Stig Strand

Stig Strand (born 25 August 1956 in Tärnaby, Swedish Lapland) is a Swedish former alpine skier and a sports commentator on alpine skiing.[1][2][3] He is known for being sports commentator for SVT during many years after his career, and a few years on Eurosport,[4] but ended TV commenting in 2016.[5] He has also worked as a political advisor for the Swedish Social Democratic Party, and as a hotel owner.

Stig Strand
CountrySweden
Full nameStig Ivar Strand
Born (1956-08-25) August 25, 1956
Tärnaby, Sweden

Although successful, he was during his active years always in the shadow of his childhood neighbour Ingemar Stenmark.[1] However, in the 1982–83 season, Strand also had 110 points like Stenmark in the slalom World Cup.

Individual World Cup victories

DateLocationRace
22 December 1982 Madonna di CampiglioSlalom
20 March 1983 FuranoSlalom
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gollark: The profit margin cap on companies is obviously stupid. Instead, clones of me (technology TODO) would be authorized to randomly inspect and restructure companies to make them work better.
gollark: In the interests of fairness (treating people how they want to be treated), the death penalty would only be used on people who had previously supported the death penalty.
gollark: So I would instead assign a quota for *total* health, and distribute healthcare to maximize that.
gollark: Free healthcare would just encourage people to get too much healthcare, so they would be too healthy.

References

  1. http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/sport-tv-kronika-heja-stig-strand-1.790665
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2010-05-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/strst.asp
  4. Jönsson, Fredrik (17 November 2014). "Stig Strand klar för Eurosport". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  5. Stig Strand slutar med tv: "Jag är inte kvar"
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