Robert Grover PETERSEN

Bob Petersen competed in the 1936 World Cup in Helsinki, after the Winter Olympics. His best US tournaments were the 1936 Middle Atlantic Championships and the 1937 Great Lakes Speed Skating Carnival, where he finished second both times. Petersen later worked for Tecumseh Products in Wisconsin as a personnel director for 33 years. He suffered for the last few years of his life, eventually dying from a progressive neurologic disorder.

Personal Bests: 500 – 43.7 (1936); 1500 – 2:24.0 (1936); 5000 – 8:46.5 (1936); 10000 – 18:23.6 (1936).