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]
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
sture, pettersson, sture, helge, vilhelm, pettersson, september, 1942, june, 1983, swedish, cyclist, part, road, racing, team, four, pettersson, brothers, known, fåglum, brothers, world, title, 1967, 1969, silver, medal, 1968, olympics, three, brothers, were, . 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 Faglum 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 Sture PetterssonPersonal informationBorn 1942 09 30 30 September 1942Vargarda SwedenDied26 June 1983 1983 06 26 aged 40 Alingsas SwedenHeight188 cm 6 ft 2 in Weight75 kg 165 lb Team informationDisciplineRoadAmateur team1963 1969Vargarda CKProfessional team1970 1972FerrettiMedal record Representing SWE Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Team time trial 1964 Tokyo Team time trial World Championships 1967 Heerlen Team time trial 1968 Imola Team time trial 1969 Zolder Team time trial 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 Malmo he fainted 12 km before the finish his brother Gosta 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 Faglum also became a leading road racing cyclist 3 Major results edit1964 3rd nbsp Team time trial Summer Olympics 1965 National Road Championships1st nbsp Time trial 2nd Road race dd 1966 1st nbsp Team time trial National Road Championships 1967 1st nbsp Team time trial UCI Road World Championships with Gosta Tomas amp Erik Pettersson 1st nbsp Team time trial National Road Championships 1968 1st nbsp Team time trial UCI Road World Championships with Gosta Tomas amp Erik Pettersson 1st nbsp Team time trial National Road Championships 2nd nbsp Team time trial Summer Olympics with Gosta Tomas amp Erik Pettersson 1969 1st nbsp Team time trial UCI Road World Championships with Gosta Tomas amp Erik Pettersson 1st nbsp Team time trial National Road ChampionshipsReferences edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Sture Pettersson Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Sture Petersson Swedish Olympic Committee Sture Pettersson cyclingarchives comExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Sture Pettersson at Wikimedia Commons Sture Pettersson at Cycling Archives nbsp Sture Pettersson at ProCyclingStats nbsp Sture Pettersson at Olympics com nbsp Sture Pettersson at Olympedia nbsp Sture Pettersson at the Swedish Olympic Committee in Swedish nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sture Pettersson amp oldid 1199366315, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
