Fåglum brothers

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This memorial in Vårgårda commemorates the Fåglum brothers.

The Fåglum brothers were the Swedish racing cyclists Gösta (* 1940), Sture (1942–1983), Erik (* 1944) and Tomas Pettersson (* 1947), who dominated the team time trial on the road as a quartet in the 1960s .

Careers in cycling

The brothers were named after a part of Vårgårda, where they grew up and where they started for the “Fåglums Cykelklubb”. In 1963, 1964 and 1966 Gösta, Sture and Erik became Swedish champions in the team time trial (teams of three started). At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 , the three brothers won the bronze medal in the team time trial together with Sven Hamrin . In 1967 the four brothers became world champions in team time trial for the first time . The trade journal Radsport was enthusiastic: “ The four blond athletes will certainly go down in history as a unique phenomenon. The fact that a pair of brothers developed into such a fighting team and was able to successfully take hold of the laurel has not yet existed and will probably no longer exist in the future. "

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico , the “Fåglum brothers” won silver. A few weeks later, three of them finished third in the team pursuit at the World Track Championships in Montevideo with Josef Ripfel (instead of Sture) and again team world champions on the road with all four “Fåglums”. In 1969 the quartet became world champions in the team time trial for the third time . In addition, the Fåglum brothers won numerous other team titles in their home country and at Scandinavian championships.

In 1970 all the brothers became professionals ; the most successful was the eldest brother, Gösta, who finished third in the 1970 Tour de France and won the Giro d'Italia in 1971 . Together with his brother Tomas, he also won the Trofeo Baracchi in 1970 .

Honors

In 1967 the Fåglum brothers were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal , the Swedish award for Sportsman of the Year . In Vårgårda, where they last started for the “Vårgårda Cykelklubb”, a monument was erected in their honor on the market square and the “Dessa fantastiska Fåglums” museum was opened.

Name and family

Apart from Gösta, the brothers later adopted the surname “Fåglum”, as the name Pettersson is very common in Sweden.

At the 2011 UCI Road World Championships , a grandson of Sture Pettersson, Marcus Fåglum Karlsson , came fourth in the junior individual time trial. His father Jan Karlsson was also a cyclist, competed in the 1988 Olympic Games and won bronze in the team time trial.

References and comments

  1. ^ Cycling , September 5, 1967
  2. ↑ The club is known as the organizer of the women's World Cup race " Open de Suède Vårgårda ".
  3. ↑ Full fart för Fåglum on expressen.se v. September 19, 2011 (Swedish)

literature

  • Lars-Gunnar Björklund: Dessa fantastiska Fåglums , 1968

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