Gösta Pettersson
 Pettersson c. 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gösta Artur Roland Pettersson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
23 October 1940 Alingsås Municipality, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1970–1972 | Ferretti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Scic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Magniflex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour de Romandie (1970) Tour de Suisse – 1 stage (1973) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gösta Artur Roland Pettersson (born 23 November 1940) is a retired Swedish cyclist. As an amateur, he competed in the individual and team road events at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won one silver and two bronze medals, in 1964 and 1968. In 1968 he also took part in two track events: individual and team 4000 m pursuit.[1]
Pettersson's brothers, Erik, Sture and Tomas, were also Olympic cyclists, and their quartet was known as the Fåglum brothers. They won the World Amateur Cycling Championships in 1967–1969 and a team silver medal at the 1968 Summer 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.[2]
After the 1969 World Championships the Fåglum brothers turned professional. In 1970 Gösta won the Tour de Romandie, Coppa Sabatini and Trofeo Baracchi (with brother Tomas), and finished third at the Tour de France and sixth at the Giro d'Italia. Next year he won the Giro d'Italia, Giro dell'Appennino and Giro delle Marche. He finished sixth at the 1972 Giro d'Italia and seventh at the 1973 Tour de Suisse. His last major success was second place at the 1974 Tour de Suisse.[2][3]
Of the Grand Tours he preferred to ride the Giro, competing from 1970-1974 finishing in the top ten four times, never finishing worse than 13th. He rode the Tour De France in 1970 finishing on the podium behind Eddy Merckx and Joop Zoetemelk.
After finishing atop the podium in the Giro, ahead of Merckx teammate Herman Van Springel and Italian rider Ugo Colombo, he started the 1971 TDF, but abandoned the race prior to reaching the Jaques Anquetil Velodrome.
Pettersson never raced in the Vuelta.
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 |
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6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 10 |
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3 | DNF | — | — | — |
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— | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ "Gösta Pettersson". sports-reference.com.
- 1 2 Gösta Pettersson. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ↑ Gösta Pettersson at Cycling Archives
External links
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| Preceded by Kurt Johansson |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal with Erik Petterson, Sture Petterson and Tomas Petterson 1967 |
Succeeded by Toini Gustafsson-Rönnlund |