Pelle Petterson

Pelle Petterson
Personal information
Full name Pelle Helmer Petterson
Nationality  Sweden
Born (1932-07-31) 31 July 1932
Stockholm, Sweden
Sailing career
Class(es) 12 mR, Star, 6mR

Pelle Helmer Petterson (born 31 July 1932) is a Swedish sailor and yacht designer. He is the son of Helmer Petterson and Norwegian born Borgny Petterson born Holm, and studied design at the leading Pratt Institute in New York from 1955 through 1957. He is probably best known for designing the Maxi Class sailing boats, which are still among the most common sailing boats in Swedish waters. He also designed Volvo's successful sports car, the P1800, while he was a student of Pietro Frua.[1]

A Volvo P1800, designed by Petterson

Petterson has three children.

There is a line of sailing clothing and sports wear bearing the name Petterson, under the Brand Name Pelle P. which are designed by his daughter, Cecilia. His other daughter, Ulrika "Icka", lives in the U.S. and is married to Paul Cayard, an American yachtsman and professional sailor.

Olympic medals and other yacht racing awards

He has won Olympic bronze and Olympic silver in the Starboat class. He also won World Cup medals in the Soling Class and participated in the America's Cup several times.

He won Olympic medals for Starboat racing in 1964 and 1972.[2] He won the World Championship title in the Star class at the 1969 Worlds in San Diego, USA. He skippered the Swedish America's Cup Challenges in 1977 and 1980.

Awards

14 May 2004 he received the Swedish Business Award for Outstanding Achievements of the first grade from the West Swedish Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Amongst previous recipients are Arvid Carlsson Nobel laureate, Ingvar Kamprad founder of Ikea and Pehr G. Gyllenhammar former CEO of Volvo.

19 November 2004 he received a prestigious award (KTH's Stora Pris) from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.[3]

8 June 2010 he received from H.M the King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden the King's Medal (12th size bright-blue ribbon [4]) for outstanding contributions as a yachtsman and boat designer.

Achievements

As of 27 September 2015 [5]
Year Competition Venue Position Event
1964 Olympic Games Enoshima, Japan 3rd Star class
1966 Star World Championships Kiel, West Germany 7th Star class
1967 Star World Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 5th Star class
1969 Star World Championships San Diego, USA 1st Star class
1970 Star World Championships Marstrand, Sweden 13th Star class
1971 Star World Championships Puget Sound, USA 7th Star class
1972 Star World Championships Caracas, Venezuela 4th Star class
Olympic Games Kiel, West Germany 2nd Star class
1973 Star World Championships San Diego Bay, USA 8th Star class
1974 Star World Championships Laredo, Spain 2nd Star class
1976 Star World Championships Nassau, Bahamas 8th Star class
1977 6 Metre World Championships Marstrand, Sweden 1st 6 Metre class
1978 Star World Championships San Francisco, USA 17th Star class
1979 Star World Championships Marstrand, Sweden 6th Star class
6 Metre World Championships Seattle, USA 1st 6 Metre class
1983 6 Metre World Championships Newport, USA 1st 6 Metre class
1995 Star World Championships Laredo, Spain 63th Star class
1998 Star World Championships Portoroz, Slovenia 89th Star class
2009 Star World Championships Varberg, Sweden 61st Star class

See also

References

  1. ↑ Swärd, Lasse (8 November 2009). "Volvo ger upprättelse åt P1800:s skapare (Volvo provide redress to the P1800's creator)". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Pelle Petterson - Sweden's sailing hero", 32nd America's Cup Interviews, 9 January 2005, retrieved 8 November 2009
  3. ↑ "KTHs Stora pris - Samtliga vinnare (KTH's Grand Prize - All the winners)", KTH, 29 September 2009, retrieved 8 November 2009
  4. ↑ HM King Carl XVI Gustaf Medals, 8 June 2010, retrieved 8 June 2010
  5. ↑ https://members.sailing.org/sailors/biog.php?memberid=117175

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