Ann-Sofi Pettersson | |
Birth Date: | 1932 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Natlteam: | (SWE) |
Club: | SSIF, Stockholm |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Elin Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling (later Saltin; born 1 January 1932) is a retired Swedish gymnast. She competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in the obsolete event team portable apparatus. In 1956, she also won a bronze on the vault, the only Swedish gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal. Her landing was described as one of the best olympic finishes of all time.[1]
Pettersson was the national champion in 1951 to 1958 and sportswoman of the year in 1955. She later married Bengt Saltin, a sports scientist, and worked as a doctor.