Pelle Petterson

Pelle Petterson

Personal information
Full name	Pelle Helmer Petterson
Nationality	Sweden
Born	(1932-07-31) 31 July 1932 Stockholm, Sweden
Sailing career
Class(es)	12 mR, Star, 6mR
Medal record Sailing Competitor for  Sweden Olympic Games 1972 Munich Star class 1964 Tokyo Star class World Championships 1969 San Diego Star class 1977 Marstrand 6 mR class 1979 Seattle 6 mR class 1983 Newport 6 mR class 1974 Laredo Star class

Pelle Helmer Petterson (born 31 July 1932) is a Swedish sailor and yacht designer. He is the son of Helmer Petterson and Norwegian born Borgny Petterson born Holm, and studied design at the leading Pratt Institute in New York from 1955 through 1957. He is probably best known for designing the Maxi Class sailing boats, which are still among the most common sailing boats in Swedish waters. He also designed Volvo's successful sports car, the P1800, while he was a student of Pietro Frua.^[1]

A Volvo P1800, designed by Petterson

Petterson has three children.

There is a line of sailing clothing and sports wear bearing the name Petterson, under the Brand Name Pelle P. which are designed by his daughter, Cecilia. His other daughter, Ulrika "Icka", lives in the U.S. and is married to Paul Cayard, an American yachtsman and professional sailor.

Olympic medals and other yacht racing awards

He has won Olympic bronze and Olympic silver in the Starboat class. He also won World Cup medals in the Soling Class and participated in the America's Cup several times.

He won Olympic medals for Starboat racing in 1964 and 1972.^[2] He won the World Championship title in the Star class at the 1969 Worlds in San Diego, USA. He skippered the Swedish America's Cup Challenges in 1977 and 1980.

Awards

14 May 2004 he received the Swedish Business Award for Outstanding Achievements of the first grade from the West Swedish Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Amongst previous recipients are Arvid Carlsson Nobel laureate, Ingvar Kamprad founder of Ikea and Pehr G. Gyllenhammar former CEO of Volvo.

19 November 2004 he received a prestigious award (KTH's Stora Pris) from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.^[3]

8 June 2010 he received from H.M the King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden the King's Medal (12th size bright-blue ribbon ^[4]) for outstanding contributions as a yachtsman and boat designer.

Achievements

As of 27 September 2015 ^[5]

See also

• Maxi 77
• Monark 540

References

External links

• pellepetterson.se