. He was controversially barred from the 1984 Olympics for accepting promotional payments directly rather than through the Swedish federation, a dispute over the boundary between his growing celebrity and the era's strict amateurism rules. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Career HighlightHolds the all time record of 86 World Cup victories, 46 in giant slalom and 40 in slalom, across 16 seasons, a record that stood until 2023 when Mikaela Shiffrin surpassed it. 1 Career HighlightWon three consecutive World Cup overall titles from 1976 to 1978, becoming the first Scandinavian skier to do so, and later returned to masters athletics as a pole vaulter into his late sixties. 1 Career HighlightWon two gold medals at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, in slalom and giant slalom, adding to a bronze in giant slalom won at Innsbruck in 1976. 1 Classification
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Did Ingemar Stenmark compete at the 1984 Winter Olympics?
No, he was barred as a professional and returned four years later at Calgary.
No. Olympedia says he might have added more gold medals at the 1984 Winter Olympics, but he was barred as a professional. He returned four years later at Calgary, when he was somewhat past his prime.
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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 the greatest male skier in technical disciplines and one of the most prominent Swedish athletes ever, having won several Olympic medals and world cups during his career.
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