Stig Roland Helmer "Stickan" Pettersson (born 26 March 1935) is a retired

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er. He won two medals at the

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and competed in three

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. Pettersson placed just outside the medals in three Olympic Games. In

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he jumped 2.06 m finishing fourth; he was briefly in a tie for the

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, but it was broken during the competition.

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he cleared 2.09 m for the fifth place, and in

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he placed fourth again, despite his best Olympic jump of 2.14 m. At the 1958 European Championships, held in his home city of

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, Pettersson won the bronze medal with a jump of 2.10 m. At the 1962 Championships in

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he cleared 2.13 m, enough for a silver medal behind the future Olympic Champion

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. Pettersson was the national champion in 1956–62 and 1964 and held the Swedish high jump record from 1960 to 1968; his personal best of 2.16 m was among the world's best jumps in 1962. ''

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'' ranked him in the world's top 10 from 1956 to 1964. In the 1970s Pettersson was director of the

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. He headed the national athletics team at the 1980 Olympics and carried the Swedish Olympic flag at the opening ceremony.Stig Pettersson 1935-03-26
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1935 births Living people Athletes from Stockholm Swedish male high jumpers Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists 20th-century Swedish sportsmen Kronobergs IK athletes {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub