Ann-Sofi Pettersson
Elin Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling (later Saltin; born 1 January 1932) is a retired Swedish 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. Her landing was described as one of the best olympic finishes of all time.
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| Born | 1 January 1932 Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | SSIF, Stockholm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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