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Ann-Sofi Pettersson

1932 - Today

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Elin Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling (later Saltin; born 1 January 1932) is a retired Swedish gymnast. She competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in the obsolete event team portable apparatus. In 1956, she also won a bronze on the vault, the only Swedish gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal. Her landing was described as one of the best olympic finishes of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ann-Sofi Pettersson is the 63rd most popular gymnast (up from 119th in 2019), the 794th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,057th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Ann-Sofi Pettersson ranks 63 out of 370. Before her are Oksana Chusovitina, Vitaly Scherbo, Olle Lanner, Pietro Bianchi, Edward Hennig, and Carl Folcker. After her are Klaus Köste, Valentin Muratov, Carl Hårleman, Julius Lenhart, Guido Romano, and Marie Kovářová.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Ann-Sofi Pettersson ranks 360. Before her are Jan Jindra, Robert Taylor, Gábor Delneky, Katy Bødtger, Mario Cuomo, and Paul R. Ehrlich. After her are Ludovico Avio, Lygia Bojunga Nunes, Eddy Wally, Stéphane Bruey, Robert B. Parker, and Clifton Williams.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ann-Sofi Pettersson ranks 794 out of 1,879. Before her are Stellan Nilsson (1922), Frithiof Mårtensson (1884), Göran Therborn (1941), Dagmar Lange (1914), Greta Johansson (1895), and Ann-Britt Leyman (1922). After her are Tom Turesson (1942), Lisa Fonssagrives (1911), Georg Åberg (1893), Johan Ramstedt (1852), Kurt Axelsson (1941), and Max Martin (1971).

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Among GYMNASTS In Sweden

Among gymnasts born in Sweden, Ann-Sofi Pettersson ranks 7. Before her are Karin Lindberg (1929), Carl Holmberg (1884), Axel Ljung (1884), Arvid Holmberg (1886), Gösta Olson (1883), and Carl Folcker (1889). After her are Carl Hårleman (1886), Hugo Jahnke (1886), Haakon Sörvik (1886), Gösta Åsbrink (1881), Leonard Peterson (1885), and Per Bertilsson (1892).

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