When Börje Salming becomes ill with ALS, Bianca Salming’s life is turned upside down. Suddenly, a strong, safe and supportive father is not by her side when she invests in becoming the best in the world in athletics. Bianca decides to get to know the greatness and driving forces of her father, the hockey legend. She wants to understand and take with her what made Börje Salming the best in the world, one of Sweden’s most beloved sports personalities and a beloved husband, brother and father. The series follows Bianca Salming’s life and sports career from November 2021 to September 2023. During that time, Börje Salming falls ill and dies of ALS, then follows Bianca’s struggle to move on in life and her sports career without her father.
Bianca Emmelie Elisabeth Salming (born 22 November 1998) is a Swedish athlete who competes in heptathlon. She has won several Swedish Championship gold as a youth. She has competed for Täby IS. Since 2017 she competes for Turebergs FK. She also competes in long jump. She placed fourth in heptathlon at the Junior World Championship in 2016. She competed for Sweden in the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, and in the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich where she got 8th position in heptathlon. Salming grew up in Vaxholm and currently resides in Stockholm. She is the daughter of late ice hockey player Börje Salming.