Olle Petrusson
Petrusson at the 1972 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 November 1943[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 March 2025 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tullus SG[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Olle Petrusson (14 November 1943 – 2 March 2025) was a Swedish biathlete. He won team bronze medals at the 1966 and at the 1967 Biathlon World Championships and at the 1968 Winter Olympics. At the 1972 Olympics his team finished fifth.[2] He also competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics.[3]
Domestically, Petrusson competed alongside his brother, Johan Petrusson.[1] He died on 2 March 2025, at the age of 81.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d Olle Petrusson. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ "1968 Winter Olympics – Grenoble, France – Biathlon" Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 25, 2008)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olle Petrusson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Olle Petrusson" (death notice). familjesidan.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 December 2025.