Not so Wilgotson
Per Anders Wilgotson (born September 30, 1950 in Borås ) is a former Swedish rower . He won the 1983 world championship bronze in a four-man without a helmsman .
The 1.87 m tall Anders Wilgotson took ninth place at the 1979 World Championships together with Anders Larson in a two-man without a helmsman . In 1980 the two reached the A-final at the Olympic Games in Moscow and rowed to sixth place. At the 1982 World Championships , they finished tenth.
In 1983 Anders Wilgotson, Hans Svensson , Lars-Åke Lindqvist and Anders Larson formed a foursome. At the world championships in Duisburg , the boat from Germany won ahead of the boat from the Soviet Union. Four seconds behind, the Swedes won the bronze medal with almost a second advantage over the boat from the GDR . At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the Swedish four-man competed in the previous year's line-up and finished in sixth place. After a two-year break, Wilgotson took part again in 1987 in a foursome at the World Championships in Copenhagen and finished in tenth place.
Anders Wilgotson married the Swedish rower and Olympian Carina Gustavsson .
Web links
- Anders Wilgotson in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
- Anders Wilgotson at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
Footnotes
- ↑ Fourfinal 1983 at worldrowing.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilgotson, Anders |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilgotson, Per Anders (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Borås |