Petra Ericsson

Petra Ericsson (born 1 June 1973 in Mölndal, Sweden) is a Swedish athlete who competes in compound archery.

Career Ericsson participated in 1989 and 1991 World Indoor Archery Championships coming to 8th and 4th places respectively. During the Archery World Championships in 1991, she faced numerous personal problems after deciding to try compound discipline over recurve. Despite it, during that time she achieved her world record stage. Ericksson also showed competence in Indoor, Outdoor and Field World Archery Championships and World Games, winning numerous medals in both sports in the 1990s. During the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, she competed in recurve category, where she finished 9th in the ranking round before losing to Joanna Nowicka in the second round of the knockout competition.

In 2001, she was a quarter finalist at the World Archery Championships and in 2005 World Games. by defeating Anna Kazantseva in semifinals.

After a long break to start a family (she gave birth to a baby in 2008), with her coach and husband Mats Inge, Ericsson returned to archery and put on outstanding performance at the Tournament of Nîmes in 2012. During the event, Ericsson tied with Danielle Brown and then secured her bronze after defeating Patricia Leger in the finals.