Gösta Pettersson
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| Full name | Gösta Pettersson |
| Born | 23 October 1940 Alingsås Municipality, Sweden |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Overall rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1970–1972 | Ferretti |
| 1973 | Scic |
| 1974 | Magniflex |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
Tour de Romandie (1970) Tour de Suisse - 1 stage (1973) |
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Medal record
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| Infobox last updated on 29 July 2014 |
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Gösta Pettersson (born 23 November 1940) is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist and three-time Olympic medalist.[1] The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1971 Giro d'Italia. He was also third in the 1970 Tour de France which was in his first year as a professional, at age 30.
In 1967 The Fåglum brothers (Erik, Gösta, Sture and Tomas Pettersson) were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. The brothers won the World Amateur Cycling Championships between 1967-1969 along with a silver medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Results and Teams
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- 1964 (amateur)
- 3rd (Bronze) – 1964 Summer Olympics – 100 km Team Time Trial
- 3rd (Bronze) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 185 km Men's Road Race
- 1967 (amateur)
- 1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial
- 1968 (amateur)
- 1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial
- 2nd (Silver) – 1968 Summer Olympics – 100 km Team Time Trial
- 3rd (Bronze) – 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Road Race
- 1st overall – Tour of Britain
- 1969 (amateur)
- 1st (Gold) – World Amateur Cycling Championships – 100 km Team Time Trial
- 1970 – Ferretti
- 1st Overall – Tour de Romandie
- 1st – Coppa Sabatini
- 3rd Overall – Tour de France
- 1st – Trofeo Baracchi (with Tomas Pettersson)
- 1971 – Ferretti
1st Overall – Giro d'Italia- 1st Overall – Giro dell'Appennino
- 1st Overall – Giro delle Marche
- 1973 – Scic
- 7th Overall – Tour de Suisse
- Winner stage 8b
- 1974 – Magniflex
- 2nd Overall – Tour de Suisse
Grand Tours overall classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 |
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| Giro |
6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 10 |
 Tour |
3 | WD | - | - | - |
 Vuelta |
- | - | - | - | - |
WD = Withdrew
References
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- Gösta Pettersson at Cycling ArchivesLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Official Tour de France results for Gösta Pettersson
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| Preceded by | Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal with Erik Petterson, Sture Petterson and Tomas Petterson 1967 |
Succeeded by Toini Gustafsson-Rönnlund |
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- People from Alingsås Municipality
- Swedish male cyclists
- Giro d'Italia winners
- Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Sweden
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Tour de Suisse stage winners
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Giro d'Italia cyclists
- UCI Road World Champions (elite men)
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