{{Short description|Swedish shot putter}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Wictor Petersson | image = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|04|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = | height = | weight = | sport = Athletics | event = Shot put | club = Hässleholms AIS (−2013)<br>Malmö AI (2014−) | coach = | education = | <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{SWE}}}} {{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2025 Apeldoorn|Shot put}} }} '''Wictor Petersson''' (born 1 May 1998) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the shot put.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> He represented his country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without reaching the final. Earlier that year he won a bronze medal at the European U23 Championships.<ref name="results_book_european_athletics_u23_championships_2019">{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/81/21/ResultsBookECHU232019_v2.1_English.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630190953/https://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/81/21/ResultsBookECHU232019_v2.1_English.pdf|archive-date=30 June 2020|access-date=6 July 2020|website=2019 European Athletics U23 Championships}}</ref>
His personal bests in the event are 21.16 meters outdoors (Varberg 2025) and 21.49 meters indoors (Växjö 2025). He is the national record holder in both indoors and outdoors. He ranked 8th in the world for shot put as of mid-2025, but only ranked 15th as of 5 September 2025.<ref>{{cite web|format=pdf|url=https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/68baa455bf7985f765e20898.pdf|title=Tokyo (JPN) Athletes by Event and Season Best|date=5 September 2025|access-date=19 September 2025}}</ref> He failed to get into the Top Ten for shot pot in the 2025 World Athletics Championships at Tokyo, ranking 11th in those games.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://swedenherald.com/article/swede-wictor-petersson-misses-top-ten-in-world-championship-shot-put|work=Sweden Herald|title= Swede Wictor Petersson Misses Top 10 in World Championship Shot Put Final: Wictor Petersson did not get it at all in the World Championship final in shot put in Tokyo after having had the third longest throw in the qualifying round.|date=13 September 2025|access-date=19 September 2025}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{SWE}} |- |rowspan=2|2015 |rowspan=2|World Youth Championships |rowspan=2|Cali, Colombia |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Shot put (5 kg) |21.56 |- |11th |Discus throw (1.5 kg) |53.02 m |- |rowspan=2|2016 |rowspan=2|World U20 Championships |rowspan=2|Bydgoszcz, Poland |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Shot put (6 kg) |20.65 m |- |4th |Discus throw (1.75 kg) |61.23 m |- |rowspan=2|2017 |rowspan=2|European U20 Championships |rowspan=2|Grosseto, Italy |6th |Shot put (6 kg) |19.80 m |- |8th |Discus throw (1.75 kg) |54.90 m |- |rowspan=2|2019 |European U23 Championships |Gävle, Sweden |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Shot put |19.53 m |- |World Championships |Doha, Qatar |19th (q) |Shot put |20.31 m |- |rowspan=2|2021 |European Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |5th |Shot put |20.75 m |- |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |28th (q) |Shot put |19.73 m |- |2022 |World Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |12th |Shot put |20.33 m |- |2024 |European Championships |Rome, Italy |12th |Shot put |19.45 m |- |rowspan=3|2025 |European Indoor Championships |Apeldoorn, Netherlands |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Shot put |21.04 m |- |World Indoor Championships |Nanjing, China |6th |Shot put |20.87 m |- |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |11th |Shot put |20.35 m |- |2026 |World Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |5th |Shot put |21.12 m |}
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