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Athletics
Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....


Marathon

  • May 4 — Pan American Games Marathon
    Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games

    The Athletics competition in the 1963 Pan American Games were held in S?o Paulo, Brazil....
    , Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Men's Winner: Fidel Negrete
      Fidel Negrete

      Fidel Negrete Gamboa is a retired long-distance running from Mexico, who's biggest achievement during his career was winning the gold medal in the men's marathon at the 1963 Pan American Games....
       (MEX) 2:27:56


  • July 13 — Enschede Marathon
    Enschede Marathon

    The Enschede Marathon is an annual marathon race held in the city of Enschede, Netherlands. The race is the distance of a typical marathon . It has been held annually since 1991, after being bi-annual for the previous 44 years....
    , Netherlands
    Netherlands

    The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
    • Men's Winner: Václav Chudomel (CZE) 2:25:11


  • October 15 — Fukuoka Marathon
    Fukuoka Marathon

    The , held in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, is a prominent international Marathon race established in 1947. It is usually held on first Sunday in December....
    , Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
    • Men's Winner: Jeff Julian (NZL) 2:18:01


Auto Racing
Auto racing

Auto racing is a motorsport involving racing cars. It is one of the world's most watched television sports....

  • Stock car racing
    Stock car racing

    Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil. Traditionally, races are run on oval track racing measuring approximately ? mile to 2.66 miles length, but are also raced on road courses....
    :
    • Tiny Lund
      Tiny Lund

      DeWayne Louis "Tiny" Lund was a NASCAR driver. He was known as "Tiny" due to his rather large and imposing size....
       won the Daytona 500
      Daytona 500

      The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
    • NASCAR Championship - Joe Weatherly
      Joe Weatherly

      Joe Weatherly was a two-time NASCAR championship driver....
  • Indianapolis 500
    Indianapolis 500

    The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or commonly known simply as The 500, is an USA automobile auto racing, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana....
     - Parnelli Jones
    Parnelli Jones

    Rufus Parnell "Parnelli" Jones , is a retired American racing driver and racecar owner. He is most remembered for his 1963 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 win, and almost winning the 1967 Indianapolis 500 Indy 500 in a turbine car....
  • USAC Racing
    Cart

    A cart is a vehicle or device designed for transport, using two or four wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people....
     - A.J. Foyt won the season championship
  • Formula One Championship
    Formula One

    Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
     - Jimmy Clark of Great Britain
    Great Britain

    Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
  • 24 hours of Le Mans
    24 Hours of Le Mans

    The 24 Hours of Le Mans is a sports car racing endurance racing held annually since near the town of Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance, it is organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and runs on a Circuit de la Sarthe containing closed public roads that are meant not only to test a car and dr...
    : the team of Ludovico Scarfiotti
    Ludovico Scarfiotti

    Ludovico Scarfiotti was a Formula One and Sports car racing driver from Italy. Just prior to entering Formula One, he won the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans for Scuderia Ferrari....
     / Lorenzo Bandini
    Lorenzo Bandini

    Lorenzo Bandini was an Italian motor racing driver who raced in Formula One for the Scuderia Centro Sud and Scuderia Ferrari teams....
     win, driving a Ferrari 250P
    Ferrari

    Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari Joint stock company....
  • Rally racing - the team of Erik Carlsson
    Erik Carlsson

    Erik Carlsson, aka "Carlsson p? taket" , was born March 5, 1929 in Trollh?ttan, Sweden and was a rally racing driver for Saab automobile....
     / Gunnar Palm win the Monte Carlo Rally
    Monte Carlo Rally

    The Monte Carlo Rally is a rallying event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also organizes the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix and the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique....
     driving a Saab 96
    Saab 96

    The Saab 96 is an automobile made by Saab Automobile. It was introduced in 1960 and was produced until January 1980, a run of 20 years. Like the Saab 93 it replaced, the 96 was a development from the old Saab 92 chassis and, on account of its improvements and modernisation, it opened new markets for the company....
  • Drag racing
    Drag racing

    Drag racing is a competition in which vehicles compete to be the first to cross a set finish line, usually from a dead stop, and in a straight line....
     - Bobby Vodnik won "Top Fuel
    Top Fuel

    Top-Fuel Racing is a class of drag racing in which the cars are run on a maximum of 90% nitromethane and about 10% methanol , instead of gasoline....
    " at the NHRA Nationals


Baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...

  • June 22: Phillies
    Philadelphia Phillies

    The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and are the reigning 2008 World Series champions....
     center fielder Tony Gonzalez plays his 200th straight errorless game to help rookie Ray Culp
    Ray Culp

    Raymond Leonard Culp was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies , Chicago Cubs , and Boston Red Sox ....
     beat Roger Craig
    Roger Craig (baseball)

    Roger Craig may refer to:*Roger Craig *Roger Craig *Roger Craig Smith, American voice actor...
     and the Mets
    New York Mets

    The New York Mets are a professional baseball based in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York. The Mets are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
     2–0.


  • World Series
    World Series

    The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball, the culmination of the sport's playoff each October. Since the Series takes place in mid-autumn, sportswriters many years ago dubbed the event the Fall Classic, a usage reflected in the logo for the 2008 World Series; it is also sometimes known as the October Clas...
    : Los Angeles Dodgers
    Los Angeles Dodgers

    The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles, USA. The team is in the Western Division of the National League. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of names before becoming the Brooklyn Dodgers circa 1911....
     win 4 games to 0 over the New York Yankees
    New York Yankees

    The New York Yankees are a professional baseball based in the Borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York and are a member of the American League East of Major League Baseball's American League....
    . The series MVP is Sandy Koufax
    Sandy Koufax

    Sanford Koufax is an United States left-handed former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Los Angeles Dodgers, from to ....
    , Los Angeles.


Basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....

  • NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
    • Loyola (Illinois) wins 60-58 over Cincinnati


  • NBA Finals
    National Basketball Association

    The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
    |NBA Finals
    National Basketball Association

    The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
    :
    • Boston Celtics
      Boston Celtics

      The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
       win 4 games to 2 over the Los Angeles Lakers
      Los Angeles Lakers

      The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, which they share with their fellow NBA rival, the Los Angeles Clippers, and their sister team, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association....


  • FIBA World Championship:
    • Brazil
      Brazil

      Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
       World Champion


Billiards
Billiards

Cue sports are a wide variety of Game of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a Baize-covered billiards table bounded by rubber ....

  • Maureen Baynton won the Women's World Amateur Billiards Championships


Boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....

  • July 22 – Sonny Liston
    Sonny Liston

    Charles L. "Sonny" Liston was a professional boxing who became List of Heavyweight Champions in 1962 by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round....
     wins the Heavyweight Championship of the world by knocking out Floyd Patterson
    Floyd Patterson

    Floyd Patterson was an American 2-time List of Heavyweight Champions. At 21, Patterson was then the youngest man to win the world heavyweight championship and, later, the 1st to regain it....
     in the 1st round of their bout in Las Vegas, Nevada
    Las Vegas, Nevada

    Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
    .

  • August 27 to September 7 – Pan American Games
    Boxing at the 1963 Pan American Games

    The boxing tournament at the 1963 Pan American Games was held in S?o Paulo, Brazil, from April 20 to May 5....
     held in Sao Paulo
    São Paulo

    S?o Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, and along with Tokyo, Seoul and Mexico City is among the four largest metropolitan regions of the world....
    , Brazil
    Brazil

    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
    .
    • Flyweight (– 51 kg): Floreal LaRosa (Uruguay)
    • Bantamweight (– 54 kg): Abel Almariz (Argentina)
    • Featherweight (– 57 kg): Rosemiro Santos (Brazil)
    • Lightweight (– 60 kg): Roberto Caminero (Cuba)
    • Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg): Adolfo Moreira (Argentina)
    • Welterweight (– 67 kg): Miguel Villugron (Chile)
    • Light Middleweight (– 71 kg): Elecio Neves (Brazil)
    • Middleweight (– 75 kg): Luis César (Brazil)
    • Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg): Fred Lewis (United States)
    • Heavyweight (+ 81 kg): Lee Carr (United States)


Cycling
Cycling

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....

  • Giro d'Italia
    Giro d'Italia

    The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy....
     won by Franco Balmamion
    Franco Balmamion

    Franco Balmamion is an Italy former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1960 and 1972. The highlight of his career was his successive overall wins in the 1962 Giro d'Italia and 1963 Giro d'Italia....
     of Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
  • Tour de France
    Tour de France

    The Tour de France is a bicycle racing over more than . It is held every year. It is held in France and visits a bordering country every year. It usually lasts 23 days....
     - Jacques Anquetil
    Jacques Anquetil

    Jacques Anquetil , was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. He stated before the 1961 Tour that he would gain the yellow jersey on day one and wear it all through the tour, a tall order with two previous winners in the field - Charly Gaul and Federico Bahamonte...
     of France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
  • World Cycling Championship
    World Cycling Championship

    The UCI Road World Championships, often referred to as the World Cycling Championships, is the annual world championship for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale ....
    : Benoni Beheyt
    Benoni Beheyt

    Benoni Beheyt is a Belgium former professional road bicycle racer who raced from 1962 to 1968. Beheyt won 22 races and is most famous for winning the 1963 UCI Road World Championships, Men and stage win of the 1964 Tour de France....
     of Belgium
    Belgium

    * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....


Figure skating
Figure skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform figure skating spins, figure skating jumps, moves in the field and other intricate and challenging moves on ice....

  • World Figure Skating Championships
    World Figure Skating Championships

    The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skating compete for the title of World Champion....
    • Men's champion: Donald McPherson, Canada
      Canada

      Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
    • Ladies' champion: Sjoukje Dijkstra
      Sjoukje Dijkstra

      Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra is a former figure skater and remains a well-known figure in the Netherlands. She won the World Figure Skating Championships three times, the European Figure Skating Championships five times and has won two olympic medals....
      , Netherlands
      Netherlands

      The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
    • Pair skating champions: Marika Kilius
      Marika Kilius

      Marika Kilius is a two-time Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion in pairs figure skating.Kilius, the daughter of a hairdresser, began as a singles skater but picked up pairs very early....
       & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
      Hans-Jürgen Bäumler

      Hans-J?rgen B?umler is a German figure skating, actor, singer and television host....
      , Germany
      Germany

      Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    • Ice dancing champions: Eva Romanová
      Eva Romanová

      Eva Romanov? is a former Czech Republic Figure skating. Together with her brother Pavel Roman, she won four World Figure Skating Championships titles in ice dancing....
       & Pavel Roman
      Pavel Roman

      Pavel Roman was a Czech people Figure skating. Together with his sister Eva Romanov? he won four World Figure Skating Championships titles in ice dancing....
      , Czechoslovakia
      Czechoslovakia

      Czechoslovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918 until 1992 . On January 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia....


Football
Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
 (American
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
)

  • January 29 - First inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
    Pro Football Hall of Fame

    The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, Ohio, United States, on September 7 1963 with 17 charter inductees....
     are announced
  • AFL Eastern Division Playoff
    American Football League

    Note: There were three earlier and unrelated major Professional Football leagues of the same name in the United States: one in American Football League , one in American Football League and one in American Football League ....
    : Boston Patriots win 26-8 over the Buffalo Bills
    Buffalo Bills

    The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the metropolitan area of Buffalo, New York. They sold out every game in 2008....
  • AFL Championship
    American Football League

    Note: There were three earlier and unrelated major Professional Football leagues of the same name in the United States: one in American Football League , one in American Football League and one in American Football League ....
    : San Diego Chargers
    San Diego Chargers

    The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. They are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
     win 51-10 over the Boston Patriots
  • NFL Championship: Chicago Bears
    Chicago Bears

    The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the NFC North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
     win 14-10 over the New York Giants
    New York Giants

    The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The team plays its home games at Giants Stadium, which also serves as its headquarters, and trains at an adjacent practice facility within the Meadowlands Sports Complex....
  • September 7 - The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio
    Canton, Ohio

    Canton is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio and is situated on the Nimishillen Creek, approximately 24 miles south of Akron, Ohio and 60 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio....
     with 17 charter members.
  • The Heisman Trophy
    Heisman Trophy

    The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , was named after the former college football coach John Heisman, is awarded annually by the Heisman Trophy Trust to the most outstanding player in collegiate football....
    : Roger Staubach
    Roger Staubach

    Roger Thomas Staubach, also known as Roger the Dodger, Captain Comeback, and Captain America, is a businessman, Heisman Trophy winner and legendary Hall of Fame quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys from 1969 until 1979....
    , Navy
    Navy

    A navy is the branch of a nation's military forces principally designated for naval warfare and amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions....


Football
Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
 (Australian rules football
Australian rules football

Australian football, or simply known as football, footy, Aussie rules or as AFL, is a team sport played between two teams of 18 players with a football in the shape of a prolate spheroid....
)

  • Victorian Football League
    Victorian Football League

    The Victorian Football League, formerly known as the Victorian Football Association is the premier league in Victoria. It is also known as the VFA/VFL, is the second-oldest Australian rules football league, formed in 1877, replacing the loose affiliation of clubs that had been the hallmark of the Australian Rules Football - Early...
    • Geelong
      Geelong Football Club

      Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong. Playing in the Australian Football League , they have won seven Australian Football League premierships, and nine McClelland Trophies.....
       wins the 67th VFL Premiership (Geelong 15.19 (109) d Hawthorn
      Hawthorn Football Club

      Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League . The club is the youngest of the Victorian based teams as they were founded in 1902 yet is the most successful club of the past 50 years having won 10 Premierships, including the 2008 Premiership....
       8.12 (60))
    • Brownlow Medal
      Brownlow Medal

      The Chas Brownlow Trophy ? better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating umpires after each game....
       awarded to Bob Skilton
      Bob Skilton

      Robert John Skilton was an Australian rules football player who played as a Football positions#Followers for Sydney Swans and Victoria between 1956 and 1971....
       (South Melbourne
      Sydney Swans

      The Sydney Swans are an Australian Football League club based in Sydney, New South Wales.The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney Swans....
      )


Football
Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
 (Canadian
Canadian Football League

The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league located entirely in Canada.Its eight teams, which are located in eight cities, are divided into two division of four teams each ....
)

  • Grey Cup
    Grey Cup

    The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team....
    : Hamilton Tiger-Cats
    Hamilton Tiger-Cats

    The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Flying Wildcats....
     win 21-10 over the B.C. Lions


Football
Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
 (Soccer)

For an extensive coverage see 1963 in football (soccer)
1963 in football (soccer)

The following are the association football events of the year 1963 throughout the world....
  • England - FA Cup
    FA Cup

    The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in Football in England, run by and named after The Football Association....
    : Manchester United
    Manchester United F.C.

    Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide ? almost 5% of the world's population....
     won 3-1 over Leicester City
    Leicester City F.C.

    Leicester City Football Club, is an England professional football club based at the Walkers Stadium in the city of Leicester. Leicester's highest ever finish was second in the old Division One in 1928-29 in English football, and despite getting into the FA Cup final four times, they have never won the cup....


Golf
Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
 

Men's professional
  • April 4-7 - Masters Tournament - Jack Nicklaus
    Jack Nicklaus

    Jack William Nicklaus , also known as "The Golden Bear", is one of the most successful professional golfers of all time. Nicklaus currently holds the record for the most victories in major championships....
  • June 21-24 - U.S. Open
    U.S. Open (golf)

    The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual Open Golf Tournaments of the United States. It is the second of the four men's major golf championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour....
     - Julius Boros
    Julius Boros

    Julius Nicholas Boros was an United States professional golfer.Boros was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He won 18 PGA Tour events, including three Men's major golf championships: the 1952 and 1963 U.S....
  • July 9-14 - British Open
    The Open Championship

    The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four men's major golf championships in men's golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico....
     - Bob Charles
    Bob Charles (golfer)

    Sir Robert James "Bob" Charles, New Zealand Order of Merit, Order of the British Empire is a New Zealand professional golfer whose achievements over five decades rank him among the most successful left-handed golfers of all time, being the first lefty to win a golf Men's major golf championships, winning more than 70 titles, and beating his...
  • July 18-21 - PGA Championship
    PGA Championship

    The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf, and it is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August ....
     - Jack Nicklaus
    Jack Nicklaus

    Jack William Nicklaus , also known as "The Golden Bear", is one of the most successful professional golfers of all time. Nicklaus currently holds the record for the most victories in major championships....
  • PGA Tour
    PGA Tour

    The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida....
     money leader - Arnold Palmer
    Arnold Palmer

    Arnold Daniel Palmer is an United States professional golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golfer....
     - $128,230
  • Ryder Cup
    Ryder Cup

    The Ryder Cup is a golf trophy, donated by Samuel Ryder, which is awarded biennially in an event called the "Ryder Cup Matches" between teams from Europe and the United States of America....
     - United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
     wins 23 to 9 over Britain
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
     in team golf.
Men's amateur
  • British Amateur
    The Amateur Championship

    The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held in the United Kingdom. In the rest of the world, it is often known as the "British Amateur" or the "British Amateur Championship"....
     - Michael Lunt
  • U.S. Amateur - Deane Beman
    Deane Beman

    Deane R. Beman was an United States professional golfer and golf administrator.Beman was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park....
Women's professional
  • Women's Western Open
    Western Open (women's golf)

    The women's Western Open was a professional golf tournament which was first played in 1930. The LPGA was established in 1950, and it recognized the Western Open as one of its women's majors until 1967....
     - Mickey Wright
    Mickey Wright

    Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright is an United States professional golfer.Wright was born in San Diego, California. She won 82 events on the LPGA Tour, which puts her second on the all time win list behind Kathy Whitworth, who won 88 times....
  • LPGA Championship
    LPGA Championship

    The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S....
     - Mickey Wright
    Mickey Wright

    Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright is an United States professional golfer.Wright was born in San Diego, California. She won 82 events on the LPGA Tour, which puts her second on the all time win list behind Kathy Whitworth, who won 88 times....
  • U.S. Women's Open
    United States Women's Open Championship (golf)

    The United States Women's Open Golf Championship, one of thirteen national championships conducted by the United States Golf Association , is one of the LPGA's women's major golf championships along with the LPGA Championship, the Women's British Open, and the Kraft Nabisco Championship....
     - Mary Mills
    Mary Mills

    Mary Mills is a retired United States professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1962 and won 3 women's major golf championships and nine LPGA Tour victories in all....
  • Titleholders Championship
    Titleholders Championship

    There have been two professional golf tournaments for women named the Titleholders Championship. The first was of the original women's majors. The 1990s tournament was a standard event on the LPGA Tour....
     - Marilynn Smith
    Marilynn Smith

    Marilynn Smith is an United States professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA.Smith attended the University of Kansas and joined the LPGA Tour in its inaugural 1950 season....
  • LPGA Tour
    LPGA

    The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters are in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that runs from Feb...
     money leader - Mickey Wright
    Mickey Wright

    Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright is an United States professional golfer.Wright was born in San Diego, California. She won 82 events on the LPGA Tour, which puts her second on the all time win list behind Kathy Whitworth, who won 88 times....
     - $31,269


Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies....

  • Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
     - Melbourne Cup
    Melbourne Cup

    The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major annual thoroughbred horse race. Billed as The race that stops a nation, it is a race for three-year-olds and over, over a distance of 3,200 metres....
     - Gatum Gatum
  • Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
     - Queen's Plate
    Queen's Plate

    The Queen's Plate is North America oldest thoroughbred horse race. It is run at a distance of 1? miles for 3-year-old thoroughbed horses foaled in Canada....
     - Canebora
    Canebora

    Canebora is a Thoroughbred Thoroughbred horse race who won the Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1963 and was voted the Sovereign Award for Horse of the Year....
  • France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
     - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
    Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

    The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is a Conditions races Flat racing Horse racing in France which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older....
     - Exbury
  • Ireland
    Ireland

    Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
     - Irish Derby Stakes
    Irish Derby Stakes

    The Irish Derby is a Conditions races Flat racing Horse racing in the Republic of Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred Colt and Filly. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs at the Curragh Racecourse, County Kildare, and it takes place annually in late June or early July....
     - Ragusa
    Ragusa (horse)

    Ragusa was a Champion Thoroughbred horse racing. Bred by American Harry Frank Guggenheim who owned his dam Fantan II, he was sired by Ribot . Sold at the Ballsbridge Sales for 3,800 guineas, Ragusa was purchased by Horse trainer Paddy 'Darkie' Prendergast for owners James R....


  • English Triple Crown Races
    Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

    The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a thoroughbred racehorse....
    :
    1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes - Only For Life
    2. Epsom Derby
      Epsom Derby

      The Derby Stakes, known colloquially as The Derby or internationally as the Epsom Derby, is considered one of the most prestigious flat thoroughbred horse races in the world....
       - Relko
      Relko

      Relko was a France Thoroughbred horse racing who won the 1963 Epsom Derby. A grandson of Tantieme, he was owned by French hotelier, Fran?ois Dupr? and bred at his horse breeding in Pont-d'Ouilly in the Basse-Normandie region....
    3. St. Leger Stakes
      St. Leger Stakes

      The St. Leger Stakes is a Conditions races Flat racing Horse racing in the United Kingdom open to three-year-old thoroughbred Colt and Filly. It is run over a distance of 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards at Doncaster Racecourse, and it takes place annually in September....
       - Ragusa
      Ragusa (horse)

      Ragusa was a Champion Thoroughbred horse racing. Bred by American Harry Frank Guggenheim who owned his dam Fantan II, he was sired by Ribot . Sold at the Ballsbridge Sales for 3,800 guineas, Ragusa was purchased by Horse trainer Paddy 'Darkie' Prendergast for owners James R....


  • United States Triple Crown Races
    Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

    The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a thoroughbred racehorse....
    :
    1. May 4 - Kentucky Derby
      Kentucky Derby

      The Kentucky Derby is a graded stakes race for three year-old Thoroughbreds, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival....
       - Chateaugay
      Chateaugay

      Chateaugay may refer to:* Chateaugay , New York* Chateaugay , New York* Ch?teaugay, a communes of the Puy-de-D?me d?partement in France* Ch?teauguay, Quebec, a city southwest of Montreal...
    2. Preakness Stakes
      Preakness Stakes

      The Preakness Stakes is an United States Graded stakes race 1-3/16 mile thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses, held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland....
       - Candy Spots
    3. Belmont Stakes
      Belmont Stakes

      The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious United States Graded stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The race is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, following five weeks after the Kentucky Derby, and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes....
       - Chateaugay
      Chateaugay

      Chateaugay may refer to:* Chateaugay , New York* Chateaugay , New York* Ch?teaugay, a communes of the Puy-de-D?me d?partement in France* Ch?teauguay, Quebec, a city southwest of Montreal...
       (Held at Aqueduct)


Harness Racing
Harness racing

Harness racing is a form of horse-racing in which the horses race in a specified gait. They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulky, although races to saddle are still occasionally conducted, especially in Europe....

  • United States Pacing Triple Crown races
    Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers

    The Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers consists of the following Harness racing:#Cane Pace, held at Freehold Raceway in Freehold, New Jersey...
    :
    1. Cane Pace
      Cane Pace

      The Cane Pace is a harness racing run annually since 1955 in sports. In 1956 in sports the race joined with the Little Brown Jug and the Messenger Stakes to become the first leg in the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers....
       - Meadow Skipper
      Meadow Skipper

      Meadow Skipper was a standardbred racehorse foaled in 1960 by Dale Frost out of Countess Vivian. He earned $ 428,057 as a racehorse.It was as a breeding champion he shined, with his progeny earning an incredible 66 million....
    2. Little Brown Jug
      Little Brown Jug

      Little Brown Jug can refer to:*Little Brown Jug , an 1869 song by Joseph Winner. Most or all other uses of this phrase are named after this famous song....
       - Overtrick
      Overtrick

      Overtrick was a champion U.S. Standardbred horse that broke world records. Overtrick won the Little Brown Jug and the Messenger Stakes races in 1963....
    3. Messenger Stakes
      Messenger Stakes

      The Messenger Stakes is an United States harness racing event for 3-year-old pacing horses. It was organized in 1956 at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, New York, New York to join with the Cane Pace and the Little Brown Jug to create the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers....
       - Overtrick
      Overtrick

      Overtrick was a champion U.S. Standardbred horse that broke world records. Overtrick won the Little Brown Jug and the Messenger Stakes races in 1963....


  • Speedy Scot won the Triple Crown of Harness Racing forTriple Crown races:
    1. Hambletonian
      Hambletonian

      Hambletonian A great grandson of the imported English Thoroughbred Messenger profoundly influenced the sport of harness racing. On May 5, 1849, Hambletonian was born in...
       - Speedy Scott
    2. Yonkers Trot
      Yonkers Trot

      The Yonkers Trot is a harness racing for three-year old trotting standardbreds held at Yonkers Raceway in New York. Starting in 2008, it is the first leg of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters....
       - Speedy Scott
    3. Kentucky Futurity
      Kentucky Futurity

      The Kentucky Futurity is a stakes race for three-year-old trotting horse, held annually at The Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky since 1893. It is part of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters....
       - Speedy Scott


  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
    • Pacers: Cardigan Bay
      Cardigan Bay (horse)

      Cardigan Bay was a bay harness racing gelding by Hal Tryax out of Colwyn Bay by Josedale Dictator. He was affectionately named Cardy and was the first standardbred horse to win $US 1 million in prize money....


Radiosport
Radiosport

The term radiosport is of modern Eastern European origin and is used to describe any of several competitive amateur radio activities. It is most often written as a single word, as in radiosport, but can be found as two separate words, as in radio sport....

  • Third Amateur Radio Direction Finding
    Amateur Radio Direction Finding

    Amateur radio direction finding is an amateur racing sport that combines radio direction finding with the map and compass skills of orienteering....
     Europe
    Europe

    Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
    an Championship held in Vilnius
    Vilnius

    Vilnius is the largest city and the Capital of Lithuania, with a population of 555,613 as of 2008. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality....
    , Lithuania
    Lithuania

    Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
    .


Rugby Union
Rugby union

Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....

  • New Zealand All Blacks Tour Great Britain:
    • Defeated only once - October 30th 1963 Newport RFC 3 - New Zealand All Blacks
      All Blacks

      The New Zealand national rugby union team, often referred to by their nickname the All Blacks, is the representative side of New Zealand in rugby union....
       0


Swimming
Swimming

Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational....

  • July 27 — US swimmer Susan Pitt breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) during a meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
    , clocking 2:29.1.


Tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....

  • Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
    1. Australian Open
      Australian Open

      The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....
       - Roy Emerson
      Roy Emerson

      Roy Stanley Emerson is a former Australian tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He is the only male player to have won singles and doubles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments....
    2. French Open - Roy Emerson
      Roy Emerson

      Roy Stanley Emerson is a former Australian tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He is the only male player to have won singles and doubles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments....
    3. Wimbledon championships - Chuck McKinley
      Chuck McKinley

      Charles Robert "Chuck" McKinley Jr. was a tennis player from the United States. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at The Championships, Wimbledon in 1963, where he beat Fred Stolle in the final 9?7, 6?1, 6?4....
    4. US Open - Rafael Osuna
      Rafael Osuna

      Rafael Herrera Osuna , is the most successful tennis player in the history of Mexico. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and is best remembered for his singles victory at the U.S....


  • Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
    1. Australian Open
      Australian Open

      The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....
       - Margaret Smith
      Margaret Smith Court

      Margaret Jean Court Order of Australia Order of the British Empire is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Australia. In 1970, she became the first woman during the open era and the second woman ever to win all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same calendar year....
    2. French Open - Lesley Turner
      Lesley Turner Bowrey

      Lesley Turner Bowrey is an Australian female tennis player.Bowrey won 13 Grand Slam titles during her career: two in singles, seven in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles....
    3. Wimbledon championships - Margaret Smith
      Margaret Smith Court

      Margaret Jean Court Order of Australia Order of the British Empire is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Australia. In 1970, she became the first woman during the open era and the second woman ever to win all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same calendar year....
    4. US Open - Maria Bueno
      Maria Bueno

      Maria Ester Audion Bueno, born 11 October 1939, in S?o Paulo, Brazil, is a female tennis player who won nineteen Grand Slam titles during her career....


  • Davis Cup
    Davis Cup

    The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. The largest annual international team competition in sports, the Davis Cup is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format....
    : United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
     won 3-2 over Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
     in world tennis.


Volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....

  • Pan American Games
    Volleyball at the 1963 Pan American Games

    This page presents the results of the Volleyball during the 1963 Pan American Games, which was held from April 24 to May 3, 1963 in S?o Paulo, Brazil....
     in São Paulo, Brazil
    • Men's Tournament
      • Gold Medal:
      • Silver Medal:
      • Bronze Medal:
    • Women's Tournament
      • Gold Medal:
      • Silver Medal:
      • Bronze Medal:


Multi-sport event
Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, and featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states....
s

  • Fourth Pan American Games
    1963 Pan American Games

    The 4th Pan American Games were held from April 20 to May 5, 1963 in S?o Paulo, Brazil....
     held in São Paulo, Brazil


  • Fourth Mediterranean Games
    1963 Mediterranean Games

    The fourth edition of the Mediterranean Games were held in Naples, Italy from September 21 to September 29, 1963. Thirtheen nations competed in 18 sports....
     held in Naples, Italy


  • Third Summer Universiade
    1963 Summer Universiade

    The 1963 Summer Universiade, also known as the III Summer Universiade, took place in Porto Alegre, Brazil....
     held in Porto Alegre, Brazil


Awards

  • Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year
    Associated Press Athlete of the Year

    The first Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press in 1931. At a time when women in sports were never given the same recognition as men, the AP offered a male and a female athlete of the year award to either a professional or amateur athlete....
    : Sandy Koufax
    Sandy Koufax

    Sanford Koufax is an United States left-handed former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Los Angeles Dodgers, from to ....
    , Major League Baseball
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
  • Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
    Associated Press Athlete of the Year

    The first Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press in 1931. At a time when women in sports were never given the same recognition as men, the AP offered a male and a female athlete of the year award to either a professional or amateur athlete....
    : Mickey Wright
    Mickey Wright

    Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright is an United States professional golfer.Wright was born in San Diego, California. She won 82 events on the LPGA Tour, which puts her second on the all time win list behind Kathy Whitworth, who won 88 times....
    , LPGA golf
    LPGA

    The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters are in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that runs from Feb...
  • ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the year: Valery Brumel, Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....


Births


January

  • January 1 — Lina Kaciušyte
    Lina Kaciušyte

    Lina Kaciu?yte is a Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union, winner of a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke with the Olympic record time of 2:29:54 at the 1980 Summer Olympics....
    , Lithuanian swimmer
  • January 2 — Patty Shea
    Patty Shea

    Patricia Ann Shea is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
    , American field hockey goalkeeper
  • January 3 — Lisa Opie
    Lisa Opie

    Lisa Opie Order of the British Empire is a retired England squash player, who was one of the game's leading woman players in the 1980s and early-1990s....
    , English squash player
  • January 4 — Elena Valova
    Elena Valova

    Elena Aleksandrovna Valova is a Russian pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With partner Oleg Kimovich Vasiliev, she is the Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics....
    , Russian world pairs figure skating champion
  • January 5 — Natalya Artyomova
    Natalya Artyomova

    Natalya Artyomova is a retired middle-distance Running from Russia, who was one of the leading athletes in the women's 1,500 and 3,000 metres during the 1980s....
    , Russian middle-distance runner
  • January 5 — Vanessa Browne-Ward
    Vanessa Browne-Ward

    Vanessa Browne-Ward is a retired high jumper from Australia, who set her personal best on 12 February 1989, jumping 1.98 metres at a meet in Perth, Western Australia....
    , Australian high jumper
  • January 6 — Paul Kipkoech
    Paul Kipkoech

    Paul Kipkoech was a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and cross-country running. He became world champion over 10,000 m in 1987....
    , Kenyan long-distance runner (d. 1995)
  • January 8 — Massimo Quiriconi
    Massimo Quiriconi

    Massimo Quiriconi is a retired male race walker from Italy. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in 13th place in the men's 50 km walk event....
    , Italian race walker
  • January 9 — Karen Brown
    Karen Brown (field hockey player)

    Karen Brown is a former field hockey defender, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
    , British field hockey international
  • January 10 — Francesco Panetta
    Francesco Panetta

    Francesco Panetta is a former Italy long-distance runner, who won several medals at international championships in the 1980s. His greatest achievement was the victory at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics over 3000m steeplechase in Rome 1987....
    , Italian long-distance runner
  • January 11 — Tracy Caulkins
    Tracy Caulkins

    Tracy Caulkins Stockwell is a former three time gold medal Swimming from the United States.Caulkins is perhaps best remembered for her adeptness at all four major competitive swimming strokes; the Butterfly stroke, breaststroke, backstroke, and Freestyle swimming....
    , American swimmer
  • January 11 — Petra Schneider
    Petra Schneider

    Petra Schneider was a Medley swimming and Freestyle swimming from East Germany in the 1970s and 1980s, and was a leading member of the East German swimming team....
    , East German swimmer
  • January 12 — Ken Fitzpatrick
    Ken Fitzpatrick

    Ken Fitzpatrick is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
    , Canadian breaststroke swimmer
  • January 13 — Anabelle Prawerman
    Anabelle Prawerman

    Anabelle Prawerman is a former female beach volleyball player from France, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000....
    , French beach volleyball player
  • January 19 — Silvio Martinello
    Silvio Martinello

    Silvio Martinello is a retired road bicycle and track cyclist from Italy. He won the gold medal in the men's points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by the bronze medal in the men's madison in Sydney, Australia alongside Marco Villa....
    , Italian road bicycle and track cyclist
  • January 20 — Manuela Dalla Valle
    Manuela Dalla Valle

    Manuela Dalla Valle is a retired medley swimming and breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who represented her native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984....
    , Italian breaststroke swimmer
  • January 20 — Ann Osgerby
    Ann Osgerby

    Ann Osgerby is a retired butterfly swimming swimmer from the United Kingdom, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980....
    , British butterfly swimmer
  • January 21 — Hakeem Olajuwon
    Hakeem Olajuwon

    Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon is a retired Nigerian American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association . Olajuwon played Center for the Houston Rockets, whom he led to back-to-back championships in 1994 and 1995, and the Toronto Raptors....
    , Nigerian-American basketball player
  • January 22 — Cong Yuzhen
    Cong Yuzhen

    Cong Yuzhen is a former shot put athlete from PR China. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in ninth place in the overall-rankings....
    , Chinese shot putter
  • January 24 — Martyn Grimley
    Martyn Grimley

    Martyn Andrew Grimley is a former field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the British Olympic squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
    , English field hockey player
  • January 24 — Arnold Vanderlyde
    Arnold Vanderlyde

    Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde is a former boxer from the Netherlands, who participated in three Summer Olympics and won three bronze medals in the heavyweight division , starting in 1984 in Los Angeles, California....
    , Dutch boxer
  • January 26 — José Mourinho
    José Mourinho

    Jos? M?rio dos Santos F?lix Mourinho, Order of Infante D. Henrique is a Portugal association football coach . He is the current manager of Italian club F.C....
    , Portuguese football manager
  • January 30 — Agapito Gómez
    Agapito Gómez

    Agapito G?mez ?lvarez is a retired boxing from Spain, who represented his native country at the Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
    , Spanish boxer


February

  • February 3 — Stefano Mei
    Stefano Mei

    Stefano Mei is an Italy long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres and 10000 metres.AchievementsReferences...
    , Italian long-distance runner
  • February 4 — Andrés Espinosa
    Andrés Espinosa

    Andr?s Espinosa P?rez is a retired Mexico long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races.He finished ninth at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in 2:16:44 hours....
    , Mexican long-distance runner
  • February 4 — Tracie Ruiz
    Tracie Ruiz

    Tracie Lehuanani Ruiz-Conforto is a three-time Olympic medalist from the United States in synchronized swimming. She was named the Synchronized Swimmer of the Century by the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2001....
    , American synchronized swimmer
  • February 4 — Pirmin Zurbriggen
    Pirmin Zurbriggen

    Pirmin Zurbriggen is a former champion Alpine skiing, one of the all-time best. He won the overall Alpine skiing World Cup title four times, an Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics gold medal in Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Downhill, and 9 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships medals ....
    , Swiss alpine skier
  • February 5 — Jan Kvalheim
    Jan Kvalheim

    Jan Kvalheim is a former beach volleyball player from Norway, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000....
    , Norwegian beach volleyball player
  • February 7 — Asko Peltoniemi
    Asko Peltoniemi

    Asko Peltoniemi is a retired Finland pole vaulter.Achievements...
    , Finnish pole vaulter
  • February 11 — Todd Benzinger
    Todd Benzinger

    Todd Eric Benzinger is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder who played from 1987 to 1995. Benzinger is a graduate of New Richmond High School in Cincinnati, Ohio....
    , American baseball player
  • February 13 — John King
    John King (athlete)

    John Stewart King is a retired England athlete who competed in the men's long jump event during his career . He represented Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he didn't reach the final....
    , English long jumper
  • February 16 — Ines Geißler
    Ines Geißler

    Ines Gei?ler is a former butterfly swimming swimmer from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the 200 m Butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union....
    , East German butterfly swimmer
  • February 16 — Dano Halsall
    Dano Halsall

    Dano Halsall is a former Freestyle swimming swimmer from Switzerland, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
    , Swiss freestyle swimmer
  • February 17 — Michael Jordan
    Michael Jordan

    Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a retired United States professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instr...
    , American basketball player
  • February 18 — Cornelia Polit
    Cornelia Polit

    Cornelia Polit is a former backstroke swimming swimmer from East Germany. At age seventeen she won the silver medal in the women's 200m backstroke at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR, behind her team mate Rica Reinisch....
    , East German backstroke swimmer
  • February 20 — Charles Barkley
    Charles Barkley

    Charles Wade Barkley is an American retired professional basketball player and aspiring politician. Nicknamed "Sir Charles" for his aggressive and outspoken demeanor, and "The Round Mound of Rebound," for his unusual build and talent as a player, Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's most dom...
    , American basketball player
  • February 20 — Emi Matsui
    Emi Matsui

    Emi Matsui is a former female Athletics from Japan, who competed for her native country in the women's javelin throw event.Achievements...
    , Japanese javelin thrower
  • February 20 — Joakim Nyström
    Joakim Nyström

    Joakim "Jocke" Nystr?m is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden, who won thirteen singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on 31 March 1986, when he became the number seven of the world and was also ranked as high as four in doubles that same year....
    , Swedish tennis player
  • February 22 — Vijay Singh
    Vijay Singh

    Vijay Singh , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian Professional golfer golfer who was Chronological list of World Number One male golfers in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005....
    , Fiji-born, ethnic Indian golf player
  • February 25 — Raffaello Ducceschi
    Raffaello Ducceschi

    Raffaello Ducceschi is a retired male race walking from Italy, who represented his native country twice at the Olympic Games: 1984 and 1988....
    , Italian race walker
  • February 25 — Essa Hukkanen
    Essa Hukkanen

    Essa Juhani Hukkanen is a former amateur boxing from Finland. He is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1987 European Championships in Turin, Italy in the Men's Middleweight division....
    , Finnish boxer
  • February 27 — Francesco Cancellotti
    Francesco Cancellotti

    Francesco Cancellotti is a former tennis player from Italy, who won two single titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles Association of Tennis Professionals-ranking on April 15, 1985, when he became the number 21 of the world....
    , Italian tennis player
  • February 27 — Susan Furmage
    Susan Furmage

    Susan Maureen Furmage is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eight position with the National Women's Field Hockey Team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
    , London-born field hockey player from New Zealand
  • February 27 — Ljubiša Simic
    Ljubiša Simic

    Ljubi?a Simic is a former Boxing from Yugoslavia, who competed in two Summer Olympics for his native country: in Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics and in Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
    , Yugoslav boxer


March

  • March 1 — Barbara Marois
    Barbara Marois

    Barbara Marois, born in Auburn, Massachusetts, is a former field hockey player from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
    , US field hockey defender
  • March 2 — Tanyu Kiryakov
    Tanyu Kiryakov

    Tanyu Kiryakov is a Bulgarian pistol shooter, the only shooter to have won Shooting at the Summer Olympics gold medals in both the 50 metre pistol event and the 10 metre air pistol event, in which he was also the first Olympic champion....
    , Bulgarian pistol shooter
  • March 3 — Siegfried Mehnert
    Siegfried Mehnert

    Siegfried Mehnert is a former amateur boxing from East Germany. He is best known for twice winning the European title in the Men's Welterweight division....
    , East German boxer
  • March 3 — Martin Fiz
    Martín Fiz

    Mart?n Fiz Mart?n is a former long-distance runner from Spain, who won the marathon at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics in Helsinki and repeated his success at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg....
    , Spanish long-distance runner
  • March 5 — José Guzman
    José Guzmán

    Jos? Alberto Guzm?n Mirabal , is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from -.Guzm?n was signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent on February 10, ....
    , Venezuelan boxer
  • March 5 — Yuriy Rybin
    Yuriy Rybin

    Yuriy Rybin is a retired male javelin thrower from Russia. He set his personal best on 1995-08-26 in Nitra....
    , Russian javelin thrower
  • March 6 — Gary Stevens, American jockey
  • March 8 — Bruce Hayes
    Bruce Hayes (swimmer)

    Lawrence Hayes is a retired American Freestyle swimming and individual medley swimmer in the early 1980s. Hayes is best known for anchoring the U.S....
    , American freestyle swimmer
  • March 8 — Miguel Nido
    Miguel Nido

    Miguel Nido is a former tennis player from Puerto Rico, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Partnering Juan Rios, the pair was defeated in the first round by Italy's Diego Nargiso and Omar Camporese....
    , Puerto Rican tennis player
  • March 9 — Kent Ferguson
    Kent Ferguson

    Kent Monroe Ferguson is a retired Diving from the United States. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in fifth place in the Men's 3m Springboard event....
    , American diver
  • March 9 — Maurizio Stecca
    Maurizio Stecca

    Maurizio Stecca is an Italy former boxing, who won the Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.His brother Loris Stecca was also a professional boxer....
    , Italian boxer
  • March 12 — Sharon Buchanan
    Sharon Buchanan

    Sharon Lee Buchanan OAM is a retired field hockey forward, who competed in three Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984.Buchanan earned selections in four Olympic hockey squads and was the team captain from 1989 to 1992, at a time when Australia was considered the best in the world....
    , Australian field hockey player
  • March 13 — Rick Carey
    Rick Carey

    Richard John Carey was an United States backstroke swimmer of the 1980s who won three gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He broke nine world records, five individually, and also was a double world champion....
    , American backstroke swimmer
  • March 14 — Bruce Reid
    Bruce Reid

    Bruce Anthony Reid is an Australian cricketer and bowling coach of the Indian national cricket team on their 2003-04 tour to Australia.He represented Australian cricket team in Test cricket between December 1985 and December 1992 and in One Day Internationals between January 1986 and March 1992....
    , Australian cricketer
  • March 22 — Frank Drost
    Frank Drost

    Frank Willem Drost is a former Freestyle swimming and Butterfly stroke swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
    , Dutch freestyle and butterfly swimmer
  • March 23 — Francesco Attolico
    Francesco Attolico

    Francesco Attolico is a retired water polo goalkeeper from Italy, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996 and 2000....
    , Italian water polo player
  • March 24 — Katalin Hartai
    Katalin Hartai

    Katalin Hartai is a retired female javelin thrower from Hungary who represented her native country during the 1980s and the early 1990s....
    , Hungarian javelin thrower
  • March 30 — Wayne Gordon
    Wayne Gordon

    Wayne Gordon is a retired Boxing from Canada, who competed for his native country at the Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
    , Canadian boxer
  • March 30 — Carol Klimpel
    Carol Klimpel

    Carol Klimpel is a former international Freestyle swimming swimmer from Canada, who was supposed to represent her native country at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics....
    , Canadian freestyle swimmer


April

  • April 3 — Anne Minter
    Anne Minter

    Anne Minter is a former tennis player from Australia, who competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, and reached her highest individual ranking in her professional career on 4 July 1988, when she became the 23rd top player in the world....
    , Australian tennis player
  • April 7 — Vlastimil Cerny
    Vlastimil Cerny

    Vlastimil Cern? is a former international butterfly and Freestyle swimming swimmer, who competed for Canada at the Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
    , Czech-born swimmer from Canada
  • April 8 — Helen Plachinski, Mexican freestyle swimmer
  • April 14 — Hugo Conte
    Hugo Conte

    Hugo Nestor Conte is a retired volleyball player from Argentina, who represented his native country in thhree Summer Olympics.After having finished in sixth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Conte was a member of the Argentina men's national volleyball team that claimed the bronze medal four years later in Seoul, South Korea...
    , Argentine volleyball player
  • April 18 — Jan Ykema
    Jan Ykema

    Jan Jelte Ykema is a former speed skating from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia....
    , Dutch ice speed skater
  • April 23 — Wendy Fraser
    Wendy Fraser

    Wendy Katrina Fraser is a former field hockey player from Scotland, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
    , Scottish field hockey player
  • April 29 — David Izonritei
    David Izonritei

    David Izonritei is a former Nigerian boxing. Also known as David Izon, Izonritei won the Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
    , Nigerian boxer


May

  • May 2 — Andrea Mannai
    Andrea Mannai

    Andrea Mannai is a retired Boxing from Italy, who won the bronze medal at the 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships in the men's flyweight division....
    , Italian boxer
  • May 5 — Robert Ihly
    Robert Ihly

    Robert Ihly is a retired race walker from Germany, who was one of the nation's leading athletes in race walking in the 1990s. He represented Germany thrice at the Summer Olympics, starting in Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics ....
    , German race walker
  • May 6 — Rafael Zuñiga
    Rafael Zuñiga

    Rafael Zu?iga Medrano is a retired Colombian boxing, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the Men's Featherweight division....
    , Colombian boxer
  • May 10 — Valentina Ivanova
    Valentina Ivanova

    Valentina Ivanova is a retired female discus thrower from Russia, who competed in the discus contest at the Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
    , Russian discus thrower
  • May 10 — Patrice Kuchna
    Patrice Kuchna

    Patrice Kuchna is a former tennis player from France. He did not win any Grand Prix tour singles titles during his professional career.Kuchna was born in Denain, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region....
    , French tennis player
  • May 11 — Mark Breland
    Mark Breland

    Mark Anthony Breland is a former world champion boxing, who won five New York Golden Gloves Titles and a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
    , American world champion boxer
  • May 14 — Paul Easter
    Paul Easter

    Paul Easter is a retired freestyle swimming swimmer from Scotland, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain, starting in 1984 Summer Olympics ....
    , Scottish freestyle swimmer
  • May 15 — Victoria Carbó
    Victoria Carbó

    Victoria Carb? is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Las Leonas that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea after having won the gold medal the previous year at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis....
    , Argentine field hockey player
  • May 17 — Michelle Conn
    Michelle Conn

    Michelle Conn is a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
    , Canadian field hockey player
  • May 19 — Reema Abdo
    Reema Abdo

    Reema Abdo is a former backstroke swimmer, who was born in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and competed for Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
    , Aden-born backstroke swimmer from Canada
  • May 23 — Constance Senghor
    Constance Senghor

    Constance Senghor is a retired female high jumper from Senegal. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, finishing in 27th place in the final rankings with a jump of 1.70 m....
    , Senegalese high jumper
  • May 24 — Joe Dumars
    Joe Dumars

    Joe Dumars III is a former basketball player in the National Basketball Association, and currently the Detroit Pistons' President of Basketball Operations....
    , American basketball player and executive
  • May 24 — Rich Rodriguez
    Rich Rodriguez

    Rich "Coach Rod" Rodriguez is the head coach college football coach at the Michigan Wolverines football. Prior to moving to Michigan, he was the head coach at West Virginia University for seven seasons....
    , American football coach
  • May 25 — Erik de Bruin
    Erik de Bruin

    Erik de Bruin is a retired discus thrower and shot putter from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
    , Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
  • May 25 — Eha Rünne
    Eha Rünne

    Eha R?nne is a retired female shot putter and discus thrower from Estonia, who competed in the discus contest at the Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
    , Estonian discus thrower and shot putter
  • May 28 — Zemfira Meftakhetdinova
    Zemfira Meftakhetdinova

    Zemfira Meftakhetdinova is an Azerbaijani sport shooting who has won two Olympic medals in Olympic Skeet.She was born in Baku and is a police officer and sports teacher, and she speaks three languages....
    , Azerbaijani sport shooter
  • May 30 — Jill Atkins
    Jill Atkins

    Gillian Atkins is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
    , English field hockey player


June

  • June 3 — Hugo Antonio Corti
    Antonio Corti

    Hugo Antonio Corti is a retired boxing from Argentina, who competed in the middleweight division . He represented his native country at the Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
    , Argentine boxer
  • June 4 — Carey Nelson
    Carey Nelson

    Carey Nelson is a former long-distance Running from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
    , Canadian long-distance runner
  • June 8 — Héctor Moreno
    Héctor Moreno

    H?ctor Jos? Moreno Moreno is a retired Colombian race walking. He is a four-time Olympian.AchievementsReferences*...
    , Colombian race walker
  • June 8 — Antoaneta Todorova
    Antoaneta Todorova

    Antoaneta Todorova-Selenska is a former javelin thrower from Bulgaria, who set the world record and the world's best year performance in 1981. She made her mark at a meet in Zagreb on 1981-08-15....
    , Bulgarian javelin thrower
  • June 11 — Mikael Olander
    Mikael Olander

    Mikael Olander is a retired decathlete from Sweden, who finished in 17th place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He is a one-time National champions Decathlon in the men's decathlon....
    , Swedish decathlete
  • June 11 — Jan Posthuma
    Jan Posthuma

    Jan Marcus Posthuma is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea under the guidance of coach Arie Selinger....
    , Dutch volleyball player
  • June 13 — Catarina Lindqvist
    Catarina Lindqvist

    Anna Catarina Lindqvist Ryan is a former professional tennis player from Sweden....
    , Swedish tennis player
  • June 13 — Nathalie Lupino
    Nathalie Lupino

    Nathalie Lupino is a retired female judoka from France. She claimed the bronze medal in the Women's Heavyweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
    , French judoka
  • June 15 — Riccardo Materazzi
    Riccardo Materazzi

    Riccardo Materazzi is a retired male middle distance runner from Italy. He competed for his home country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
    , Italian middle-distance runner
  • June 17 — June Croft, British freestyle swimmer
  • June 17 — Sandra Greaves
    Sandra Greaves

    Sandra Greaves is a retired judoka from Canada, who won the gold medal in the women's middleweight competition at the 1987 Pan American Games....
    , Canadian judoka
  • June 19 — Margarita Ponomaryova
    Margarita Ponomaryova

    Margarita Khromova-Ponomaryova is a retired hurdling from Russia, best known for setting the world record in the women's 400 metres hurdles in 1984....
    , Russian hurdler
  • June 19 — Rory Underwood
    Rory Underwood

    Rory Underwood Member of the Order of the British Empire is a former England rugby union footballer who played Rugby union positions#14. and 11....
    , English rugby union footballer
  • June 20 — Matt Anger
    Matt Anger

    Matt Anger is a former tennis player from the United States, who won one singles and two doubles titles during his career.The right-handed Anger reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on February 24, 1986 when he became the World No....
    , American tennis player
  • June 21 — Carlos O'Connell
    Carlos O'Connell

    Carlos O'Connell is the Ireland record holder for the decathlon. The record was set in Emmitsburg, Maryland on the two days beginning 4 May 1988....
    , Irish decathlete
  • June 23 — Rob Woodhouse
    Rob Woodhouse

    Robert Woodhouse is a former Australian Olympic swimmer, specializing in medley swimming. He is now a prominent sports agent and company director....
    , Australian swimmer
  • June 24 — Pamela Healy
    Pamela Healy

    Pamela Katherine Healy is a retired female sailor from the United States, who won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She did so in the 470 , alongside Jennifer Isler....
    , American sailor
  • June 24 — Nshan Munchyan
    Nshan Munchyan

    Nshan Munchyan, sometime referred to as Nszan Munczian, is a retired boxing from Armenia. He is best known for winning the world title in the men's light flyweight division in 1993....
    , Armenian boxer
  • June 24 — Predrag Radosavljevic
    Preki

    Predrag Radosavljevic , commonly known in the United States as Preki , is a Serbian American soccer player. He is currently the head coach at C.D....
    , Serbia-born American soccer player
  • June 24 — Barbara Underhill
    Barbara Underhill

    Barbara Ann Underhill is a Canadian pairs figure skater. With partner Paul Martini, she was a five-time Canadian national champion and won Gold at the 1984 World Figure Skating Championships....
    , Canadian pairs figure skater
  • June 25 — Si-an Deng
    Si-An Deng

    Si-An Deng is a retired female badminton player from Canada, who won the silver medal in the inaugural women's singles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games....
    , Chinese-Canadian badminton player
  • June 26 — Wendy Lucero
    Wendy Lucero

    Wendy Lynn Lucero is a retired female diving from the United States, who competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics.Lucero claimed the silver medal at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in the inaugural 1m Springboard event....
    , American diver
  • June 30 — Olga Bryzgina
    Olga Bryzgina

    Olga Arkad'evna Bryzgina is a retired athlete who represented USSR and later Ukraine. She trained at Dynamo in Voroshilovgrad. Competing in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay, she was a particularly successful Olympian with three gold medals and one silver....
    , Soviet athlete
  • June 30 — Pat Caruso
    Pat Caruso

    Pasquale Caruso is a former field hockey player.Caruso participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for Canada, starting in Hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
    , Italian-born Canadian field hockey player


July

  • July 1 — Igor Zhelezovski
    Igor Zhelezovski

    Igor Nikolayevich Zhelezovski is a former speed skating, considered to be one of the best sprinters ever, which resulted in his nickname "Igor the Terrible"....
    , Soviet speed skater
  • July 5 — Mark Stockwell
    Mark Stockwell

    Marcus William Stockwell is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer. Stockwell won three medals in freestyle swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
    , Australian freestyle swimmer
  • July 6 — Leopoldo Cantancio
    Leopoldo Cantancio

    Leopoldo Cantancio is a retired boxing from the Philippines, who competed for his native country at two Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. His best result was ending up in fifth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the Men's Lightweight division....
    , Filipino boxer
  • July 7 — Geir Karlstad
    Geir Karlstad

    Geir Karlstad is a former Speed skating....
    , Norwegian speed skater
  • July 10 — Jorge Payá
    Jorge Payá

    Jorge Pay? Rodr?guez is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
    , Spanish water polo player
  • July 12 — Thierry Tulasne
    Thierry Tulasne

    Thierry Tulasne is a former tennis player from France, who won five singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles Association of Tennis Professionals-ranking on August 4 1986, when he became number 10 in the world....
    , French tennis player
  • July 16 — Mikael Pernfors
    Mikael Pernfors

    Mikael Pernfors is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He is best remembered for reaching the men's singles final at the French Open in 1986....
    , Swedish tennis player
  • July 17 — Matti Nykanen, Finnish ski jumper
  • July 17 — Ian James
    Ian James (athlete)

    Ian Hugh James is a former long jumper, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, who represented Canada in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
    , Canadian long jumper
  • July 20 — Mike Davidson
    Mike Davidson (swimmer)

    Michael James Davidson is a former Freestyle swimming swimmer from New Zealand, who won the bronze medal in the men's 400 metres freestyle at the 1986 Commonwealth Games....
    , New Zealand freestyle swimmer
  • July 23 — Slobodan Zivojinovic, Serbian tennis player
  • July 24 — Julie Krone
    Julie Krone

    Julie Krone , is a retired United States jockey. In 1993, she became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair....
    , American jockey
  • July 24 — Karl Malone
    Karl Malone

    Karl Anthony Malone is a retired United States professional basketball player.Born in Summerfield, Louisiana, he was nicknamed in college as the Mailman for his consistency and his work in the post....
    , American basketball player
  • July 25 — Shane Collins
    Shane Collins

    Shane Elizabeth Collins is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eight position with the National Women's Field Hockey Team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
    , New Zealand field hockey player
  • July 26 — Raymond Stevens
    Raymond Stevens

    Raymond Stevens is a retired judoka from the United Kingdom. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, when he won the silver medal in the men's half heavyweight division ....
    , English judoka
  • July 28 — Lisanne Lejeune
    Lisanne Lejeune

    Elisabeth Anne Marie Lejeune is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the bronze medal with the National Women's Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
    , Dutch field hockey defender


August

  • August 1 — Wendell Young
    Wendell Young

    Wendell Young is a retired Canada professional ice hockey goaltender....
    , Canadian ice hockey player
  • August 2 — Mogens Guldberg
    Mogens Guldberg

    Mogens Guldberg is a former middle distance track event from Denmark, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
    , Danish middle distance runner
  • August 2 — Olga Appell
    Olga Appell

    Olga Appell is a retired Athletics from Mexico, best known for winning the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba....
    , Mexican-American long-distance runner
  • August 8 — Leo Gamez
    Leo Gamez

    Silvio Rafael Gamez , better known as Leo Gamez, is a former Boxing from Venezuela. A former world Flyweight champion, Gamez became the first Flyweight boxer in history to win world titles in four different divisions....
    , Venezuelan boxer
  • August 8 — Igor Lapshin
    Igor Lapshin

    Igor Lapshin is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR. Best known for his 1988 Olympic silver medal, he also won the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships as well as one European Indoor title....
    , Soviet triple jumper
  • August 14 — Pablo Squella
    Pablo Squella

    Pablo Squella Serrano is a retired middle distance Running from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
    , Chilean middle-distance runner
  • August 16 — Kalusha Bwalya
    Kalusha Bwalya

    Kalusha Bwalya , known as simply Kalusha, is a Zambian footballer and coach . He is Zambia's most cap player, all-time top goalscorer, and is regarded as the greatest Zambia national football team player to play the game....
    , Zambian soccer player and coach
  • August 16 — Ana Isabel Alonso
    Ana Isabel Alonso

    Ana Isabel Alonso is a former long-distance Running from Spain, who represented her native country in three Summer Olympics: 1988, 1996 and 2000....
    , Spanish long-distance runner
  • August 17 — Matt Scoggin
    Matt Scoggin

    Matthew Aaron Scoggin is a retired Diving from the United States. He competed for Team USA at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in tenth place in the Men's 10m Platform event....
    , American diver
  • August 18 — Luiz Mattar
    Luiz Mattar

    Luiz Mattar is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. He played on the professional tour from 1986-1995, during which time he won seven top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles....
    , Brazilian tennis player
  • August 20 — Robert Warzycha
    Robert Warzycha

    Robert Warzycha is a former Poland football midfielder, who spent seven seasons with the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer.Warzycha came to MLS in 1996 after a long career in Poland and England, where Everton legend Gordon Watson rated him as: "among the most talented wide-men to have played for us in the post-war years"....
    , Polish soccer midfielder
  • August 20 — Ian Woodley
    Ian Woodley (field hockey)

    Ian Douglas Woodley is a New Zealander sportsman and former field hockey goalkeeper. He finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
    , New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
  • August 21 — Raffaele Avagnano
    Raffaele Avagnano

    Raffaele Avagnano is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
    , Italian breaststroke swimmer
  • August 21 — Masayoshi Manabe
    Masayoshi Manabe

    Masayoshi Manabe is a former volleyball player from Japan, who played as a setter for the Japan men's national volleyball team in the 1990s. Playing at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea he ended up in 10th place at the 1998 FIVB Men's World Championship....
    , Japanese volleyball player
  • August 22 — Terry McHugh
    Terry McHugh

    Terry McHugh is a retired Ireland javelin thrower, who finished tenth at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics and seventh at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics....
    , Irish javelin thrower
  • August 23 — Hans-Henning Fastrich
    Hans-Henning Fastrich

    Hans-Henning Fartrich is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who won the silver medal with his team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
    , German field hockey player
  • August 25 — Claudio Cabán
    Claudio Cabán

    Claudio Cab?n is a retired Puerto Rico marathon runner. He competed for his native country in the men's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing in 53rd place....
    , Puerto Rican long-distance runner
  • August 26 — Christine Arthur
    Christine Arthur

    Christine Arthur played field hockey for New Zealand in the 1980s and 1990s. Arthur was a member of the team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and eight years later competed with The Black Sticks at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where the team finished in eight position....
    , New Zealand field hockey player
  • August 26 — Fred Barber
    Fred Barber

    Frederick Barber is an English people former goalkeeper who is currently the goalkeeping coach with Bolton Wanderers F.C. and with Northern Ireland national football team....
    , English football player
  • August 26 — John Jansen
    John Jansen

    John Jansen is a retired water polo player from the Netherlands, who finished in ninth position with the Dutch team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
    , Dutch water polo player
  • August 29 — Irene de Kok
    Irene de Kok

    Irene Margreta Maria de Kok is a retired judoka from the Netherlands, who represented Holland at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
    , Dutch judoka


September

  • September 3 — Kimberley Ruddins
    Kimberley Ruddins

    Kimberly Grace Ruddins is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the silver medal with the United States women's national volleyball team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California under the guidance of coach Arie Selinger....
    , American volleyball player
  • September 5 — Marco Bonitta
    Marco Bonitta

    Marco Bonitta is a volleyball Coach from Italy. He took over in March 2001 from Angelo Frigoni as the head coach of the Italy women's national volleyball team, whom he guided to the silver medal at the 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship and to the world title at the 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship....
    , Italian volleyball coach
  • September 8 — Li Ning
    Li Ning

    Li Ning is a well-known and well-respected Chinese gymnast and entrepreneur. He was born in a Zhuang_people family on September 8, 1963 in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China....
    , Chinese gymnast
  • September 10 — Randy Johnson
    Randy Johnson

    For other people named Randy Johnson, see Randy Johnson 'Randall David Johnson' , nicknamed "'The Big Unit'," is a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher....
    , American baseball player
  • September 10 — Gabriel Tiacoh
    Gabriel Tiacoh

    Gabriel Tiacoh was a sprinter from C?te d'Ivoire best known for winning his nation's sole Olympic medal so far, in 1984 Summer Olympics.In 1984 he started by winning the 400 metres event at the African Championships in Athletics in Rabat....
    , Ivorian athlete (d. 1992)
  • September 11 — Bonnie Gadusek
    Bonnie Gadusek

    Bonnie Gadusek is a former professional tennis player from the United States, who retired in April 1987. She won 5 singles and 3 doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour....
    , American tennis player
  • September 12 — Patrick Dybiona
    Patrick Dybiona

    Patrick Stefan Bernard Dybiona is a former Freestyle swimming swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
    , Dutch freestyle swimmer
  • September 19 — Angelo Musone
    Angelo Musone

    Angelo Musone is an Italy former boxing, who won the Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
    , Italian boxer
  • September 20 — Néstor Mora
    Néstor Mora

    N?stor Oswaldo Mora Z?rate was a racing cyclist from Colombia, who represented his native country in the men's individual road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....
    , Colombian cyclist (d. 1995)
  • September 26 — Douglas Wakiihuri
    Douglas Wakiihuri

    Douglas Wakiihuri is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome....
    , Kenyan long-distance runner
  • September 27 — Ruth Lawanson
    Ruth Lawanson

    Ruth Lawanson is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the United States women's national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
    , American volleyball player
  • September 27 — Dale Walters
    Dale Walters

    Dale Walters was a Canadian boxing who won a Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
    , Canadian boxer


October

  • October 1 — Mark McGwire
    Mark McGwire

    Mark David McGwire is a former Major League Baseball player who played the majority of his major league career with the Oakland Athletics before finishing his career with the St....
    , American baseball player
  • October 2 — José Ortega
    José Ortega

    Jos? Ortega Chumilla is a former Boxing from Spain, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain he was eliminated in the second round of the heavyweight division by New Zealand's David Tua....
    , Spanish boxer
  • October 3 — Dan Goldie
    Dan Goldie

    Dan Goldie is a former tennis player from the United States who won two singles and two doubles titles. The right-hander reached his highest Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking on April 17, 1989, when he became World No....
    , American tennis player
  • October 5 — Laura Davies
    Laura Davies

    Laura Jane Davies Commander of the Order of the British Empire is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times...
    , English golfer
  • October 6 — Dag Wennlund
    Dag Wennlund

    Dag Bengt Wennlund is a retired javelin thrower from Sweden, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics . He is a three-time Swedish champion in the men's javelin event ....
    , Swedish javelin thrower
  • October 10 — Jolanda de Rover
    Jolanda de Rover

    Jolanda de Rover is a former backstroke swimming swimmer from the Netherlands, who won the golden medal on the 200 backstroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....
    , Dutch backstroke swimmer
  • October 11 — LaTanya Sheffield
    LaTanya Sheffield

    LaTanya Sheffield is a retired hurdler from the United States, who finished in eight place in the women's 400 metres hurdles final at the Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics ....
    , American hurdler
  • October 12 — Dio Lequaglie
    Dio Lequaglie

    Dio Lequaglie is a retired beach volleyball player from Italy. In 1993 he won the bronze medal at the first official European Championships in men's beach volleyball, partnering Andrea Ghiurghi....
    , Italian beach volleyball player
  • October 14 — Borislav Abadzhiev
    Borislav Abadzhiev

    Borislav Abadzhiev is a retired boxing from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Light-Welterweight Division by Yugoslavia's Vuka?in Dobra?inovic....
    , Bulgarian boxer
  • October 16 — Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen
    Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen

    Anne Lucia Cornelia Maria Nieuwenhuizen is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the golden medal with the National Women's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
    , Dutch field hockey defender
  • October 18 — Harri Hänninen
    Harri Hänninen

    Harri H?nninen is a retired Finland long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon....
    , Finnish long-distance runner
  • October 20 — Stan Valckx
    Stan Valckx

    Stanislaus Henricus Christina Valckx is a former football defender from the Netherlands, who earned 20 caps for the Netherlands national football team....
    , Dutch football (soccer) defender
  • October 22 — Brian Boitano
    Brian Boitano

    Brian Anthony Boitano is an United States Figure skating from Sunnyvale, California. He is a four-time United States Figure Skating Championships , two-time World Figure Skating Championships and the Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics....
    , American figure skater
  • October 23 — John Scherrenburg
    John Scherrenburg

    John Scherrenburg is a retired water polo player from The Netherlands. He finished in ninth position with the Dutch team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
    , Dutch water polo player
  • October 31 — Sue Duggan
    Sue Duggan

    Sue Joanne Duggan is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eight position with the National Women's Field Hockey Team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
    , New Zealand field hockey player
  • October 31 — Troy Tanner
    Troy Tanner

    Troy Richard Tanner where he attended Los Altos High School is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
    , American volleyball player


November

  • November 1 — Joaquín Malgosa
    Joaquín Malgosa

    Joaquim Malgosa Morera is a former field hockey defender.He played in Atl?tic Terrassa Hoquei Club all his career, and won the silver medal with the Spain national field hockey team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
    , Spanish field hockey defender
  • November 2 — Ines Diers
    Ines Diers

    Ines Diers is a former freestyle swimming swimmer from East Germany. At age sixteen she won a total number of five medals at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR....
    , East German freestyle swimmer
  • November 4 — Horacio Elizondo
    Horacio Elizondo

    Horacio Marcelo Elizondo is a former Argentina international football referee best known for his officiation throughout the 2006 FIFA World Cup....
    , Argentine soccer referee
  • November 5 — Marcos Mazzaron
    Marcos Mazzaron

    Marcos Mazzaron is a retired road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Brazil.Mazzaron represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984 Summer Olympics....
    , Brazilian cyclist
  • November 8 — Hugo Perez
    Hugo Perez

    Hugo Ernesto P?rez is a former Salvadoran American football midfielder. During his fourteen year career, he played professionally in the United States, France, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and his native El Salvador....
    , El Salvador-born US soccer midfielder
  • November 8 — Mirko Vindiš
    Mirko Vindiš

    Miroslavo Vindi? is a retired long-distance Running from Slovenia, who won the 1988 edition of the Vienna Marathon. He represented Yugoslavia and Slovenia in the men's marathon at the Summer Olympics....
    , Slovenian long-distance runner
  • November 10 — Andrea Borrell
    Andrea Borrell

    Andrea Leonora Borrell Hern?ndez is a retired female basketball player from Cuba. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics, finishing in fifth and in fourth place with the Cuba women's national basketball team....
    , Cuban basketball player
  • November 14 — Brian Abshire
    Brian Abshire

    Brian Kenneth Abshire is a retired long-distance Running from the United States , who competed for the U.S. at the Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 3000 meters Steeplechase in the men's 3,000 meter Steeplechase ....
    , American long-distance runner
  • November 18 — Alex Kruger
    Alex Kruger

    Alexander Eaton Kruger is a retired male decathlete from England, who was born in Germany. He twice competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics ....
    , English decathlete
  • November 19 — Bill Dunlop
    Bill Dunlop

    Bill Dunlop is a retired Boxing from Canada, who competed for his native country at the Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
    , Canadian boxer
  • November 22 — Domingos
    Domingos Castro

    Domingos Silva Castro is a former long-distance Running from Portugal, who was one of the leading athletes in the longer events during the late 1980s, early 1990s....
     and Dionísio Castro
    Dionísio Castro

    Dion?sio Silva Castro is a former long-distance Running from Portugal, who set the world record in the 20 km on March 31, 1990 clocking 57:18.4....
    , Portuguese twins and long-distance runners
  • November 24 — Veronica Planella
    Veronica Planella

    Veronica Planella is a former field hockey player from Canada, who earned 33 caps for the Canada women's national field hockey team. Planella, a resident of Victoria, British Columbia, represented both Canada and Chile internationally....
    , Chile-born field hockey player from Canada
  • November 27 — Roland Nilsson
    Roland Nilsson

    Roland Nilsson is a Sweden Association football manager, who currently manages Malm? FF in the Allsvenskan . As a player, Nilsson played 116 times for Sweden national football team, making him second only to Thomas Ravelli in international appearances for Sweden....
    , Swedish football (soccer) player


December

  • December 1 — Jennifer Isler
    Jennifer Isler

    Jennifer J. Fetter Isler is a female sailor from the United States, who won a silver and a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics. She did so in the 470 , in Barcelona and in Sydney ....
    , American sailor
  • December 2 — Sabrina Dornhoefer
    Sabrina Dornhoefer

    Sabrina Dornhoefer is a retired female middle distance runner from the United States. She set her personal best in the women's 3000 metres on 1988-06-08 at a meet in Victoria, Canada....
    , American middle distance runner
  • December 3 — Floyd Favors
    Floyd Favors

    Floyd Favors is a retired boxing from the United States. He is best known for winning the amateur world title in the men's bantamweight division in 1982....
    , American boxer
  • December 4 — Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
  • December 6 — Debbie Armstrong
    Debbie Armstrong

    Deborah Rae Armstrong is a former Alpine skiing. She was the first gold medalist from the United States of America in women's Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics in 32 years, winning the giant slalom at the Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo....
    , American alpine skier
  • December 6 — Gert Jan Schlatmann
    Gert Jan Schlatmann

    Gert Jan Schlatmann is a former Netherlands field hockey player, who earned a total number of 50 caps, scoring fourteen goals in the 1980s for the Netherlands national field hockey team....
    , Dutch field hockey player
  • December 11 — Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
    Claudia Kohde-Kilsch

    Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former Germany tennis player. She was born Claudia Kohde, but added the hyphenated "-Kilsch" to her name which came from her adoptive father Jurgen Kilsch, an attorney....
    , German tennis player
  • December 12 — Chris Odera
    Chris Odera

    Crispine Odera is a retired boxing from Kenya, who is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's super heavyweight division at the 1987 All-Africa Games in Nairobi, Kenya....
    , Kenyan boxer
  • December 12 — Kieren O'Grady
    Kieren O'Grady

    Kieren Linda O?Grady is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the National Women's Field Hockey Team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
    , New Zealand field hockey player
  • December 13 — Philippe Collet
    Philippe Collet

    Philippe Collet is a retired France pole vaulter.AchievementsExternal links...
    , French pole vaulter
  • December 13 — Uwe-Jens Mey
    Uwe-Jens Mey

    Uwe-Jens Mey is a former Speed skating, considered to be the fastest sprinter of his time because of his 500 metres supremacy in the late 1980s and early 1990s....
    , East German speedskater
  • December 13 — Jake White
    Jake White

    Jake White is a rugby union coach and former coach of the South Africa national rugby union team, the South Africa national rugby union team. His most notable achievements as coach include leading the Springboks to victory in 2007 Rugby World Cup and the 2004 Tri Nations title....
    , South African rugby union coach
  • December 17 — Alejandro Siri
    Alejandro Siri

    Alejandro Daniel Siri P?rez is a former male field hockey player from Argentina. He competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988....
    , Argentine field hockey player
  • December 19 — Kathy Bald
    Kathy Bald

    Kathleen Ann Bald is a former international freestyle swimming swimmer from Canada. She was affiliated with the University of Toronto.Bald competed for her native country at the Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
    , Canadian freestyle swimmer
  • December 20 — Pam Casale
    Pam Casale

    Pam Casale-Telford is a former professional tennis player from the United States.The right-hander reached her highest career ranking on October 15, 1984, when she became the number fourteen of the world....
    , American tennis player
  • December 21 — Donovan Ruddock
    Donovan Ruddock

    Donovan Ruddock , also known as Razor Ruddock, is a retired Canada heavyweight boxer. He was a promising Heavyweight of the late 1980s and early 1990s, who was known for a powerful left hook, which he called "The Smash." One of the best exhibitions of his left hook power, was his brutal 1990 knockout of former Heavyweight champion Mich...
    , Canadian heavyweight boxer
  • December 24 — David Grundy
    David Grundy

    David John Grundy is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
    , New Zealand field hockey player
  • December 29 — Francisco Bustamante
    Francisco Bustamante

    Francisco Bustamante is a Filipino people professional pocket billiards player from Tarlac, nicknamed "Django", after the lead character of Django , and sometimes also called "Bustie", especially in the United States....
    , Filipino pool player
  • December 29 — Teresa Motos
    Teresa Motos

    Teresa Motos Izeta is a former field hockey player from Spain, who was a member of the Spain women's national field hockey team that surprisingly won the golden medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics on home soil ....
    , Spanish field hockey player
  • December 29 — Sean Payton
    Sean Payton

    Patrick Sean Payton is the head coach of the New Orleans Saints. He was the quarterbacks coach and later assistant head coach of the Dallas Cowboys until being hired by the Saints on January 17, 2006....
    , American football coach
  • December 30 — Ronald Jansen
    Ronald Jansen

    Franciscus Ronaldus Maria Jansen is a former field hockey goalkeeper from The Netherlands, who twice won the golden medal at the Summer Olympics....
    , Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
  • December 30 — Milan Šrejber
    Milan Šrejber

    Milan ?rejber is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There here reached the semi finals of the men's doubles competition, partnering Miloslav Mec?r....
    , Czech tennis player


Deaths

  • January 5 — Rogers Hornsby
    Rogers Hornsby

    Rogers Hornsby , nicknamed "The Rajah", was a Major League Baseball second baseman and manager . Hornsby's first name, Rogers, was his mother's maiden name....
     (66), American baseball player (b. 1896)
  • February 14 — Billy Barlow
    Billy Barlow

    W. "Billy" M. Barlow was a Canada amateur ice hockey player in the late 1800s. He played for the Montreal Hockey Club, champions of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada from 1888 to 1894, and first winners of the Stanley Cup in 1893....
     (92), Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1871)
  • March 22 — Cilly Aussem
    Cilly Aussem

    Cilly Aussem was a German female tennis player.She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon Championships in 1931....
     (53), German tennis player (b. 1909)
  • June 21 — Harvey Sutton
    Harvey Sutton

    Harvey Vincent Sutton was an Australian athlete. He competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London on the Australasia at the 1908 Summer Olympics team, a combined squad of competitors from Australia and New Zealand....
     (81), Australian athlete (b. 1882)
  • September 15 — Charles Winslow
    Charles Winslow

    Charles Lyndhurst Winslow is a three time Olympic tennis medalist from South Africa. He won two golden medals: men's singles and doubles at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics....
     (75), South African tennis player (b. 1888)
  • December 14 — Marie Marvingt
    Marie Marvingt

    Marie Marvingt was a French people sportsperson, Mountaineering, and aviator, and the most Order woman in the history of France. She won numerous prizes for her sporting achievements and was the first woman to climb many of the peaks in the French and Swiss Alps....
    , French multi-athlete (b. 1875)