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Full name
  
Ann-Sofi Pettersson

Nickname(s)
  
Ann-Sofi Pettersson

Name
  
Ann-Sofi Pettersson


Born
  
January 1, 1932 (age 92) Stockholm, Sweden (
1932-01-01
)

Elin Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling (later Saltin, born 1 January 1932) is a Swedish retired gymnast. She competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in the obsolete event team portable apparatus. In 1956, she also won a bronze on the vault, the only Swedish gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal.

Pettersson was the national champion in 1951 to 1958 and sportswoman of the year in 1955. She later married Bengt Saltin, a sports scientist, and worked as a doctor.

References

Ann-Sofi Pettersson Wikipedia