Tomas Pettersson (born 15 May 1947) is a retired Swedish cyclist. He was part of the road racing team of four Pettersson brothers, known as Fåglum brothers, who won the world title in 1967–1969 and a silver medal at the 1968 Olympics. In 1967 they were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.[1]
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| Born | 15 May 1947 Vårgårda, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1964–1969 | Vårgårda CK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1970–1972 | Ferretti | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Scic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Petterson turned professional after the 1969 World Championships, together with the other brothers. He rode the Tour de France in 1970 and 1971, and won the 1970 Trofeo Baracchi (together with brother Gösta). He retired prematurely in 1973, and later regretted that decision.[2][3]
Major results
edit- 1965
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1966
- 1st Team time trial, National Road Championships (with Gösta & Erik Pettersson)
- 1967
- 1st
Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships (with Sture, Gösta & Erik Pettersson) - 1st Team time trial, National Road Championships (with Sture, Gösta & Erik Pettersson)
- 1968
- 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships (with Sture, Gösta & Erik Pettersson)
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Team time trial (with Sture, Gösta & Erik Pettersson)
- 1st
- Summer Olympics
- 2nd
Team time trial (with Sture, Gösta & Erik Pettersson) - 7th Road race
- 2nd
- 1969
- 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships (with Sture, Gösta & Erik Pettersson)
- National Road Championships
- 1st Team time trial (with Sture, Gösta & Erik Pettersson)
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Stage 6a Tour de l'Avenir
- 1970
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Gösta Pettersson)
- 1st Stage 1a Cronostaffetta (with Pietro Guerra)
- 2nd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
- 3rd Giro del Lazio
- 3rd GP Lugano
- 5th Giro dell'Emilia
- 1971
- 1st Stage 5b Tour de Romandie
- 2nd Coppa Placci
- 2nd Trofeo Baracchi (with Gösta Pettersson)
- 2nd Baden–Baden (with Gösta Pettersson)
- 3rd Giro del Lazio
- 4th Giro dell'Emilia
- 5th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 5th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 1972
- 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Trofeo Baracchi (with Gösta Pettersson)
- 3rd Giro di Puglia
- 3rd Giro del Lazio
- 3rd Coppa Agostoni
- 4th Coppa Placci
- 5th Tre Valli Varesine
- 8th Giro di Toscana
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tomas Pettersson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Tomas Fåglum. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Tomas Fåglum. cyclingarchives.com
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tomas Pettersson.
- Tomas Pettersson at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Tomas Pettersson at ProCyclingStats
- Tomas Pettersson at CycleBase
- Tomas Pettersson at Olympedia
- Tomas Pettersson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
