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Ingemar Thillberg
Ingemar is a given name. People with the name include: *Ingemar Backman (born 1976), Swedish professional snowboarder * Ingemar Burgström (1926–1951), Swedish flyweight boxer * Olai Ingemar Eikeland (1915–2003), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party * Ingemar Erlandsson (born 1957), Swedish footballer * Ingemar Hedberg (born 1920), Swedish flatwater canoeist * Ingemar Hedenius (1908–1982), Swedish philosopher *Ingemar Johansson (1932–2009), Swedish boxer, former heavyweight champion of the world * Ingemar Johansson (racewalker) (1924–2009), Swedish athlete *Byron Ingemar Johnson (1890–1964), 24th Premier of British Columbia, Canada (1947–1952) * Ingemar Lindh (born 1945), Swedish theatre director and pedagogue *Ingemar Henry Lundquist (1921–2007), inventor and mechanical engineer * Ingemar Nilsson (born 1956), Swedish politician *Carl Ingemar Perstad, for 24 years host of the Swedish Broadcasting Company (SVT) motoring show ''Trafikmagasinet'' *Ingemar Ragnemalm, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingemar Backman
Ingemar Backman (born 1 April 1976 in Gällivare, Sweden) is a professional snowboarder famous for setting the world record highest air out of a quarter-pipe (8.5 metres) in Riksgränsen, Sweden in May 1996. He participated in the 1998 Winter Olympics. The record has since been broken by Finn Heikki Sorsa who made a 9.3 metres high air at The Arctic Challenge event held in Oslo in 2001 and then again by Norwegian Terje Haakonsen who made a 9.8 metres high air at The Arctic Challenge in Oslo in 2007. After going to snowboard high school in Malung, Sweden, he became the first snowboard superstar emerging out of Sweden although he was soon followed by riders such as Johan Olofsson. He has lived in San Diego, U.S. as well as Piteå, Sweden but currently resides in Skellefteå, Sweden. Besides snowboarding, Backman is the co-founder of the clothing brand WeSC and the snowboard company Allian. Lately, Backman has taken a break from snowboarding and instead devoted himself to pok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |