Answer the following question: Facts: - sport: athletics - event: 110 , 400 m hurdles ; 400 m - pb: 110 m hurdles -- 52.4 -lrb- 1928 -rrb- 400 m -- m 49.5 -lrb- 1929 -rrb- hurdles -- 14.5 -lrb- 1930 -rrb- 400 - height: 1.90 m ftin on - death date: 1 june 1984 -lrb- aged 81 -rrb- - club: ik gota , bromma - birth date: 11 september 1902 - weight: 79 kg lb on - image: sten pettersson.jpg - death place: stockholm , sweden - birth place: stockholm , sweden Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sten pettersson .
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sten karl leopold '' sten-pelle '' pettersson -lrb- 11 september 1902 -- 1 june 1984 -rrb- was a swedish track and field athlete who competed in sprint and hurdling events .he competed at the 1924 , 1928 and 1932 summer olympics in the 110 and 400 m hurdles and 400 m and 4 400 m sprint relay -lrb- six events in total -rrb- .he won a bronze medal in the 110 m hurdles in 1924 , and finished fourth in the 400 m hurdles and 4 400 m relay in 1928 , while failing to reach the finals on other occasions .pettersson held two world records , for about a year each , in the 110 m -lrb- 1927 -- 1928 -rrb- and 400 m hurdles -lrb- 1925 -- 1927 -rrb- .in 1925 he became the first recipient of the svenska dagbladet gold medal .