Stephen Petterson | |
Birth Date: | 2 August 1957 |
Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Full Name: | Stephen Kelly Petterson |
Sport: | Shooting |
Country: | New Zealand |
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Stephen Kelly Petterson (born 2 August 1957) is a competitive rifle shooter from New Zealand.
Petterson was born in Auckland in 1957. A veteran of four Olympic Games and five Commonwealth Games, he has won a total of four gold medals and a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games.[1] He was the flag bearer for New Zealand at the closing ceremony of the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
In the 1999 New Year Honours, Petterson was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to smallbore rifle shooting.[2]