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For such a small country just 9 million people i say proudly we been trying to put as much effort as possible to keep it up with the bigger countries and i do say we succeede.


Ingemar Stenmark (alpine skiing)

Regarded as the greatest slalom and giant slalom specialist of all time, Stenmark won 86 individual World Cup races between 1975 and 1989, far more than any other alpine skier in history. His dominance ushered in a change in rules for alpine skiing. Stenmark won a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics and two gold medals in 1980. He was prevented from racing at the 1984 Olympics due to his status as a professional skier. Stenmark is also known as a man of few words, which make most interviews with him…short and special.


Magdalena Forsberg (biathlon)

‘Magda’ boasts the record for most World Cup victories (42 races won) in women’s biathlon and in the process compiled six consecutive overall wins (1997-2002). Add to that six world championship golds! The Olympic gold eluded her, but she managed two bronze medals at Salt Lake City in 2002, the year she retired at the age of 35. Immensely popular in Sweden, she has on four occasions been awarded Jerringpriset, Swedish Radio’s prize for sports performance of the year, which is voted by the public. That’s more than any other athlete in Sweden.

Ingemar Johansson (boxing)

‘The Hammer of Thor’, a nickname for Johansson’s right fist, made him not only heavyweight champion of the world in 1959 but also earned him the Associated Press Athlete of the Year. When he retired in 1963, ‘Ingo’ had a record of 26 wins, 17 by KO, and only 2 losses.


Stig H. Johansson (trotting)

68-year-old Johansson is widely considered the greatest Swedish trotting trainer and driver of all time. He won 6,221 races during his 42-year career. His wins include Elitloppet (six times), Gran Premio della Lotteria (four times), Nat Ray Trot (once) and Prix d’Amérique (once). He retired in 2005.


Ronnie Peterson (Formula 1)

Throughout most of the 1970s Peterson had the reputation of being the fastest driver in F1 in terms of raw speed but found himself too often next to the winner on the podium. He won ten races and was a two-time runner-up in the FIA Formula One World Drivers’ Championship before a fatal crash at Monza in 1978.



Börje Salming (ice hockey)

Sweden’s first true NHL hockey star, Salming was one of the first European players to make an impact in the NHL. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1996. After 26 seasons in North America and Sweden, he is admired for his persistence to play despite pains and woes of injuries and stitches.


Jan-Ove Waldner (table tennis)

Popularly regarded as the best table tennis player to ever live, Waldner became a top level player at the age of 16. As one of four male players in the history of table tennis he has achieved a career grand slam (Olympic, World Champion and World Cup winner in singles), the other three being Chinese. With one gold and one silver medal, he holds the Olympic medal record for table tennis (table tennis was introduced in 198.

Trotting? Trotting??
Never heard of trotting,

trotting

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trot (trŏt)
n.
1.
a. The gait of a horse or other four-footed animal, between a walk and a canter in speed, in which diagonal pairs of legs move forward together.
b. A ride on a horse moving with this gait.
2. A gait of a person, faster than a walk; a jog.
3. Sports A race for trotters.
4. See pony.
5. trots Informal Diarrhea. Used with the.
6. A toddler.
7. Archaic An old woman.
v. trot·ted, trot·ting, trots
v.intr.
1. To go or move at a trot.
2. To proceed rapidly; hurry.
v.tr.
To cause to move at a trot.
Phrasal Verb:
trot out Informal
To bring out and show for inspection or admiration: "His novel trots out an Irish president named Finn" (Charles E. Claffey).