Wivan Pettersson

{{Short description|Swedish swimmer (1904–1976)}}

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| strokes = Freestyle, breaststroke

| club = Eskilstuna SS

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|birth_date=24 January 1904

| birth_place = Eskilstuna, Sweden

|death_date=7 November 1976 (aged 72)

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Wivan Pettersson (24 January 1904 – 7 November 1976) was a Swedish swimmer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/50305 |title=Wivan Pettersson |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=16 November 2021}} She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics, along with Aina Berg, Gurli Ewerlund and Hjördis Töpel. Individually, she finished fourth in the 200 m breaststroke and failed to reach the 100 m freestyle final. In 1925 she set two Swedish records in the 200 m breaststroke.

References

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204921/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/wivan-pettersson-1.html Wivan Pettersson]. sports-reference.com

[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/w/wivan-pettersson.html Wivan Pettersson]. Swedish Olympic Committee

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Category:1904 births

Category:1976 deaths

Category:Olympic swimmers for Sweden

Category:Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden

Category:Olympic bronze medalists in swimming

Category:Swedish female freestyle swimmers

Category:Swedish female breaststroke swimmers

Category:Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Category:Sportspeople from Eskilstuna

Category:20th-century Swedish sportswomen

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