Reinhold William Eugen Petersson (later Björneman, 6 October 1895 – 10 May 1965) was a Swedish athlete, who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1]
 William Petersson in 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 October 1895 Sandby, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 May 1965 (aged 69) Kalmar, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m, long jump | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kalmar IS | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.0 (1918) LJ – 7.39 m (1924) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editIn 1918 Petersson graduated from the Schartaus institute of trade and then worked in the banking sector in Germany, France and Britain. Petersson won the British AAA Championships long jump title at the 1919 AAA Championships.[2][3][4]
The following year at the 1920 Olympic Games, he competed in the long jump and 4 × 100 m relay and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively.[5] Petersson won four Swedish long jump titles, in 1918–20 and 1924.[6] He returned to Britain to compete in the 1921 AAA Championships and finished second behind H.C. Taylor in the long jump event.[7][8]
In 1928 he became assistant director and then Vice President of J. G. Schwartz in Norrköping. In 1938 he changed to a position of assistant director and then vice president at margarine factories in Stockholm, and after 1941 he headed slaughterhouses in Malmö. In 1940 he represented Sweden at a special trade mission in London.[9]
References
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- ^ "William Petersson". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "AAA Championships". Daily Herald. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Amateur Champions". Daily Record. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ William Petersson. sports-reference.com
- ^ William Petersson. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ "Athletics". Northern Whig. 2 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Where Britain leads". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 4 July 1921. Retrieved 30 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Svensk uppslagsbok, andra upplagan 1947. svenskuppslagsbok.se
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