| Upcoming Events |
14 August
Arm Massacre 2010
Tampere, Finland
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21-26 August
Asian Championships
2010
Guwahati City, India
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4 September
Newman Fall Festival
Championship 2010
Newman, CA, USA
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11 September
Quest With Arms 3
Elizabeth City, NC, USA
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18 September
Over the Top 2010
Heddesheim, Germany
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25 September
Quebec Enduro Open
Quebec, Canada
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25 September
War of the Arms 2010
Hilversum, Netherlands
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17 October
Judgement Day 2010
Budapest, Hungary
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23 October
Swiss Open 2010
Dietfurt, Switzerland
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5-6 November
Nemiroff World Cup
Sopot, Poland
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14 August
Arm Massacre 2010
Tampere, Finland
21-26 August
Asian Championship 2010
Assam, Guwahati City,
India
25 September
War of the Arms 2010
Hilversum, Netherlands
25 September
Quebec Enduro Open
Quebec, Canada
9 October
ExerGise Armwrestling
Champs 2010
Vanderbijlpark,
South Africa
17 October
Judgement Day 2010
Budapest, Hungary
5-6 November
Nemiroff World Cup 2010
Sopot, Poland
29 January
UAL Qualifier II 2011
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Profile - Sarah Bäckman, SWE
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| Match against Heidi at World Challenge -09. |
Photo: Malin Sydne |
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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 |
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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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I study hotel and service business, and work extra at a supermarket. Sometimes I do armwrestling jobs. But what I want is to work with training and nutrition, personal trainer or something similar, for example. I’ll try to figure out something about that! |
| 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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-65 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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Heidi Andersson, Ekatarina Larina, Irina Gladkaya. |
| Merits |
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7x Swedish Champion (divided in senior/junior, right/left arm) 07, 08, 09, 10
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
2nd with right arm, at Nemiroff World Cup 09
Miss Photo EuroArm 2009 |
| 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 inspire you |
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Many people have inspired me during my years as an armwrestler. But there is now only two I can not stop to adore – John Brzenk and Irina Makeeva. |
| 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!
Sponsored by:
FIT II FIGHT GEAR, CANADA (http://www.fitiifight.com)
TULLINGE GYM, STOCKHOLM (http://www.tullingegym.se)
BORRBOLAGET I JÄRNA AB (http://www.borrbolaget.nu)
SPORT & FITNESS NORDIC (http://www.sportfitness.se) |
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