Olle Petrusson
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Olle Petrusson (born 14 November 1943) is 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 ...
biathlete. He won team bronze medals at the 1966 and at the 1967
Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and fina ...
and at the
1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...
. At the 1972 Olympics his team finished fifth."1968 Winter Olympics – Grenoble, France – Biathlon"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 25, 2008)
He also competed at the
1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...
. Domestically, Petrusson competed alongside his brother, Johan Petrusson.


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1943 births Living people Swedish male biathletes Olympic biathletes for Sweden Biathletes at the 1968 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub