Sture Pettersson Explained

Sture Pettersson
Birth Date:30 September 1942
Birth Place:Vårgårda, Sweden
Death Place:Alingsås, Sweden
Height:188cm (74inches)
Weight:75kg (165lb)
Discipline:Road
Amateuryears1:1963–1969
Amateurteam1:Vårgårda CK
Proyears1:1970–1972
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Sture Helge Vilhelm Pettersson (30 September 1942 – 26 June 1983) was a Swedish cyclist. He was part of the road racing team of four Pettersson brothers, known as Fåglum brothers, who won the world title in 1967–1969 and a silver medal at the 1968 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.[1]

Petterson turned professional after the 1969 World Championships, together with the other brothers, but had little success and retired in 1972. He was known for pushing himself to the limits. At a 1964 race in Malmö he fainted 12 km before the finish; his brother Gösta rode nearby and managed to catch him from falling. Sture died aged 40, probably due to a ruptured blood vessel in the brain.[2] His grandson Marcus Fåglum also became a leading road racing cyclist.[3]

Major results

1964
  • 3rd Team time trial, Summer Olympics
    1965
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Time trial
  • 2nd Road race
    1966
  • 1st Team time trial, National Road Championships
    1967
  • 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships (with Gösta, Tomas & Erik Pettersson)
  • 1st Team time trial, National Road Championships
    1968
  • 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships (with Gösta, Tomas & Erik Pettersson)
  • 1st Team time trial, National Road Championships
  • 2nd Team time trial, Summer Olympics (with Gösta, Tomas & Erik Pettersson)
    1969
  • 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships (with Gösta, Tomas & Erik Pettersson)
  • 1st Team time trial, National Road Championships

    Notes and References

    1. Sture Pettersson. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205824/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/sture-pettersson-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 .
    2. http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/s/sture-pettersson.html Sture Petersson
    3. http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=3704 Sture Pettersson