Erik Albert Pettersson (5 May 1885 – 8 March 1960) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

weightlifter. He won two bronze medals at international competitions: in the lightweight division at the 1909 European Championships, and in the middleweight category (−75 kg) at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

. Aged 35 he was the oldest weightlifting competitor at those games.

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* 1885 births 1960 deaths Sportspeople from Örebro Swedish male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Sweden Weightlifters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub