# Ingemar Backman

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{{Short description|Swedish snowboarder and poker player (born 1976)}}
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'''Ingemar Backman''' (born 1 April 1976 in [Gällivare](/source/G%C3%A4llivare), [Sweden](/source/Sweden)) is a professional [snowboarder](/source/snowboarder)<ref name="sok" /><ref name="sports-reference" /> famous for setting the world record highest air out of a quarter-pipe (8.5 metres) in [Riksgränsen](/source/Riksgr%C3%A4nsen), Sweden in May 1996.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mäki |first=Stellan  |date=7 February 2015 |title=Svanstein – snowboardstjärnans framtidshopp |url=https://www.nsd.se/nyheter/svanstein-snowboardstjarnans-framtidshopp-9061733.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115132523/https://www.nsd.se/nyheter/svanstein-snowboardstjarnans-framtidshopp-9061733.aspx |archive-date=15 January 2019 |access-date=14 January 2019 |publisher=Norrländska socialdemokraten |language=Swedish}}</ref> He participated in the [1998 Winter Olympics](/source/Snowboarding_at_the_1998_Winter_Olympics).<ref name="sok" /><ref name="sports-reference" /> The record has since been broken by Finn [Heikki Sorsa](/source/Heikki_Sorsa) who made a 9.3 metres high air at [The Arctic Challenge](/source/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](/source/Malung), Sweden, he became the first snowboard superstar emerging out of Sweden although he was soon followed by riders such as [Johan Olofsson](/source/Johan_Olofsson_(snowboarder)). He has lived in [San Diego](/source/San_Diego), [U.S.](/source/United_States) as well as [Piteå](/source/Pite%C3%A5), Sweden but currently resides in [Skellefteå](/source/Skellefte%C3%A5), Sweden.

Besides snowboarding, Backman is the co-founder of the clothing brand [WeSC](/source/WeSC) and the snowboard company [Allian](/source/Allian).

Lately, Backman has taken a break from snowboarding and instead devoted himself to [poker](/source/poker). In his second international tournament, an [EPT](/source/European_Poker_Tour) event held in [Baden](/source/Baden), [Austria](/source/Austria) in 2005, he finished in fifth place.<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Poker Tour - EPT Baden, No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=14277 |access-date=24 December 2023 |website=[The Hendon Mob Poker Database](/source/The_Hendon_Mob_Poker_Database) |language=en}}</ref> He is currently sponsored by the internet poker site [Martinspoker](/source/Martinspoker).

Backman is a playable character in the 2001 video game ''[Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder](/source/Shaun_Palmer's_Pro_Snowboarder)''.

Backman has participated in live poker and has almost $150,000 in live earnings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ingemar Backman's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=50703 |access-date=25 November 2023 |website=[The Hendon Mob Poker Database](/source/The_Hendon_Mob_Poker_Database) |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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<ref name="sok">{{Cite web |title=Ingemar Backman |url=http://www.sok.se/5.b17e0a10832cc6a9a800012483.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827221102/http://www.sok.se/5.b17e0a10832cc6a9a800012483.html |archive-date=27 August 2010 |access-date=2 April 2011 |publisher=[Swedish Olympic Committee](/source/Swedish_Olympic_Committee) |language=Swedish}}</ref>

<ref name="sports-reference">{{Cite web |title=Ingemar Backman Biography and Olympic Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ingemar-backman-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829084815/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ingemar-backman-1.html |archive-date=29 August 2011 |access-date=2 April 2011 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC}}</ref>

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==External links==
* [http://www.alliansnowboards.com/ Allian Snowboards]
* [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=50703 Hendon Mob profile]

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Category:1976 births
Category:Swedish poker players
Category:Swedish male snowboarders
Category:Living people
Category:Olympic snowboarders for Sweden
Category:Snowboarders at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Gällivare

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