William Petersson

Reinhold William Eugen Petersson (later Björneman, 6 October 1895 – 10 May 1965) was a Swedish athlete, who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Biography In 1918, Petersson graduated from the Schartaus Institute of Trade and then worked in the banking sector in Germany, France, and Britain. Petersson won the British AAA Championships long jump title at the 1919 AAA Championships.

The following year, at the 1920 Olympic Games, he competed in the long jump and 4 × 100 m relay and won gold and bronze medals, respectively. Petersson won four Swedish long jump titles, in 1918–20 and 1924. He returned to Britain to compete in the 1921 AAA Championships and finished second behind H.C. Taylor in the long jump event.

In 1928, he became assistant director and then Vice President of J. G. Schwartz in Norrköping. In 1938, he moved to assistant director and then vice president at margarine factories in Stockholm, and after 1941, he headed slaughterhouses in Malmö. In 1940, he represented Sweden at a special trade mission in London.