Göran Petersson, born 1942, is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 lawyer

Lawyer

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, sailor and sports official.

Petersson got his law degree (jur.kand.) from Lund University

Lund University

Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...

 in 1967, and has been a lawyer since 1977. He works at Advokatfirman Vinge

Advokatfirman Vinge

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 in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

.

Since 2004, Petersson is the president of the International Sailing Federation

International Sailing Federation

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 (ISAF), when he succeeded Paul Henderson

Paul Henderson (sailor)

1964 Enoshima 12 th Flying Dutchman1968 Acapulco 20 th FinnPaul Franklin Henderson , Toronto is a former president of the International Sailing Federation.- Sailing career :...

. In 2009, he was proposed as a new member of the International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee

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(IOC) by IOC's executive committee.