Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Club IFK Helsingborg Weight 80 kg (180 lb) | Sport Athletics Name Alf Petersson Event(s) 400 m | |
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Born 5 February 1933 (age 91) ( 1933-02-05 ) Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
Personal best(s) 400 m – 47.0 (1958) | ||
Alf Roland Petersson (born 5 February 1933) is a retired Swedish sprinter. He competed in the 400 m and 4×400 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals. He finished fifth and third in these events at the 1958 European Athletics Championships.
Petersson started as a long jumper with a personal best of 7.31 m. He then changed to 100–800 m running events, winning the national 400 m title in 1955, 1957–58 and 1960 and setting a national record in 1958 over this distance.
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