Sven "Sven-Pelle" Pettersson (15 December 1911 – 6 January 2000) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

and in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. In 1928 he was eliminated in the first round of the men's 100 m freestyle competition. As a member of the Swedish relay team he finished fifth in the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event. Eight years later he was part of the Swedish water polo team which finished seventh in the water polo tournament. He played three matches. As a member of the Swedish relay team he finished eighth in the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event. Pettersson represented

SK Neptun Simklubben Neptun, commonly known as SK Neptun, is a Swedish swimming club from Stockholm, active in swimming (sport), swimming, diving (sport), diving, water polo, and synchronized swimming. The home pool is Eriksdalsbadet in Stockholm. History ...

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* 1911 births 2000 deaths Swedish male water polo players Olympic swimmers for Sweden Olympic water polo players for Sweden Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Swedish male freestyle swimmers SK Neptun swimmers SK Neptun water polo players 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-waterpolo-bio-stub