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Gösta Pettersson

Personal information
Full name	Gösta Pettersson
Born	(1940-10-23) 23 October 1940 (age 84) Alingsås Municipality, Sweden
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Overall rider
Professional teams
1970–1972	Ferretti
1973	Scic
1974	Magniflex
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia General Classification (1971) 1 Stage (1972) Tour de Romandie (1970) Tour de Suisse – 1 stage (1973)
Medal record Representing  Sweden Road bicycle racing Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Team road race 1968 Mexico City Team road race 1968 Mexico City Individual road race World Championships 1964 Sallanches Amateur's road race 1967 Heerlen Team time trial 1968 Imola Team time trial 1969 Zolder Team time trial

Gösta Pettersson (born 23 November 1940) is a retired Swedish cyclist. As an amateur, he competed in the individual and team road events at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won one silver and two bronze medals, in 1964 and 1968. In 1968 he also took part in two track events: individual and team 4000 m pursuit.

Pettersson's brothers, Erik, Sture and Tomas, were also Olympic cyclists, and their quartet was known as the Fåglum brothers. They won the World Amateur Cycling Championships in 1967–1969 and a team silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics; three of the brothers were also part of the bronze-winning road team at the 1964 Games. In 1967 they were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.

After the 1969 World Championships the Fåglum brothers turned professional. In 1970 Gösta won the Tour de Romandie, Coppa Sabatini and Trofeo Baracchi (with brother Tomas), and finished third at the Tour de France and sixth at the Giro d'Italia. Next year he won the Giro d'Italia, Giro dell'Appennino and Giro delle Marche. He finished sixth at the 1972 Giro d'Italia and seventh at the 1973 Tour de Suisse. His last major success was second place at the 1974 Tour de Suisse.

Grand Tours overall classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Giro	6	1	6	13	10
Tour	3	WD	-	-	-
Vuelta	-	-	-	-	-

WD = Withdrew

References

1. "Gösta Pettersson". sports-reference.com.
2. ^ Gösta Pettersson. Swedish Olympic Committee
3. Gösta Pettersson at Cycling Archives (archived)

External links

• Official Tour de France results for Gösta Pettersson

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