Gösta Pettersson
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| Full name | Gösta Pettersson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
23 October 1940 Alingsås Municipality, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Overall rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1970–1972 | Ferretti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Scic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Magniflex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour de Romandie (1970) Tour de Suisse - 1 stage (1973) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Infobox last updated on 29 July 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gösta Pettersson (born 23 November 1940) is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist and three-time Olympic medalist.[1] The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1971 Giro d'Italia. He was also third in the 1970 Tour de France which was in his first year as a professional, at age 30.
In 1967 The Fåglum brothers (Erik, Gösta, Sture and Tomas Pettersson) were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. The brothers won the World Amateur Cycling Championships between 1967-1969 along with a silver medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Results and Teams
- 1964 (amateur)
- 3rd (Bronze) – 1964 Summer Olympics – 100 km Team Time Trial
- 3rd (Bronze) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 185 km Men's Road Race
- 1967 (amateur)
- 1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial
- 1968 (amateur)
- 1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial
- 2nd (Silver) – 1968 Summer Olympics – 100 km Team Time Trial
- 3rd (Bronze) – 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Road Race
- 1st overall – Tour of Britain
- 1969 (amateur)
- 1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial
- 1970 – Ferretti
- 1st Overall – Tour de Romandie
- 1st – Coppa Sabatini
- 3rd Overall – Tour de France
- 1st – Trofeo Baracchi (with Tomas Pettersson)
- 1971 – Ferretti
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1st Overall – Giro d'Italia - 1st Overall – Giro dell'Appennino
- 1st Overall – Giro delle Marche
- 1973 – Scic
- 7th Overall – Tour de Suisse
- Winner stage 8b
- 1974 – Magniflex
- 2nd Overall – Tour de Suisse
Grand Tours overall classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 |
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| Giro |
6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 10 |
 Tour |
3 | WD | - | - | - |
 Vuelta |
- | - | - | - | - |
WD = Withdrew
References
- ↑ "Gösta Pettersson Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
External links
- Gösta Pettersson profile at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Gösta Pettersson
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| Preceded by Kurt Johansson |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal with Erik Petterson, Sture Petterson and Tomas Petterson 1967 |
Succeeded by Toini Gustafsson-Rönnlund |