William Petersson

William Petersson

William Petersson in 1921
Personal information
Born	6 October 1895 Sandby, Sweden
Died	10 May 1965 (aged 69) Kalmar, Sweden
Sport
Event(s)	100 m, long jump
Club	Kalmar IS
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 11.0 (1918) LJ – 7.39 m (1924)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Sweden Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp Long jump 1920 Antwerp 4×100 m relay

Reinhold William Eugen Petersson (later Björneman, 6 October 1895 – 10 May 1965) was a Swedish athlete, who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Biography

In 1918 Petersson graduated from the Schartaus institute of trade and then worked in the banking sector in Germany, France and Britain. Petersson won the British AAA Championships long jump title at the 1919 AAA Championships.

The following year at the 1920 Olympic Games, he competed in the long jump and 4 × 100 m relay and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively. Petersson won four Swedish long jump titles, in 1918–20 and 1924. He returned to Britain to compete in the 1921 AAA Championships and finished second behind H.C. Taylor in the long jump event.

In 1928 he became assistant director and then Vice President of J. G. Schwartz in Norrköping. In 1938 he changed to a position of assistant director and then vice president at margarine factories in Stockholm, and after 1941 he headed slaughterhouses in Malmö. In 1940 he represented Sweden at a special trade mission in London.