Stig Roland Helmer "Stickan" Pettersson (born 26 March 1935) is a retired Swedish high jumper. He won two medals at the European Athletics Championships and competed in three Olympic Games.
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| Born | 26 March 1935 (age 89) Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Kronobergs IK, Stockholm | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 2.16 m (1962)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pettersson placed just outside the medals in three Olympic Games. In 1956 he jumped 2.06 m finishing fourth;[1] he was briefly in a tie for the Olympic record, but it was broken during the competition.[1] Four years later in Rome he cleared 2.09 m for the fifth place,[1] and in Tokyo in 1964 he placed fourth again, despite his best Olympic jump of 2.14 m.[1]
At the 1958 European Championships, held in his home city of Stockholm, Pettersson won the bronze medal with a jump of 2.10 m.[2][3] At the 1962 Championships in Belgrade he cleared 2.13 m, enough for a silver medal behind the future Olympic Champion Valeriy Brumel.[2][3]
Pettersson was the national champion in 1956–62 and 1964 and held the Swedish high jump record from 1960 to 1968;[4] his personal best of 2.16 m was among the world's best jumps in 1962.[5] Track & Field News ranked him in the world's top 10 from 1956 to 1964.[6]
In the 1970s Pettersson was director of the Swedish Athletics Association. He headed the national athletics team at the 1980 Olympics and carried the Swedish Olympic flag at the opening ceremony.[7][8]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Stig Pettersson Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ a b "HÖJDHOPP – FRÅN FORNTID TILL NUTID" (PDF) (in Swedish). Svenska Friidrottsförbundet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2014.
- ^ a b Stig Pettersson at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- ^ Johansson, Bengt. "Swedish Records". Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ Löfvenhaft, Sören (19 July 2004). "Stilen fick svenskarna att hoppa högt" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter/Västerbottens Friidrottsförbund. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ "World Rankings — Men's High Jump" (PDF). Track & Field News.
- ^ Stig Pettersson 1935-03-26. storagrabbar.se
- ^ Stig Pettersson. Swedish Olympic Committee
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