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 brand of 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
Swedish sailor
Pelle Petterson
Pelle Petterson in June 2010
Personal information
Fullname
Pelle Helmer Petterson
Nationality
Sweden
Born
(1932-07-31) 31 July 1932 (age89) Stockholm, Sweden
Sailing career
Class(es)
Star, Soling, 6mR, 12 mR
Medal record
Sailing
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games
1972 Munich
Star class
1964 Tokyo
Star class
World Championships
1969 San Diego
Star class
1977 Marstrand
6 mR class
1979 Seattle
6 mR class
1983 Newport
6 mR class
1969 Copenhagen
Soling
1974 Laredo
Star class
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 won Olympic medals (bronze and silver)[2] for Starboat racing in 1964 and 1972.[3] He won the World Championship title in the Star class at the 1969 Worlds in San Diego, USA.
He also won World Cup medals in the Soling Class and participated in the America's Cup several times, skippering 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.[4]
8 June 2010 he received from H.M the King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden the King's Medal (12th size bright-blue ribbon[5]) for outstanding contributions as a yachtsman and boat designer.
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