Ann-Sofi Pettersson

— Gymnast —
Personal information
Born	(1932-01-01) 1 January 1932 Stockholm, Sweden
Club	SSIF, Stockholm
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Team portable apparatus 1956 Melbourne Team portable apparatus 1956 Melbourne Side horse vault World Championships 1950 Basel Team all-around 1950 Basel Uneven bars 1950 Basel Ind. all-around 1954 Rome Vault

Elin Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling (later Saltin, born 1 January 1932) is a retired Swedish gymnast. She competed at the 1952 and 1956 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,^[1] becoming the only Swedish gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal.^[2]

Pettersson was the national champion in 1951–58 and sportswoman of the year 1955. She later married Bengt Saltin, a sports scientist, and worked as a doctor.^[2]

References

World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team Competition
1934:  Czechoslovakia 1938:  Czechoslovakia 1950:  Sweden 1954:  Soviet Union 1958:  Soviet Union 1962:  Soviet Union 1966:  Czechoslovakia 1970:  Soviet Union 1974:  Soviet Union 1978:  Soviet Union 1979:  Romania 1981:  Soviet Union 1983:  Soviet Union 1985:  Soviet Union 1987:  Romania 1989:  Soviet Union 1991:  Soviet Union 1994:  Romania 1995:  Romania 1997:  Romania 1999:  Romania 2001:  Romania 2003:  United States 2006:  China 2007:  United States 2010:  Russia 2011:  United States 2014:  United States 2015:  United States
1950:  Sweden (SWE), Evy Berggren, Vanja Blomberg, Karin Lindberg, Gunnel Ljungström, Hjördis Nordin, Ann-Sofi Pettersson, Göta Pettersson, Ingrid Sandahl