Göta Pettersson
Göta Elisabeth Pettersson (born December 18, 1926 in Stockholm ; † October 9, 1993 there ) was a Swedish gymnast.
At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , only one competition for gymnasts was offered, the team all-round competition. The Czechoslovak team won ahead of the Hungarians and the US team. Göta Pettersson finished fourth with the Swedish team, where she was fourth-best gymnast of her team with 50.10 points.
In 1950, gymnastics world championships were held for the first time after the Second World War . At the competitions in Basel , the Swedish team won the team classification with Evy Berggren , Vanja Blomberg , Karin Lindberg , Gunnel Ljungström , Hjördis Nordin , Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling , Göta Pettersson and Ingrid Sandahl .
At the Olympic Games in 1952 , in addition to the team competition, six other competitions for gymnasts were offered: individual all-around, four individual devices and group gymnastics. The Swedish team finished fourth in the team all-around competition behind the Soviet Union, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. In the individual all-around event, Göta Pettersson took 37th place, while 31st place in the jump was her best result on the equipment. In the final group gymnastics with hand-held devices, the Swedish team won ahead of the Soviet Union and Hungary. The Swedish team won with Evy Berggren, Vanja Blomberg, Karin Lindberg, Hjördis Nordin, Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling, Göta Pettersson, Gun Röring and Ingrid Sandahl.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .
Web links
- Göta Pettersson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle II . P. 93
- ↑ Gymnastics World Championships on sport-komplett.de
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SURNAME | Pettersson, Göta |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pettersson, Göta Elisabeth (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish gymnast |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1926 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1993 |
Place of death | Stockholm |