Stephen Petterson

Stephen Petterson
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Men's shooting
Commonwealth Games
1990 Auckland 50m Rifle Prone (Pairs)
1994 Victoria 50m Rifle Prone
1994 Victoria 50m Rifle Prone (Pairs)
1998 Kuala Lumpur 50m Rifle Prone
1990 Auckland 50m Rifle Prone

Stephen Kelly Petterson, MNZM (born 2 August 1957) is a competitive rifle shooter from New Zealand.

Petterson was born in Auckland in 1957. A veteran of four Olympic Games and five Commonwealth Games, he has won a total of four gold medals and a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games.[1] He was the flag bearer for New Zealand at the closing ceremony of the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

In the 1999 New Year Honours, Petterson was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM), for "services to smallbore rifle shooting".[2]

References

Awards
Preceded by
Brenda Lawson
Lonsdale Cup of the New Zealand Olympic Committee
1994
Succeeded by
Chris White
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