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.

[1] In 1918 Petersson graduated from the Schartaus institute of trade and then worked in the banking sector in Germany, France and Britain.

[2][3][4] The following year at the 1920 Olympic Games, he competed in the long jump and 4 × 100 m relay and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively.

[6] He returned to Britain to compete in the 1921 AAA Championships and finished second behind H.C. Taylor in the long jump event.

In 1938 he changed to a position of assistant director and then vice president at margarine factories in Stockholm, and after 1941 he headed slaughterhouses in Malmö.