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Göta Pettersson

1926 - 1993

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Göta Elisabeth Pettersson (18 December 1926 – 9 October 1993) was a Swedish artistic gymnast. She competed at both the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the team portable apparatus event in 1952. She also won the gold team medal and team portable apparatus medal at the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and individually, she was the 1948 Swedish champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Göta Pettersson is the 137th most popular gymnast (down from 110th in 2024), the 1,092nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,016th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Swedish Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Göta Pettersson ranks 137 out of 370. Before her are Osvald Moberg, Knut Torell, Gun Röring, Sigvard Sivertsen, Gyula Kakas, and Luciano Savorini. After her are Frithjof Sælen, Per Nilsson, Alfred Engelsen, Jacob Opdahl, Bedřich Šupčík, and Otto Authén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Göta Pettersson ranks 468. Before her are Elemér Szathmáry, Tom Tryon, Ernst Larsen, José Manuel Caballero, Joe Verdeur, and Ernest Mühlen. After her are Moira Shearer, Noor Jehan, Rawya Ateya, Larissa Volpert, Don Gordon, and W. Michael Blumenthal. Among people deceased in 1993, Göta Pettersson ranks 265. Before her are Jean Tamini, Conway Twitty, Ray Gillen, Gary Gordon, Heinrich Albertz, and Billy Eckstine. After her are Cyril Collard, Gert Hofmann, Gustav Hasford, Vilmos Zombori, Wallace Stegner, and Sammy Cahn.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Göta Pettersson ranks 1,092 out of 1,879. Before her are Cecilia Malmström (1968), Jan Halvarsson (1942), Erik Lindahl (1891), Lennart Magnusson (1924), Erik Svensson (1903), and Stig Sjölin (1928). After her are Hasse Borg (1953), Jakob Cedergren (1973), Magnus Norman (1976), Roger Ljung (1966), Alexander Isak (1999), and Michael Amott (1969).

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Among GYMNASTS In Sweden

Among gymnasts born in Sweden, Göta Pettersson ranks 26. Before her are Evy Berggren (1934), Erik Norberg (1883), Nils Widforss (1880), Osvald Moberg (1888), Knut Torell (1885), and Gun Röring (1930). After her are Per Nilsson (1890), Nils Granfelt (1887), Axel Janse (1888), Vanja Blomberg (1929), Nils Silfverskiöld (1888), and Rudolf Degermark (1886).

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