The Resume

(March 18, 1956- )
Born in Joesjo, Sweden
Birth name was Jan Ingemar Stenmark
Skier
Won Olympic gold medals in slalom and giant slalom (1980)
Won World Championships in slalom (1978,1982) and giant slalom (1978)

Why he might be annoying:

He lived in Monaco to avoid paying Swedish taxes.
The International Ski Federation banned him from the 1984 Winter Olympics for accepting promotional payments.
He fathered a daughter out of wedlock (2008).

Why he might not be annoying:

He won his first national skiing competition at age eight.
He won a record 86 World Cup events in alpine skiing.
He broke Jean-Claude Killy’s single-season record by winning 13 World Cup races in 1978-1979.
He survived the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami while vacationing in Thailand (December 26, 2004).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 77]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [March] (Ranked: 3181956)
• I Became a Dad in 2008
• I Fathered Children Out of Wedlock
• I Have Kids at Least 20 Years Apart
• I Married in 1984
• I Married in 2016
• Known By a Middle Name
• Look at Me, I'm Accepting My Award
• Look at Me, I'm Accepting My Olympic Medal
• Profiles 47001-47250 (Ranked: 47250)
• Skiers

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying