| Simon Pettersson | |
| Birth Date: | 3 January 1994 |
| Height: | 1.98 m[1] |
| Weight: | 105 kg |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Discus throw |
| Club: | Hässelby SK |
| Coach: | Vésteinn Hafsteinsson |
Simon Pettersson (born 3 January 1994) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the discus throw. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships finishing eleventh in the final and the 2018 European Championships finishing fourth in the final.
His personal best in the event is 70.42 metres set in Norrköping, Sweden in August 2022, at the Swedish championship where he also won gold medal.[2] Earlier in his career he competed in the decathlon.
Pettersson competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal with a throw of 67.39 metres.
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 17th (q) | Discus throw (1.5 kg) | 53.06 m | |
| 2015 | European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 5th | Discus throw | 58.05 m | |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 11th | Discus throw | 60.39 m | |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 4th | Discus throw | 64.55 m | |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 9th | Discus throw | 63.72 m | |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Discus throw | 67.39 m |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 5th | Discus throw | 67.00 m | |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 4th | Discus throw | 67.12 m | ||
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 21st (q) | Discus throw | 62.53 m | |
| 2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 16th (q) | Discus throw | 61.43 m | |