| Upcoming Events |
20 February
Golden Arm 2010
Eskilstuna, Sweden
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8 March
World Challenge 2010
Gothenburg, Sweden
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27 March
Mike Gould Classic
2010
Oshawa, Canada
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17 April
Gladiator's Night 2010
Monthey, Switzerland
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2-5 June
European
Championship 2010
Moscow, Russia
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23-24 July
Rochefort International
Tournament
Rochefort, Belgium
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20 February
IV Junior Armwrestling
Visegrad GP 2010
Göd, Hungary
8 March 2010
World Challenge 2010
Gothenburg, Sweden
27 March 2010
Mike Gould Classic
"Return of a Legend"
Oshawa, Canada
17 April 2010
Gladiator's Night 2010
Monthey, Switzerland
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events in the calendar...
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Profile - Sarah Bäckman, SWE
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Photo: Malin Sydne |
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| Match against Heidi at World Challenge -09. |
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| Videoclips |
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Sarah Bäckman, SWE VS Marina Krylova, RUS - Europeans 2008 - Final |
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Camilla Berg, SWE VS Sarah Bäckman, SWE - Golden Arm 2008 |
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Sarah Bäckman, SWE VS Frida Öqvist, SWE - Blockbrytet 2007 |
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Sarah Bäckman, SWE VS ??, ? - Blockbrytet 2007 |
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Sarah Bäckman, SWE VS Emma Pihl, SWE - Swedish Nationals 2007 |
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Sarah Bäckman, SWE VS Sara Olofsson, SWE - Swedish Nationals 2007 |
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An interview with Sarah at a Swedish talkshow - October 2008 |
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Sarah Bäckman, SWE VS Joanne Poole, GBR - Supermatch ArmWars 2008 |
Country |
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Sweden. |
| Contact info |
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| Nickname |
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Top Roll Model. |
| Date of birth |
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December 08, 1991. |
| Profession |
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Student and working extra with service and as a waitress. |
| Started armwrestling |
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I won an armwrestling competition two years in a row in my school, and my recreation leader thought that I would start to do armwrestling on competition level. I started armwrestling in November 2006.
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| Weight |
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-70 kg. |
| Fighting style |
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I'm feeling very comfortable in hook, more than in any other position, but on competition I prefer to be explosive with top roll. |
| Toughest opponent |
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Felicia Rydstedt, Heidi Andersson, Malin Kleinsmith. |
| Merits |
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6x Swedish Champion (divided in senior/junior, right/left arm) 07, 08, 09
3x European Junior Champion 08, 09
2x European Senior Silver Medalist 09
4x World Junior Champion 08, 09
1x World Senior Silver Medalist 09
1x World Senior Bronze Medalist 09
Miss Photo EuroArm 2009
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| Best training advice |
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You have to set a goal with your training. What do you want with your armwrestling career? Do you want to beat someone special, do you want to get a 1st place in a competition, etc? By setting a goal you can work out in a more specific way to really get better where you need to get better. Because if you train of no reason, you don't develope as much as you could have done if you really want something. And while you are on your way of fullfilling a goal, you will see developements which give you a more intensive motivation.
You really have to work out hard if you want to become good. But be careful, and listen to your body. If you feel pain like you are injured, you should not train. Let your body recover as well, don't just break it down. Developement is about doing everything correct - training hard, eating well and resting, like a circle.
Tabletime is in my opinion the most important training you can do to get better in armwrestling. And then you have to work out with weights too! Some muscles are more important than others, but I believe that if you work out a muscle, you do have to workout the opposite side of it as well. If you train back, you have to train chest too, etc. Give more focus to forearms, side pressure, back pressure, fingers, hands and wrists which is most important in armwrestling.
Work out your max when you feel fresh enough to do it, like once a week. Don't forget that it's normal to have bad days and it's good for the body to work out with light weights too, to give the muscles and joints a chance to recover, with help from the blood circulation. |
| Armwrestlers that inspires you |
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Heidi Andersson, Irina Makeeva, John Brzenk, Arsen Liliev, Engin Terzi.
I love these people's passion and attitude to the sport, they have all done what I want too, to become an icon and legend of our sport.
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| Unknown talents |
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To eat! I love food and to eat as much as I love armwrestling! |
| Misc. |
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I've lost 20 kg since I started armwrestling! :) And my hair is 100 cm!
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HYDRO, TULLINGE
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DAVID HORNE'S WORLD OF GRIP, GREAT BRITAIN
CLOSE UP MAGAZINE, SWEDEN
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| News |
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| - Holger Krekola in TV show |
| - Worlds -94, Tape 2, Pt 1+2 |
| - Ion VS 300 Romanians |
| - How to defend a press |
| - Worlds -94, Tape 1, Pt 3+4 |
| - Ivakin VS Tokarev |
| - Worlds -94, Tape 1, Pt 1+2 |
| - Photos from Lotoshino |
| - Video: Arsen vs Denis |
| - Tskadadze VS Dean |
| - Denis won against Arsen |
| - Fast match by Aaron |
| - Arm Wars Powerplay Left |
| - Arm Wars Powerplay Right |
| - Interview - Zhanna Cingule |
| - Armwrestling article & video |
| - Video - Europeans -96 |
| - Yukon Qualifier -96, 1 |
| - Yukon Qualifier -96, 2 |
| - Legend Al Turner |
| - Williams VS Brzenk |
| - Selearis VS Brzenk |
| - Interview - Joanne Poole |
| - Worlds -93, Practise table |
| - Worlds -93, Part 1/5 |
| - Bulgarian backpressure |
| - Photos, Training in Buxton |
| - 711 Nemiroff photos, right |
| - Ballinger VS Cobra |
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