Göta Pettersson

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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.

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  1. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle II . P. 93
  2. ↑ Gymnastics World Championships on sport-komplett.de
personal data
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