Sture Pettersson
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| Born | 30 September 1942 Vårgårda, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 June 1983 (aged 40) Alingsås, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1963–1969 | Vårgårda CK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1970–1972 | Ferretti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sture Helge Vilhelm Pettersson (30 September 1942 – 26 June 1983) was a Swedish cyclist. He was part of the road racing team of four Pettersson brothers, known as Fåglum brothers, who won the world title in 1967–1969 and a silver medal at the 1968 Olympics; three of the brothers were also part of the bronze-winning road team at the 1964 Games. In 1967 they were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.[1]
Petterson turned professional after the 1969 World Championships, together with the other brothers, but had little success and retired in 1972. He was known for pushing himself to the limits. At a 1964 race in Malmö he fainted 12 km before the finish; his brother Gösta rode nearby and managed to catch him from falling. Sture died aged 40, probably due to a ruptured blood vessel in the brain.[2] His grandson Marcus Fåglum also became a leading road racing cyclist.[3]
Major results
[edit]- 1964
- 3rd
Team time trial, Summer Olympics - 1965
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1966
- 1st Team time trial, National Road Championships
- 1967
- 1st
Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships (with Gösta, Tomas & Erik Pettersson) - 1st Team time trial, National Road Championships
- 1968
- 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships (with Gösta, Tomas & Erik Pettersson)
- 1st Team time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd
Team time trial, Summer Olympics (with Gösta, Tomas & Erik Pettersson) - 1969
- 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships (with Gösta, Tomas & Erik Pettersson)
- 1st Team time trial, National Road Championships
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sture Pettersson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Sture Petersson. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Sture Pettersson. cyclingarchives.com
External links
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Media related to Sture Pettersson at Wikimedia Commons
- Sture Pettersson at Cycling Archives
- Sture Pettersson at ProCyclingStats
- Sture Pettersson at Olympics.com
- Sture Pettersson at Olympedia
- Sture Pettersson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
- 1942 births
- 1983 deaths
- Swedish male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for Sweden
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- UCI Road World Champions (elite men)
- Fåglum brothers