All Topics  
2000 in sports

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

2000 in sports
 
 
  Topics 2000 in sports Topic Home








Discussion
Ask a question about '2000 in sports'
Start a new discussion about '2000 in sports'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


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....

For an extensive coverage see 2000 in athletics (track and field)
2000 in athletics (track and field)

This page shows the main events during the 2000 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....

Marathon


International Races
  • April 16 — Rotterdam Marathon
    Rotterdam Marathon

    The Rotterdam Marathon is an annual marathon that has been held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands since 1981. It has been held in April of every year since the third edition in 1984, and attracts many top athletes....
    , 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: Kenneth Cheruiyot
      Kenneth Cheruiyot

      Kenneth Cheruiyot is an athlete from Kenya who specialises in Long-distance track event. He is most famous for winning the Rotterdam Marathon in 2000....
       (KEN) 2:08:22
    • Women's Winner: 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....
       (ESP) 2:30:21


  • September 24 — Olympic Marathon
    Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon

    The marathon event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on September 24, 2000 in the streets of Sydney, Australia....
    , Sydney, Australia
    • Women's Winner: Naoko Takahashi
      Naoko Takahashi

      is a Japan long-distance runner competing mainly in the marathon . Best known for her victory in the women's marathon at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney....
       (JPN) 2:23:14


  • October 1 — Olympic Marathon
    Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

    The marathon event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on October 1, 2000 in Sydney, Australia....
    , Sydney, Australia
    • Men's Winner: Gezahegne Abera
      Gezahegne Abera

      Gezahegne Abera is an Ethiopian Athletics , winner of the Marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Born in Etya, Arsi Province, Abera's first international competition was the 1999 Los Angeles Marathon, where he finished fourth, behind three Kenyans....
       (ETH) 2:10:11


  • December 3 — 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: Atsushi Fujita
      Atsushi Fujita

      is a long-distance Running from Japan, who won the 2000 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:06:51 on December 3, 2000. That time earned him the second place in the 2000 Marathon Year Ranking, only behind Portugal's Antonio Pinto, who clocked a total time of 2:06:36 earlier that year in the London Marathon....
       (JPN) 2:06:51


National Champions
  • April 16 — London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    • Men's Winner: Mark Hudspith — 2:13:37
    • Women's Winner: Joanna Lodge — 2:40:52


  • May 14 — Ottawa
    Ottawa

    Ottawa is the Capital of Canada. The city has population of 812,000, the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population municipality in the country and second largest in Ontario....
    , 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....
    • Men's Winner: Bruce Deacon — 2:17:13
    • Women's Winner: Veronique Vandersmissen — 2:36:46


  • October 8 — Eindhoven
    Eindhoven

    Eindhoven is a municipality and a city located in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender streams....
    , 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: Luc Krotwaar
      Luc Krotwaar

      Luc Krotwaar is a Netherlands long-distance runner, who is nicknamed 'The White Kenyan'. In the spring of 2003 Krotwaar ran 2:19.42 in the Rotterdam Marathon and only eight days later 2:13.41 in the Utrecht marathon....
       — 2:14:39
    • Women's Winner: Wilma van Onna — 2:39:35


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....
    :
    • NASCAR Championship - Bobby Labonte
      Bobby Labonte

      Robert Alan Labonte is an United States race car driver in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #96 Ask.com/Texas Instruments DLP/Academy Sports and Outdoors Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, in an association with Yates Racing....
    • Adam Petty
      Adam Petty

      Adam Kyler Petty was an auto racing car driver. He was the first fourth-generation driver in NASCAR history....
      , Kenny Irwin, Jr.
      Kenny Irwin, Jr.

      Kenneth Dale Irwin, Jr. was a NASCAR stock car driver. He had driven in all three major of forms of NASCAR and had two total victories. Before that, he raced in the United States Auto Club against Tony Stewart who was one of his fiercest rivals....
      , Scott Baker
      Scott Baker (autoracer)

      Scott Baker was a second-generation racecar driver.He raced in various late-model series as well as the Auto Racing Club of America circuit. He won five late-model feature races in 1995....
      , and Tony Roper
      Tony Roper

      Tony Roper was a NASCAR driver. He was born in Springfield, Missouri, to Dean Roper and Shirley Medley. Growing up his family was heavily involved in auto racing....
        all died from head-related injuries that brought safety concerns to NASCAR
      NASCAR

      The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
    • February 20 - The 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 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....
       Winner=Dale Jarrett
      Dale Jarrett

      Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
    • February 27 - The 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Dura-Lube/Kmart 400 at North Carolina Motor Speedway Winner=Bobby Labonte
  • Indy Racing League
    Indy Racing League

    The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel Auto racing.The League sanctions two series, the premier IndyCar Series , whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and Firestone Indy Lights, the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League....
     - Buddy Lazier
    Buddy Lazier

    Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....
     won the season championship
  • 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....
    - Juan Pablo Montoya
    Juan Pablo Montoya

    Juan Pablo Montoya Rold?n is a race car driver in NASCAR and a former Formula One and Champ Car driver. He has enjoyed great success, most famously in top open wheel racing series....
  • CART Racing - Gil de Ferran
    Gil de Ferran

    Gil de Ferran , is a professional racing driver and team owner. De Ferran was the 2000 and 2001 Champ Car champion driving for the Penske Honda Team and the winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 500....
     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 ....
     - Michael Schumacher
    Michael Schumacher

    Michael Schumacher is a former Formula One driver, seven-time world champion, and current advisor and occasional test driver for Scuderia Ferrari....
     of 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....
  • 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...
    : Frank Biela
    Frank Biela

    Frank Biela is an auto racing driver, mainly competing in touring cars and sportscar racing. He has raced exclusively in cars manufactured by the Audi marque since 1990....
     / Tom Kristensen
    Tom Kristensen

    Tom Kristensen is a Denmark auto racing. He has won many championships in auto racing but his most famous achievement is being the only person to win the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans eight times, six of which were consecutive ....
     / Emanuele Pirro
    Emanuele Pirro

    Emanuele Pirro is an Italy former Formula One driver and five time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner....
     won, driving an (Audi
    Audi

    AUDI AG, is a Germany car manufacturer which produces cars under the Audi brand, . The name Audi is based on a latin translation of the last name of the founder August "Horch", itself the German word for ?hear." Another explanation for the origin of the name is as an acronym for ?Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt."...
     R8R LMP)
  • World Rally Championship
    World Rally Championship

    The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer....
     - Marcus Grönholm
    Marcus Grönholm

    Marcus "Bosse" Gr?nholm is a former Finland rallying driver. Driving for Peugeot, he won the World Rally Championship in 2000 World Rally Championship season and 2002 World Rally Championship season....
     of Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
  • 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....
     - Gary Scelzi
    Gary Scelzi

    Gary Scelzi, , is an American dragster racer and midget car owner who has won the NHRA Powerade Top Fuel championship on three occasions and the Funny Car title once....
     won the NHRA "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....
    " championship.V8 Supercars - Mark SKaife won the 2000 championship


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...

  • 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...
    : 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....
     win 4 games to 1 over the New York 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....
    . The Series MVP is Derek Jeter
    Derek Jeter

    Derek Sanderson Jeter is an American Major League Baseball player. Jeter is a nine-time All-Star shortstop, and currently the Major League Baseball Team Captains of the New York Yankees....
    , of the Yankees


See also
  • 2000 in baseball
    2000 in baseball

    ChampionsMajor League Baseball*Regular Season Champions*World Series Champion - New York Yankees*Postseason - October 3 to October 26...


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....

  • 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....
    :
    • 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....
       win their first NBA title in twelve years, defeating the Indiana Pacers
      Indiana Pacers

      The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association . The team is based in the state's capital and largest city, Indianapolis, Indiana, located in the center of the state....
       4 games to 2.


  • NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
    • Michigan State wins 89-76 over Florida


  • WNBA Finals:
    • Houston Comets
      Houston Comets

      The Houston Comets was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team is one of the original eight WNBA teams and won all four championships in the first four years of the league's existence....
       win 2 games to 0 over the New York Liberty
      New York Liberty

      The New York Liberty is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in New York City, New York. They are one of the eight original WNBA teams that began to see action in 1997, as well one of the most successful teams in WNBA history....
       to complete their four-peat.


  • National Basketball League (Australia)
    National Basketball League (Australia)

    The National Basketball League is Australia's top-level professional basketball competition.The league commenced in 1979 NBL Season, playing a winter season and did so until the completion of the 20th season in 1998 NBL Season....
     Finals:
    • Perth Wildcats
      Perth Wildcats

      The Perth Wildcats are an Australia basketball team competing in the National Basketball League . The Wildcats are the only team in the league representing the state of Western Australia and are based in the state capital, Perth, Western Australia....
       defeated the Victoria Titans
      Victoria Titans

      The Victoria Titans were an Australia basketball team, that played in Melbourne, Victoria, in the National Basketball League . The team was the result of a merger of two Melbourne clubs for the inaugural NBL summer season of 1999....
       2-0 in the best-of-three final series.




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....

  • May 13 to 21 – 33rd European Amateur Boxing Championships
    2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships

    The European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 13 to May 21. The 33rd edition of thi bi-annual competition, in which 175 fighters from 34 countries participated this time, was organised by the Tampere Boxing Association, Member of the Finnish Boxing Association under the influence of the European governing bo...
     held in Tampere
    Tampere

    Tampere is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes, N?sij?rvi and Pyh?j?rvi . Since the two lakes differ in level by , the rapids linking them, Tammerkoski, have been an important power source throughout history, most recently for generating electricity....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    • Light Flyweight (– 48 kg): Valeri Sidorenko (Ukraine)
    • Flyweight (– 51 kg): Vladimir Sidorenko (Ukraine)
    • Bantamweight (– 54 kg): Agasi Agagüloglu
      Aghasi Mammadov

      Aghasi Mammadov is an Azerbaijani boxing who competed in the bantamweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal....
       (Turkey)
    • Featherweight (– 57 kg): Ramaz Paliani
      Ramaz Paliani

      Ramaz Paliani is a Georgia boxing who has won World and European Championships in the men's featherweight division.He has represented Turkey, Georgia, and Russia in international competitions, including appearances in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympic Games....
       (Turkey)
    • Lightweight (– 60 kg): Alexander Maletin (Bulgaria)
    • Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg): Alexei Leonov (Russia)
    • Welterweight (– 67 kg): Bülent Ulusoy
      Bülent Ulusoy

      B?lent Ulusoy is a Turkish boxer best known to win the European title 2000 at welterweight....
       (Turkey)
    • Light Middleweight (– 71 kg): Adnan Catic (Germany)
    • Middleweight (– 75 kg): Zsolt Erdei
      Zsolt Erdei

      Zsolt Erdei is a Hungarian boxing in the light heavyweight division. He is the current World Boxing Organization light heavyweight champion.Erdei Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics....
       (Hungary)
    • Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg): Aleksandr Lebziak
      Aleksandr Lebziak

      Aleksandr Borisovich Lebziak is a Russian boxing, who won the Olympic medalists in boxing in the men's Light Heavyweight category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....
       (Russia)
    • Heavyweight (– 91 kg): Jackson Chanet
      Jackson Chanet

      Jackson Chanet is a French boxer best known for winning the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships heavyweight title....
       (France)
    • Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg): Alexei Lezin
      Alexei Lezin

      Alexei Vladimirovich Lezin was a Russian boxing, who won the Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Lezin never turned pro....
       (Russia)

  • July 29 – Kostya Tszyu
    Kostya Tszyu

    Konstantin Borisovich Tszyu, more commonly known as Kostya Tszyu is a Russian-born boxing of mixed Russian people, Korean people and Mongols descent....
     defeats Julio César Chávez
    Julio César Chávez

    Julio C?sar Ch?vez Gonz?lez is a legendary Mexico professional boxing....
     by a knockout in six to retain the WBC's
    World Boxing Council

    The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo L?pez Mateos, to create an international boxi...
     world Jr. Welterweight title.

  • August 12 – Evander Holyfield
    Evander Holyfield

    Evander Holyfield is a professional boxing from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"....
     defeats John Ruiz
    John Ruiz

    John ?The Quiet Man" Ruiz , currently residing in Las Vegas metropolitan area is a professional Puerto Rico-United States Boxing and former two-time WBA World Heavyweight champion.....
     by decision in 12 rounds to regain the WBA
    World Boxing Association

    The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level....
    's world Heavyweight title, becoming the first boxer to win the world Heavyweight title four times.

  • The Ring Magazine named Felix Trinidad
    Félix Trinidad

    F?lix 'Tito' Trinidad, Jr. is a Puerto Rico professional boxer, considered as one of the best boxers in that archipelago's history. When he was an amateur Trinidad won five National Amateur Championships in Puerto Rico....
     the Fighter of the Year 2000. Eric Morales Won a 12 Round Points Victory over Marco Antonio Barrera, for the Unified WBC and WBO 122 Pound Titles, In The Ring's Fight of The Year 2000.


Cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....

  • Courtney Walsh
    Courtney Walsh

    Courtney Andrew Walsh is a former international cricketer who represented the West Indian cricket team from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test cricketes....
     (West Indies) takes 34 wickets in a test series against England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
     at an average of 12.82 runs per wicket. He misses the record for most wickets by a West Indian bowler in a test series held by Malcolm Marshall
    Malcolm Marshall

    Malcolm Denzil Marshall was a West Indies cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, Marshall is regarded as one of the finest pacemen ever to have played Test cricket, and indeed some have suggested he was the finest of all....
     by 1 wicket.
  • Walsh plays his last one day international.
  • June 26 - Bangladesh
    Bangladesh

    , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south....
     becomes the tenth Test cricket
    Test cricket

    Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations....
     playing nation.


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....


Road cycling
Road cycling

Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling. It takes place primarily on paved surfaces. It includes recreational, racing, and utility cycling....

  • Giro d'Italia
    2000 Giro d'Italia

    The 2000 Giro d'Italia was held May 13 through June 04. Stefano Garzelli led the all-Italian podium over countrymen Francesco Casagrande and Gilberto Simoni....
    1. Stefano Garzelli
      Stefano Garzelli

      Stefano Garzelli is an Italy professional road racing cyclist. The high point of his career to date was his stirring overall win in the 2000 Giro d'Italia, after a close three-way competition with Gilberto Simoni and Francesco Casagrande....
    2. Francesco Casagrande
      Francesco Casagrande

      Francesco Casagrande is an Italy former professional Bicycle road racing cycling. Casagrande was a professional cyclist between 1992 and 2005....
    3. Gilberto Simoni
      Gilberto Simoni

      Gilberto Simoni is an Italy professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental cycling team Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli....


  • Tour de France
    2000 Tour de France

    The 2000 Tour de France was the 87th Tour de France, and took place from July 1 to July 23, 2000. It was won by American cyclist Lance Armstrong....
    1. Lance Armstrong
      Lance Armstrong

      Lance Armstrong is an United States professional Road bicycle racing who rides for UCI ProTeam Team Astana. He won the Tour de France a record-breaking seven consecutive years, from 1999 Tour de France to 2005 Tour de France....
    2. Jan Ullrich
      Jan Ullrich

      Jan Ullrich is a Germany former professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German people to win the Tour de France. He went on to take five second places and a fourth in 2004 and in 2005....
    3. Joseba Beloki
      Joseba Beloki

      Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro is a Spain former professional road bicycle racer....


  • World Road Cycling Championship:
    1. Romans Vainšteins
    2. Zbigniew Spruch
      Zbigniew Spruch

      Zbigniew Spruch is a Poland former professional road bicycle racer.Palmar?s198819891995...
    3. Oscar Freire
      Óscar Freire

      ?scar Freire G?mez is a Spain professional road bicycle racer for the UCI ProTeam Rabobank . Freire is considered one of the top Cycling sprinter in road bicycle racing, having won the World Cycling Championship on a record-equalling three occasions, along with Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen and Eddy Merckx, and the cycling monument Mila...


Cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross

Cyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing. Races take place typically in the autumn and winter , and consists of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike whilst navigating the obstruction and remount in one motion....

  • UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
    2000 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

    The 2000 in sports UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Sint-Michielsgestel, Netherlands on Saturday January 28 and Sunday January 29, 2000....
     in Sint-Michielsgestel
    Sint-Michielsgestel

    Sint-Michielsgestel is a municipality and a town in the southern part of the Netherlands.Sint-Michielsgestel is located directly south of 's-Hertogenbosch, the capital of North Brabant province....
    , 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....
     (January 28–29)
    • Men's Competition
      1. Gold – Richard Groenendaal
        Richard Groenendaal

        Richard Marinus Anthonius Groenendaal is a professional cyclo-cross cycling who rides for the AA Drink team.Groenendaal pushed American cyclocross racer Steven Hunter off of his bicycle in December 2008, at the Scheldecross Race near Anterwerpen....
      2. Silver – Mario De Clercq
        Mario De Clercq

        Mario De Clercq is a former racing cyclist. He specialized in cyclo-cross racing but also rode on the road and circuit races during his career, he raced as a professional between 1991 and 2004....
      3. Bronze – Sven Nys
        Sven Nys

        Sven Nys is a professional cycling who has won his most important victories in cyclo-cross races.Nys began racing BMX at the age of 8. He won eight BMX National titles before switching his focus to cyclocross and road racing....
    • Women's Competition
      1. Gold – Hanka Kupfernagel
        Hanka Kupfernagel

        Hanka Kupfernagel is a Germany professional cycle racer. Currently her primary focus is cyclocross racing, however, she has won major road, track and mountain bike races....
      2. Silver – Louise Robinson
      3. Bronze – Daphny van den Brand
        Daphny van den Brand

        Daphny van den Brand, is a Netherlands cyclo-cross, Road bicycle racing and mountain bike racer.Daphny van den Brand started her cycling at eight....


Dogsled racing
Dogsled racing

Dogsled racing, more accurately referred to as sled dog racing, is a winter List of dog sports involving the timed competition of teams of sleddogs that pull a dog sled with the dog driver or musher standing on the runners....

  • Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion
    • Doug Swingley
      Doug Swingley

      Doug Swingley is an United Statesn dog mushing and dogsled racing from Lincoln, Montana, who is a four-time winner of the 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska....
       wins with lead dogs:       Stormy & Cola


Field hockey
Field hockey

Field hockey is a team sport in which a team of players attempt to score Goal by hitting, pushing or flicking the ball with hockey sticks into the opposing team's goal....


Men's Competition

  • Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Osaka
    Osaka

    is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
    , 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....
    • Gold: Spain
    • Silver: Pakistan
    • Bronze: South Korea


  • Champions Trophy in Amstelveen
    Amstelveen

    is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. Until 1964, the municipality of Amstelveen was called 'Nieuwer-Amstel'....
    , The Netherlands
    • Gold: The Netherlands
    • Silver: Germany
    • Bronze: South Korea


  • Olympic Games in Sydney
    Sydney

    Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
    , 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....
    • Gold: The Netherlands
    • Silver: South Korea
    • Bronze: Australia


  • Pan American Cup in Havana
    Havana

    Havana is the capital city, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city is one of the 14 Provinces of Cuba. The city/province has 2.1 million inhabitants, and the urban area over 3.5 million, making Havana the largest city in both Cuba and the Caribbean....
    , Cuba
    Cuba

    The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
    • Gold: Cuba
    • Silver: Canada
    • Bronze: Argentina

Women's Competition

  • Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Milton Keynes
    Milton Keynes

    Milton Keynes , often abbreviated to MK, is a large town in South East England, about north-west of London. It is also the principal town of the Milton Keynes , within the ceremonial counties of England of Buckinghamshire....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    • Gold: New Zealand
    • Silver: Great Britain
    • Bronze: Germany


  • Champions Trophy in Amstelveen
    Amstelveen

    is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. Until 1964, the municipality of Amstelveen was called 'Nieuwer-Amstel'....
    , The Netherlands
    • Gold: The Netherlands
    • Silver: Germany
    • Bronze: Australia


  • Olympic Games in Sydney
    Sydney

    Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
    , 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....
    • Gold: Australia
    • Silver: Argentina
    • Bronze: The Netherlands


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: Alexei Yagudin
      Alexei Yagudin

      Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin is a Russian figure skater. Born in Leningrad , Yagudin is the 2002 Winter Olympics as well as a four-time World Figure Skating Championships, a two-time World Professional Figure Skating Championships, a three-time European Figure Skating Championships, and three-time Grand Prix Final gold medalist....
      , Russia
      Russia

      Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
    • Ladies' champion: Michelle Kwan
      Michelle Kwan

      Michelle Wingshan Kwan is an American figure skating. She has won nine United States Figure Skating Championships, five World Figure Skating Championships, and two Figure skating at the Olympics....
      , 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...
    • Pairs' champions: Maria Petrova
      Maria Petrova (figure skater)

      Maria Petrova is a Russian pair skater. With partner Alexei Tikhonov, she is the 2000 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1999 & 2000 European Figure Skating Championships....
       and Alexei Tikhonov
      Alexei Tikhonov

      Alexei Vladimirovich Tikhonov is a Russian pair skater. With partner Maria Petrova , he is the 2000 World Figure Skating Championships....
      , Russia
      Russia

      Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
    • Ice dance champions: Marina Anissina
      Marina Anissina

      Marina Anissina is a French-Russian figure skater and the 2002 Olympic champion in ice dancing.Her last name is spelled with a double "s", as opposed to the literal translation "Anisina", to facilitate correct pronunciation outside Slavic language areas....
       and Gwendal Peizerat
      Gwendal Peizerat

      Gwendal Peizerat is a French ice dancer. With Marina Anissina, he is the Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 1998 Olympics....
      , 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....


  • First World Synchronized Skating
    Synchronized skating

    Synchronized skating or synchronised skating, a large and fast-growing discipline, consists of 8-20 sportspersons ice skating on ice at one time moving as one flowing unit at high speeds....
     Championships held in Minneapolis


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....
)

  • Super Bowl XXXIV
    Super Bowl XXXIV

    Super Bowl XXXIV featured the National Football Conference champion St. Louis Rams and the American Football Conference champion Tennessee Titans in an American football game to decide the National Football League champion for the 1999 NFL season....
    : Saint Louis Rams win 23-16 over the Tennessee Titans
    Tennessee Titans

    The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are members of the AFC South of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
  • Marshall Faulk
    Marshall Faulk

    Marshall William Faulk is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League. He is currently an analyst for NFL Total Access on the NFL Network....
     wins the regular season MVP award.
  • Oklahoma Sooners
    Oklahoma Sooners

    The University of Oklahoma features 17 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's teams are called the Sooners, a nickname given to the early participants in the land runes which initially opened the Oklahoma Indian Territory to non-native settlement....
     - college football
    College football

    College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
     championship.


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....
)

  • Australian Football League
    Australian Football League

    The 'Australian Football League' is the professional Australian national competition in the sport of Australian Rules Football.The league comprises sixteen teams which play 22 home and away rounds between late March and late August or early September....
    • Essendon
      Essendon Football Club

      Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Formed in 1871 as a junior club and as a senior club in 1873, it is Headquarters at the Essendon Recreation Reserve, Windy Hill, Essendon in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon, Victoria, but match day home...
       wins the 104th AFL premiership (Essendon 19.21 (135) d Melbourne
      Melbourne Football Club

      Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria ....
       11.9 (75))
    • 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 Shane Woewodin
      Shane Woewodin

      Shane Woewodin was an Australian rules football player who played 200 games with the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club Football Clubs....
       (Melbourne)


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

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played chiefly in Canada in which two teams of twelve players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide , attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area ....
)

  • 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....
    : B.C. Lions win 28-26 over the Montreal Alouettes
    Montreal Alouettes

    The Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current incarnation of the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions....
  • Vanier Cup
    Vanier Cup

    The Vanier Cup is the name of the championship of Canadian Interuniversity Sport CIS football and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team....
    : Ottawa Gee-Gees win 42-39 over the Regina Rams


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 2000 in football (soccer)
2000 in football (soccer)

The following are the football events of the year 2000 throughout the world....
  • Euro 2000: France won 2-1 in extra time over Italy, with a golden goal by Trézéguet. This was France's second European Championship title.
  • Champions' League
    UEFA Champions League

    The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is a seasonal club Association football competition organised by UEFA since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in Europe....
    : Real Madrid
    Real Madrid

    Real Madrid Club de F?tbol is a professional association football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the Football records in Spain in Football in Spain and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Copa del Rey, a record nine UEFA Champions League and two UEFA...
     won 3-0 in the final against Valencia. This was Real Madrid's
    Real Madrid

    Real Madrid Club de F?tbol is a professional association football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the Football records in Spain in Football in Spain and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Copa del Rey, a record nine UEFA Champions League and two UEFA...
     8th European Cup title.
  • UEFA Cup
    UEFA Cup

    The UEFA Cup is a association football competition for European club teams, organised by the UEFA. It is the second most important international competition for European football clubs, after the UEFA Champions League....
    : Galatasaray won 4-1 on penalties, in the final against Arsenal
    Arsenal F.C.

    Arsenal Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London, North London. They play in the Premier League and are one of the Football records in England#Most successful clubs overall in Football in England, having won thirteen Football League First Division and Premier League titles and ten FA Cup...
    , after a 0-0 draw at the end of the match. This was the very first European title won by a Turkish team.
  • European Super Cup
    European Super Cup

    The European Super Cup is at stake in an annual football game between the reigning champions of the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. It takes place at the start of the domestic season, in August....
    : Galatasaray beat Real Madrid
    Real Madrid

    Real Madrid Club de F?tbol is a professional association football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the Football records in Spain in Football in Spain and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Copa del Rey, a record nine UEFA Champions League and two UEFA...
     2-1 after extra time, with a golden goal by Jardel.
  • Intercontinental Cup: Boca Juniors
    Boca Juniors

    Club Atl?tico Boca Juniors, known also as Boca Juniors or simply Boca, is a popular Argentina sports clubs, best known for its football team....
     beat Real Madrid
    Real Madrid

    Real Madrid Club de F?tbol is a professional association football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the Football records in Spain in Football in Spain and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Copa del Rey, a record nine UEFA Champions League and two UEFA...
     2-1, winning the cup for the second time.
  • Major League Soccer
    Major League Soccer

    Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league based in the United States, overseen by the United States Soccer Federation. The league is comprised of 15 teams, 14 in the U.S....
     (U.S.): Kansas City Wizards
    Kansas City Wizards

    The Kansas City Wizards are a professional association football club based in Kansas City that participates in Major League Soccer. The Wizards won the MLS Cup in 2000, the Lamar Hunt U.S....
     claim the MLS Cup.


Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation mainly focused on promoting Gaelic games: the traditional Ireland sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders....

  • Camogie
    Camogie

    Camogie is a Modern Celts team sport. Played with a stick and ball, it is the women's variant of hurling, and is organised by the Camogie Association of Ireland....
    • All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Tipperary
      Tipperary GAA

      The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Tipperary GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Tipperary....
    • National Camogie League: Cork
      Cork GAA

      The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Cork....


  • Gaelic football
    Gaelic football

    Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football", "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. It is, together with hurling, one of the two most popular spectator sports in Ireland today....
    • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
      All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

      The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Football Final being played on the third or fourth Sunday in September in Crok...
      : Kerry
      Kerry GAA

      The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry....
       0-17 d. Galway
      Galway GAA

      The Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway....
       1-10
    • National Football League
      National Football League (Ireland)

      The National Football League is a Gaelic football tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association....
      : Derry
      Derry GAA

      The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Derry GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and holds de facto responsibility for the Gaelic games of Gaelic football, hurling, ladies' Gaelic football, camogie, Gaelic handball and rounders in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland....
       1-8 d. Meath
      Meath GAA

      The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Meath GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Meath, as well as for Meath inter-county teams....
       0-9
    • Sligo Senior Football Championship: Bunninadden were crowned County Champions by defeating Coolera/Strandhill
    • Dublin Senior Football Championship: Na Fianna were crowned County Champions by defeating Kilmacud Crokes
  • Ladies' Gaelic football
    Ladies' Gaelic football

    Ladies' Gaelic Football is a team sport for women, very similar to Gaelic football, and coordinated by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. It is the most prominent amateur team sport for women in Ireland....
    • All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Mayo
    • National Football League: Mayo


  • Hurling
    Hurling

    Hurling is an outdoor team sport of ancient Gaelic Culture origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar....
    • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
      All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

      The GAA All-Ireland Hurling Senior Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of hurling played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Hurling Final being played on the first or second Sunday in September in Croke Park, D...
      : Kilkenny
      Kilkenny GAA

      The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny....
       5-15 d. Offaly
      Offaly GAA

      The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Offaly GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Offaly....
       1-14
    • National Hurling League
      National Hurling League

      The National Hurling League is a hurling tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association....
      :


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 9 - Masters Tournament - 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....
  • June 18 - 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....
     - Tiger Woods
    Tiger Woods

    Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
     wins by 15 shots, a record for all majors, with a U.S. Open to-par record score of -12.
  • July 23 - 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....
     - Tiger Woods
    Tiger Woods

    Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
     becomes the fifth golfer in history to achieve the modern "career grand slam," and sets the to-par record for all majors (-19).
  • August 20 - 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 ....
     - Tiger Woods
    Tiger Woods

    Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
     becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan
    Ben Hogan

    William Ben Hogan was an United States professional golfer, and is generally considered one of the greatest golfers in the history of the game....
     in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year. He ties the to-par record for the PGA (-18) with Bob May, and wins in a playoff.
  • 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 - Tiger Woods
    Tiger Woods

    Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
     - $9,188,321
  • PGA Tour Player of the Year
    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....
     - Tiger Woods
    Tiger Woods

    Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
  • PGA Tour Rookie of the Year
    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....
     - Michael Clark II
    Michael Clark II

    Michael Clark II is an United States professional golfer.Clark was born in Kingsport, Tennessee. He attended Georgia Tech and turned professional in 1992....
  • Tiger Woods
    Tiger Woods

    Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
     set or tied a total of 27 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....
     records during the year
  • Senior PGA Tour
    Champions Tour

    The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older....
     money leader - Larry Nelson
    Larry Nelson

    Larry Gene Nelson is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.Larry Nelson was born in Fort Payne, Alabama and grew up in Acworth, Georgia, Georgia , northwest of Atlanta, Georgia....
     - $2,708,005
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"....
     - Mikko Ilonen
    Mikko Ilonen

    Mikko Ilonen is a Finland professional golfer.Ilonen was born in Lahti, Finland. He won the 2000 The Amateur Championship, and turned pro in 2001....
  • U.S. Amateur - Jeff Quinney
    Jeff Quinney

    Jeffrey Michael Quinney is an United States professional golfer.Quinney was born in Eugene, Oregon. He had a successful amateur career, winning the United States Amateur Championship in 2000, and represented the USA in the Walker Cup in 2001....
  • European Amateur
    European Amateur

    The European Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Europe. It was first played in 1986....
     - Carl Pettersson
    Carl Pettersson

    Carl Pettersson is a Sweden professional golfer.Pettersson was born in Gothenburg. His father was a Volvo executive who was transferred internationally, so Carl lived in England from ages ten to fourteen and spent his last two high school years in Greensboro, North Carolina in the United States....
Women's professional
  • Nabisco Championship
    Kraft Nabisco Championship

    The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four Women's major golf championships golf tournaments for women on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 in sports by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983 in sports....
     - Karrie Webb
    Karrie Webb

    Karrie Anne Webb is Australia's most successful female golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S....
  • 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....
     - Juli Inkster
    Juli Inkster

    Juli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour....
  • 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....
     - Karrie Webb
    Karrie Webb

    Karrie Anne Webb is Australia's most successful female golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S....
  • Classique du Maurier - Meg Mallon
    Meg Mallon

    Meg Mallon is an United States professional golfer.Mallon attended Mercy High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan and Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio....
  • 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 - Karrie Webb
    Karrie Webb

    Karrie Anne Webb is Australia's most successful female golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S....
     - $1,876,853
  • The 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 team defeated the 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...
     team 14 ˝ - 11 ˝ to regain the Solheim Cup
    2000 Solheim Cup

    The 6th Solheim Cup Match was held between October 6 and October 8, 2000 at Loch Lomond Golf Club, Luss,Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Team Europe won the trophy for the second time by a score of 14? to 11? points....
    .


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....
     - Brew
    Brew (horse)

    Brew was a small, plain bay Thoroughbred gelding who won the 2000 Melbourne Cup for trainer Mike Moroney and jockey Kerrin McEvoy. Brew carried the lightweight of 49.5 kilos, and defeated the veteran Yippyio and the stablemate Second Coming....
  • 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....
     - Scatter the Gold
  • 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....
     - Sinndar
    Sinndar

    Sinndar, is an Ireland Thoroughbred horse racing owned and bred by Aga Khan IV, and trained by John Oxx. He was sired by Grand Lodge covering Sinntara ....
  • 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....
     - Sinndar
    Sinndar

    Sinndar, is an Ireland Thoroughbred horse racing owned and bred by Aga Khan IV, and trained by John Oxx. He was sired by Grand Lodge covering Sinntara ....


  • 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 - Kings Best
    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....
       - Sinndar
      Sinndar

      Sinndar, is an Ireland Thoroughbred horse racing owned and bred by Aga Khan IV, and trained by John Oxx. He was sired by Grand Lodge covering Sinntara ....
    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....
       - Millenary


  • 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 6 - 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....
       - Fusaichi Pegasus
      Fusaichi Pegasus

      Fusaichi Pegasus was purchased as a yearling for $4 million by Fusao Sekiguchi. His name is a combination of his owner's name, "Fusao," and the Japanese word for one, "ichi," to mean #1 or the best....
    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....
       - Red Bullet
      Red Bullet

      Red Bullet is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the 2000 Preakness Stakes. Bred and raced by automobile parts magnate Frank Stronach, he was sired by Unbridled, the 1990 American Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse and winner of that year's Breeders' Cup Classic....
    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....
       - Commendable
      Commendable

      Commendable is a retired American Thoroughbred Horse racing, best known for his victory in the 2000 Belmont Stakes.Prior to the Belmont Stakes, Commendable had earned $88,470 in seven races and his only win had been back in August of 1999 when he won a Del Mar Racetrack maiden race for two-year-olds....


  • Breeders' Cup
    Breeders' Cup

    The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Graded stakes race thoroughbred horse races operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982....
    :
    1. Breeders' Cup Classic
      Breeders' Cup Classic

      The Breeders' Cup Classic is a graded stakes race Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 year olds and older run at a distance of 1? miles on dirt....
       - Tiznow
      Tiznow

      Tiznow is an United States Thoroughbred racehorse owned by Michael L. Cooper and Cee's Stable....
    2. Breeders' Cup Distaff
      Breeders' Cup Distaff

      The Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for Filly and mares, 3 years old and up. Known as the Breeders' Cup Distaff from its inception in 1984 through 2007, it is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup....
       - Spain
      Spain (horse)

      Spain is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing who retired as the richest mare in North American racing history.Bred and raced by Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud The Thoroughbred Corp., Spain was out of the race-winning mare, Drina....
    3. Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf
      Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf

      The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on sod for Filly and mares, 3 years old and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States as part of the Breeders' Cup....
       - Perfect Sting
    4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile
      Breeders' Cup Juvenile

      The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old Colt and geldings raced on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup....
       - Macho Uno
      Macho Uno

      Macho Uno is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. He was sired by the 1994 American Horse of the Year and National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee, Holy Bull....
    5. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
      Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies

      The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies is a 1 1/16-mile thoroughbred horse race on dirt for two-year-old filly run annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup....
       - Caressing
    6. Breeders' Cup Mile
      Breeders' Cup Mile

      The Breeders' Cup Mile is a 1-mile conditions races Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up, run on a sod course....
       - War Chant
      War Chant

      The war chant is modern take on the traditional 'Chant de Guerre' or a marching or battle song such as the Marseillaise.The All Blacks Rugby team famously perform a war Haka derived from Maori tradition....
    7. Breeders' Cup Sprint
      Breeders' Cup Sprint

      The Breeders' Cup Sprint is an United States Weight for Age Graded stakes race Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds & up. Run on dirt over a distance of 6 Furlongs , the race has been held annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup....
       - Kona Gold
      Kona Gold

      Kona Gold is a champion Thoroughbred racehorse.Kona Gold was foaled March 19, 1994 at Carlos Perez's Twilite Farm outside LaGrange, Kentucky....
    8. Breeders' Cup Turf
      Breeders' Cup Turf

      The Breeders' Cup Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on grass for three-year-olds and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup....
       - Kalanisi
      Kalanisi

      Kalanisi is a Thoroughbred horse racing who won Cartier Racing Award and Eclipse Award honors in 2000.Bred and raced by Aga Khan IV, Kalanisi was out of the mare Kalamba, a daughter of Green Dancer, a Leading sire in France who was a son of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing winner, Nijinsky II....


Handball
Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass and bounce a ball to throw it into the goal of the opposing team. The team with the most goals after two periods of 30 minutes wins....


Men's Competition

  • European Championship
    2000 European Men's Handball Championship

    The 2000 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Croatia from 21?30 January, in the cities of Zagreb and Rijeka. Sweden national handball team won the tournament with Spain national handball team second and Germany national handball team third....
     in Croatia
    Croatia

    Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
  • Gold Medal:
  • Silver Medal:
  • Bronze Medal:


Women's Competition

  • European Championship
    2000 European Women's Handball Championship

    The 2000 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Romania from 8–17 December. It was won by Hungary women's national handball team after beating Ukraine women's national handball team 32–30 after extra time in the final match....
     in Romania
    Romania

    Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
  • Gold Medal:
  • Silver Medal:
  • Bronze Medal:

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....

  • March 18 - John Campbell
    John Campbell (harness racing driver)

    John Campbell Born in [London, Ontario] John is currently 's all time leading catch driver in money won with .Dunc Campbell and his father before him were horsemen....
     became the first driver in 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....
     history to reach $100 million in earnings at one track on at the Meadowlands Racetrack
    Meadowlands Racetrack

    The Meadowlands Racetrack is a horse racing track at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States.The track hosts both thoroughbred racing and harness racing....
    .


  • North America Cup
    North America Cup

    The North America Cup is an annual harness racing event for 3-year-old standardbred pacing horses which is held at Mohawk Raceway in Campbellville, Ontario, Canada....
     - Gallo Blue Chip


  • 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....
       - Powerful Toy
    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....
       - Astreos
    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....
       - Ain't No Stopn Him


  • United States Trotting Triple Crown races
    Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters

    The Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters consists of the following Harness racing:# Hambletonian, held at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey...
    :
    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...
       - Yankee Paco
    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....
       - Goalfish
    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....
       - Credit Winner


  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
    • Pacers: Shakamaker
    • Trotters: Lyell Creek
      Lyell Creek

      Lyell Creek is one of New Zealand's best trotters. Also known as "Creek The Freak", he had 113 starts for 56 wins, 15 seconds and 11 thirds. His fastest mile rate was 1.52.4 and he won $2,256,924 in stake money, which is an Australasian record for a trotter....


Ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...

  • Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL
    National Hockey League

    The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
    's leading scorer during the regular season: Jaromir Jagr
    Jaromir Jagr

    Jarom?r J?gr is a professional ice hockey Winger , who plays for Avangard Omsk in the Kontinental Hockey League. J?gr formerly played in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and most recently the New York Rangers....
    , Pittsburgh Penguins
    Pittsburgh Penguins

    The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....


  • Hart Memorial Trophy
    Hart Memorial Trophy

    The Hart Memorial Trophy, originally known as the Hart Trophy, the "oldest and most prestigious individual award in hockey", is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player in the National Hockey League....
     for the NHL
    National Hockey League

    The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
    's Most Valuable Player:
    • Chris Pronger
      Chris Pronger

      Christopher Robert Pronger is a Canada professional ice hockey defenceman with the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. Pronger was originally selected 2nd overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft and played for them from 1993–95, followed by the St....
      , St. Louis Blues
      St. Louis Blues (hockey)

      The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....


  • Stanley Cup
    Stanley Cup

    The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club championship trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League Season structure of the NHL#Stanley Cup playoffs champion....
    :New Jersey Devils
    New Jersey Devils

    The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
     win 4 games to 2 over the Dallas Stars
    Dallas Stars

    The Dallas Stars are a National Hockey League team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference ....


  • World Hockey Championship
    • Men's champion: Czech Republic
      Czech Republic

      The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
       defeated Slovakia
      Slovakia

      Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
    • Junior Men's champion: Czech Republic
      Czech Republic

      The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
       defeated Russia
      Russia

      Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
    • Women's champion: 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....
       defeated the 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...


Lacrosse
Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport originated by several tribes of Native Americans in the United States. There are four distinct versions of the modern game: men's field lacrosse, women's field lacrosse, men's box lacrosse and intercrosse ....

  • The Toronto Rock
    Toronto Rock

    The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League . They play at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The Rock of the late 1990s / early 2000s has been called a dynasty , having won five NLL championships in seven years....
     defeat the Rochester Knighthawks
    Rochester Knighthawks

    The Rochester Knighthawks are a professional box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. They play in Rochester, New York at the Blue Cross Arena....
     14–13 to win the National Lacrosse League
    National Lacrosse League

    The National Lacrosse League is the league of men's box lacrosse in North America. It currently has 12 teams; 3 in Canada and 9 in the United States....
     championship


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....

  • The third World Radiosport Team Championship
    World Radiosport Team Championship

    The World Radiosport Team Championship is an amateur radio Contesting. WRTC is an invitation-only event in which the world's elite contesters compete against one another using amateur radio stations that are in one geographic area of the world and are equipped with similar Antenna s and operating restrictions....
     held in Ljubljana
    Ljubljana

    Ljubljana is the capital city of Slovenia and its largest town. It is located in the center of the country and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants....
    , Slovenia
    Slovenia

    Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
    . Gold medals won by Jeff Steinman N5TJ and Dan Street K1TO of the 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...
    .
  • Tenth 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....
     World Championships are held in Nanjing
    Nanjing

    is the capital city of China's Jiangsu province of China, and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and Chinese culture. Nanjing served as the capital of China during several historical periods and is listed as one of the Historical capitals of China....
    , China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
    , the first time ever to be hosted at a location outside 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....
    .


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....

  • Six Nations
    2000 Six Nations Championship

    The 2000 Six Nations Championship was the first series of the Six Nations Championship, following the inclusion of Italy national rugby union team into the Five Nations championship....
     – England
    England national rugby union team

    The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France national rugby union team, Ireland national rugby union team, Scotland national rugby union team, Italy national rugby union team, and Wales national rugby union team....
    • The admission of Italy
      Italy national rugby union team

      The Italy national rugby union team represent the nation of Italy in the sport of rugby union. The team are also known as the Azzurri . Italy have been playing international rugby since the late 1920s, and today are considered one of the best rugby nations in Europe and compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England nationa...
      , effective with this year's competition, establishes the current Six Nations
      Six Nations Championship

      The Six Nations Championship , known before 2000 as the Five Nations Championship, is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England national rugby union team, France national rugby union team, Ireland national rugby union team, Italy national rugby union team, Scotland national rugby union team an...
       format.
  • Tri Nations
    2000 Tri Nations Series

    The 2000 Tri Nations Series was contested from July 15 to August 26 between the Australia national rugby union team, All Blacks and South Africa national rugby union team national rugby union teams....
     – Australia
    Australia national rugby union team

    The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the "Wallabies" and competes annually with All Blacks and South Africa national rugby union team in the Tri Nations , in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the Mandela Challenge Plate with...


Skiing
Skiing

Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....

  • Alpine Skiing
    Alpine skiing

    Alpine skiing is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long skis attached to each foot. Alpine skiing takes place at specially developed ski resorts where trees are cut, slopes are manipulated, snow is groomed & avalanches controlled to facilitate the activity....
    • The men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier
      Hermann Maier

      Hermann Maier is an Austrian Alpine skiing.Maier has won four overall Alpine Skiing World Cup titles , two Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics gold medals , three FIS Alpine World Ski Championships titles and 54 races on the Alpine Skiing World Cup circuit....
      , Austria
      Austria

      Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
    • The women's overall season champion: Renate Götschl
      Renate Götschl

      Renate G?tschl is a champion alpine skiing. She is a two-time individual List of Alpine Skiing World Champions in the alpine skiing combined and downhill , and has won a total of 9 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships medals....
      , Austria
      Austria

      Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....


Snooker
Snooker

Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered snooker table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions....

  • World Snooker Championship
    World Snooker Championship

    The World Snooker Championship, held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of snooker's annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and Snooker world rankings....
    : Mark Williams beats Matthew Stevens
    Matthew Stevens

    Matthew Stevens is a Welsh people professional snooker player. Turning professional in 1994, Stevens reached number six in the Snooker world rankings 2000/2001 and spent the next seven seasons in the top 8, peaking at #4 for Snooker world rankings 2005/2006....
     18-16
  • World rankings
    Snooker world rankings

    The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments....
    : Mark Williams becomes world number one
    Snooker world number ones

    Below is a List of snooker players who have number 1 in the world rankings.Since the snooker world rankings began in 1976 only seven players have held the number one position - Ray Reardon, Cliff Thorburn, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins , Mark J....
     for 2000/01


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....


International tournaments

  • Fifth World Short Course Championships
    2000 FINA Short Course World Championships

    The pre-olympic 5th FINA Short Course World Championships were held in Athens, Greece from March 16 till March 19, 2000, just only eleven months after the 1999 FINA Short Course World Championships....
    , held in Athens, Greece (March 16 – March 19)
    • United States wins the most medals (25), and the most gold medals (9)

  • 25th European LC Championships
    European LC Championships 2000

    The European LC Championships 2000 were held in Helsinki, Finland from Monday July 3 to Sunday July 9, in the 50 m pool at the M?kel?nrinne Swimming Center....
    , held in Helsinki, Finland (July 3 – August 9)
    • Romania wins the most medals (14), Sweden and Russia the most gold medals (6)

  • XXVII Olympic Games
    Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

    At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested....
    , held in Sydney, Australia (September 16 – September 23)

  • Fourth European SC Championships
    European SC Championships 2000

    The fourth edition of the European Short Course Championships was held in Luis Puig Palace in Valencia, Spain, from December 14 to December 17, 2000, just a couple of months after the Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics....
    , held in Valencia, Spain (December 14 – December 17)
    • Great Britain wins the most medals (19), Sweden the most gold medals (10)


Records

  • January 18 — Australia's Susie O'Neill breaks her own world record in the 200 m butterfly (short course) once again, this time at a meet in Sydney, Australia, clocking 2:04.16.


  • February 12 – In Paris, France, US-swimmer Jenny Thompson
    Jenny Thompson

    Dr. Jennifer Beth Thompson is a former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympic Games in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals, while representing the United States of America in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics....
     betters her own world record in the women's 100 m butterfly (short course), from 56:90 to     56:80.


  • March 18 – Jenny Thompson once again betters her own world record in the women's 100 m butterfly (short course), this time in Athens, Greece, from 56:80 to 56:56.


  • March 23 — Anthony Ervin
    Anthony Ervin

    Anthony Lee Ervin . In 2000, he became the first swimmer of African American descent to make the US Olympic team. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he participated as an United States swimmer who won the gold medal in the Men?s 50m Freestyle swimming, finishing with the same winning time as Gary Hall Jr....
     breaks the world record in the men's 50 m freestyle (short course) at a swimming meet in Minneapolis, clocking     21.21.


  • June 16 — At the Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
    n National Swimming Championships in Moscow
    Moscow

    Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
    , Alexander Popov betters the ten year old world record (21.81) in the 50m freestyle (long course), swam by USA's Tom Jager
    Tom Jager

    Thomas Michael Jager is a former Freestyle swimming swimmer from Collinsville, Illinois, who earned four medals, including two golds, in three Summer Olympics....
     in 1990:     21.64.


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....
       – Andre Agassi
      Andre Agassi

      Andre Kirk Agassi is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional Armenian American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Tennis at the Summer Olympics gold medal in singles....
    2. French Open – Gustavo Kuerten
      Gustavo Kuerten

      Gustavo Kuerten is a retired former List of ATP number 1 ranked players tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000....
    3. Wimbledon championships – Pete Sampras
      Pete Sampras

      Petros "Pete" Sampras is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players tennis player from the United States of America. During his 15-year career, he won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles , and had a 203?38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances....
    4. US Open – Marat Safin
      Marat Safin

      Marat Mikhailovich Safin is a Russian former List of ATP number 1 ranked players tennis player. He is the older brother of Women's Tennis Association player Dinara Safina....


  • 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....
       – Lindsay Davenport
      Lindsay Davenport

      Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic Games gold medal in singles....
    2. French Open – Mary Pierce
      Mary Pierce

      Mary Pierce is a tennis professional playing on the WTA Tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics....
    3. Wimbledon championships – Venus Williams
      Venus Williams

      Venus Ebony Starr Williams is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players American tennis player who, as of February 23, 2009, is ranked World No....
    4. US Open – Venus Williams
      Venus Williams

      Venus Ebony Starr Williams is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players American tennis player who, as of February 23, 2009, is ranked World No....


  • 2000 Summer Olympics
    Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

    The tennis competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia consisted of singles and doubles events for both men and women....
    • Men's Singles Competition
      1. Gold – Yevgeny Kafelnikov
        Yevgeny Kafelnikov

        Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a retired and former List of ATP number 1 ranked players tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles , four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games....
      2. Silver – Tommy Haas
        Tommy Haas

        Tommy Haas is a German professional tennis player who plays right-handed with a single-handed backhand. He reached a career-high ranking of world number 2 in May 2002....
      3. Bronze – Arnaud di Pasquale
        Arnaud di Pasquale

        Arnaud di Pasquale is a former professional male tennis player from France. He is best remembered for his bronze medal at the Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event....
    • Women's Singles Competition
      1. Gold – Venus Williams
        Venus Williams

        Venus Ebony Starr Williams is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players American tennis player who, as of February 23, 2009, is ranked World No....
      2. Silver – Elena Dementieva
        Elena Dementieva

        Elena Dementieva ; is a professional tennis player from Russia who has won two Olympic Games medals in singles, including the gold medal at the Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics....
      3. Bronze – Monica Seles
        Monica Seles

        Monica Seles is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Hungarians in Vojvodina parents but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994....
    • Men's Doubles Competition
      1. Gold – Sébastien Lareau
        Sébastien Lareau

        S?bastien Lareau is a former touring professional tennis player....
         & Daniel Nestor
        Daniel Nestor

        Daniel Mark Nestor is a Canadians of Serbian ancestry tennis player from the Toronto, Ontario area. In his career, he won 55 men's doubles titles, including one gold medal in 2000 Summer Olympics, the Tennis Masters Cup, and four Grand Slam men's doubles titles....
      2. Silver – Todd Woodbridge
        Todd Woodbridge

        Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former professional tennis player. He turned professional in 1988....
         & Mark Woodforde
        Mark Woodforde

        Mark Woodforde is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. He is most famously remembered as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....
      3. Bronze – Ŕlex Corretja
        Ŕlex Corretja

        ?lex Corretja Verdegay is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he finished runner-up twice at the French Open . He won the Tennis Masters Cup in 1998 and reached his career-high singles ranking of World No....
         & Albert Costa
        Albert Costa

        Albert Costa Casals is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 2002....
    • Women's Doubles Competition
      1. Gold – Venus Williams
        Venus Williams

        Venus Ebony Starr Williams is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players American tennis player who, as of February 23, 2009, is ranked World No....
         & Serena Williams
        Serena Williams

        Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player who, as of February 2, 2009, is ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association, having now held that ranking on four different occasions....
      2. Silver – Kristie Boogert
        Kristie Boogert

        Kristie Boogert was a professional List of female tennis players from the Netherlands. On 5 February 1996 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 29....
         & Miriam Oremans
        Miriam Oremans

        Miriam Oremans is a former professional List of female tennis players from the Netherlands. On 26 July 1993 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 25....
      3. Bronze – Els Callens
        Els Callens

        Els Callens was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. She became a pro in January 1990.Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Dominique Van Roost-Monami....
         & Dominique Van Roost


  • 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....
    • Spain
      Spain

      Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
       wins 3-1 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


  • Elena Dementieva
    Elena Dementieva

    Elena Dementieva ; is a professional tennis player from Russia who has won two Olympic Games medals in singles, including the gold medal at the Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics....
     enters the WTA top 20, named WTA Tour Most Improved Player


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....

  • Men's World League
    FIVB World League 2000

    The Volleyball World League was the eleventh edition of the annual volleyball, played by twelve countries from May 26 to July 16, 2000. The final round was staged in Rotterdam, Netherlands....
     – Final Round in Rotterdam, Netherlands
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:
  • Women's World Grand Prix – Final Round in Manila, Philippines
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:

  • Olympic Qualifier
    Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

    At the 2000 Summer Olympics, four volleyball events were contested.Medal TableMedals Summary...
    • Men's Tournaments
      2000 Men's Volleyball Olympic Qualifier

      The 2000 FIVB Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournaments consisted out of three tournaments, all played in July, 2000 to determine the last three competing teams for the Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....
      • Matosinhos
        Matosinhos

        Matosinhos is a Portugal city and municipality. It is bordered to the south by the city of Porto and lies within the Greater Porto subregion. The city proper has a population of 45,703....
        , Portugal
        Portugal

        Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
        :
      • Piraeus, Greece:
      • Castelnau-le-Lez
        Castelnau-le-Lez

        Castelnau-le-Lez is a Communes of France in the H?rault Departments of France in southern France....
        , 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....
        :
    • Women's Tournament
      2000 Women's Volleyball Olympic Qualifier

      The 2000 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament was played by eight countries to determine the last four competing teams for the Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....
       in Tokyo, Japan

  • 2000 Summer Olympics
    Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

    At the 2000 Summer Olympics, four volleyball events were contested.Medal TableMedals Summary...
     in Sydney, Australia
    • Men's Team Competition
      Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's volleyball

      The Volleyball at the Summer Olympics was the tenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee....
      • Gold Medal —
      • Silver Medal —
      • Bronze Medal —
    • Women's Team Competition
      Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's volleyball

      The Volleyball at the Summer Olympics was the tenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee....
      • Gold Medal —
      • Silver Medal —
      • Bronze Medal —

  • Men's America's Cup
    2000 Volleyball America's Cup

    The America Cup of Volleyball was the third edition of the annual volleyball, played by six countries from North-, Central- and South America. The tournament was held from August 11 to August 20, 2000 in S?o Bernardo, Brazil....
     in Săo Bernardo
    Săo Bernardo

    S?o Bernardo Is a professional Team handball team based in S?o Bernardo, Portugal, Aveiro, Portugal. It plays in Liga Portuguesa de Andebol....
    , 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....
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:


Water polo
Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. It is the oldest continuous Olympic team sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper with a maximum of six substitutes....


Men's Competition

  • Olympic Qualifying Tournament
    2000 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

    The Water polo at the Summer Olympics was a tournament to decide the remaining five competing teams at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....
     in Hanover, Germany

  • Olympic Games
    Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

    The water polo competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw Hungary?s return to the gold medal platform and the introduction of the women?s tournament....
     in Sydney, Australia
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:

Women's Competition

  • Olympic Qualifying Tournament
    2000 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

    The Water polo at the Summer Olympics was the first ever tournament of its kind, to decide the remaining three competing teams at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where women's water polo made its Olympic debut....
     in Palermo, Italy

  • Olympic Games
    Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

    The water polo competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw Hungary?s return to the gold medal platform and the introduction of the women?s tournament....
     in Sydney, Australia
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:

  • Holiday Cup in Los Alamitos, United States
    Los Alamitos, California

    Los Alamitos is a small city in Orange County, California, California, United States. The city was incorporated in March 1960. The population was 11,536 at the 2000 census....
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:


Yacht racing
Yacht racing

Yacht racing is the sport of competitive yachting. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing. Much racing is done around buoys or similar marks in protected waters, while some longer offshore races cross open water....

  • New Zealand retains the America's Cup
    America's Cup

    The America?s Cup is the most prestigious regatta and match race in the sport of sailing, and the oldest active trophy in international sport, predating the Summer Olympics by 45 years....
     as Team New Zealand
    Team New Zealand

    Yachting Team New Zealand is an America's Cup sailing team which is based in Auckland and represents New Zealand. The team officially represents the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, and they have become a household name in their home country following their consecutive wins in the America's Cup in 1995 and 2000....
     defeats Italian challenger, Luna Rossa
    Luna Rossa Challenge

    Luna Rossa Challenge is an Italian sailboat racing syndicate, created to compete for the America's Cup in 2000.Sponsored by Prada, and beginning from 2005 also by Telecom Italia....
    , 5 races to 0


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

  • 2000 Summer Olympics
    2000 Summer Olympics

    The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 13 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
     held in Sydney
    Sydney

    Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
    , 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....
    • 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 the most medals (97), and the most gold medals (40).


  • Winter Goodwill Games
    Goodwill Games

    The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s....
     held in Lake Placid, New York
    Lake Placid, New York

    Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....
    , 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...


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....
    : Tiger Woods
    Tiger Woods

    Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
    , 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....
     golfer
  • 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....
    : Marion Jones
    Marion Jones

    Marion Lois Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson , is an United States former world champion Athletics . She won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia but has since agreed to forfeit all medals and prizes dating back to September 2000 after admitting that she took performance-enhancing drugs....
    , Track and Field
  • ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Tiger Woods, PGA Tour golfer
Note: The Wide World award discontiuned in 2001

Deaths

  • Abercrombie — harness racing horse
    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....
  • January 4 — Tom Fears
    Tom Fears

    Thomas Jesse Fears was a Mexican-American football wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams in the National Football League, playing nine seasons from 1948 to 1956....
    , American football player
  • January 26 — Don Budge
    Don Budge

    John Donald Budge was an United States tennis champion who was a World number one male tennis player rankings player for five years, first as an amateur and then as a professional....
    , tennis player
  • January 27 — Lucas Sebastiăo da Fonseca
    Matateu

    Sebasti?o Lucas da Fonseca , known as Matateu was the first great Mozambican-born Portuguese footballer, before the arrival of Eus?bio da Silva Ferreira....
     (72), Mozambican-born Portuguese football player (b. 1927)
  • February 9 — Beau Jack
    Beau Jack

    Sidney Walker, better known as Beau Jack, , was an United States lightweight boxing, he was a world champion twice. One of the most popular fighters during the World War II, he headlined at Madison Square Garden on 21 occasions, a record that still stands....
    , boxer
  • February 9 — Lenore Kight
    Lenore Kight

    Lenore M. Kight was an United States swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics.In the 1932 Olympics she won a silver medal in the 400 m freestyle event....
     (88), American swimmer (b. 1911)
  • February 12 — Tom Landry
    Tom Landry

    Thomas Wade Landry was an American football player and coach. He is legendary for his successes as the coach of the Dallas Cowboys. He is ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative coaches in NFL history....
    , American football coach
  • February 16 — Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.
    Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.

    Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. was a former Champ Car team owner and driver who died in a 2000 plane crash. He was the son of former 14-time Indianapolis 500 competitor Tony Bettenhausen and the brother of 21-time Indy racer Gary Bettenhausen....
     (48), CART racing team owner
  • February 16 — Karsten Solheim
    Karsten Solheim

    Karsten Solheim was a Norway-born United States golf club designer and businessman who founded Karsten Manufacturing, a leading golf club maker better known by its brand name of Ping , and the Solheim Cup, the premier international team competition in women's golf....
     (88), founder of PING
    Ping (golf)

    PING is a brand of high-quality golf equipment, as well as one of the few remaining American manufacturers of golf clubs, based in Phoenix, Arizona, founded by Karsten Solheim, who was an engineer at the General Electric company....
     golf company
    Golf club (equipment)

    Golf clubs are used in the sport of golf to hit a golf ball. Each club is composed of a shaft with a lance and a clubhead. woods are used for long-distance fairway shots; iron , the most versatile class used for a variety of shots, and putter , used mainly on the green to roll the ball into the cup....
     and the Solheim Cup
    Solheim Cup

    The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named for the Norway-United States Golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force behind its creation....
  • February 23 — Stanley Matthews
    Stanley Matthews

    Sir Stanley Matthews, Order of the British Empire was an English Football player. Often regarded as one of the greats of the Football in England, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as the first European Footballer of the Year and the first Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year....
    , English football (soccer) player
  • April 7 — Masayuki Minami
    Masayuki Minami

    was a Japanese volleyball player born in in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan. He was a member of the Japan men's national volleyball team in the 1960s and early 1970s. He won a total number of three Olympic medals during his career....
     (58), Japanese volleyball player (b. 1941)
  • April 14 — Wilf Mannion
    Wilf Mannion

    Wilfred James Mannion was an English professional football player. Capped 26 times by England national football team, he is regarded as one of Middlesbrough F.C.'s greatest ever players, and along with George Hardwick, he is commemorated by a statue outside the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough....
     (81), English football (soccer) player (b. 1918)
  • May 12 — Adam Petty
    Adam Petty

    Adam Kyler Petty was an auto racing car driver. He was the first fourth-generation driver in NASCAR history....
     (19), race car driver, grandson of Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  • May 27 — Maurice Richard
    Maurice Richard

    Joseph Henri Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, National Order of Quebec was a professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1942?43 NHL season to 1959?60 NHL season....
    , ice hockey player
  • June 26 — Lucien Laurin
    Lucien Laurin

    Lucien Laurin was a French-Canadian jockey and Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.Laurin's career in thoroughbred horse racing began in 1929 as a jockey at Blue Bonnets Raceway in Montreal, Quebec....
    , Secretariat's Hall of Fame trainer
  • July 6 — Fred Lane, American football player
  • July 24 — Peter Dubovský
    Peter Dubovský

    Peter Dubovsk? was a soccer striker from Slovakia.He debuted for the Czechoslovakia national football team in 1991, at the age of 19. He scored 6 goals in 14 matches before Czechoslovakia was dissolved, and representing the new Slovakia national football team he became their record scorer with 12 goals in 33 caps ....
     (28), Slovak football (soccer) player (b. 1972)
  • September 17 — Nicole Reinhart
    Nicole Reinhart

    Nicole Louise Reinhart was an United States of America professional track cycling and road bicycle racing who twice won gold medals in cycling at the Pan American Games....
     (24), American cyclist
  • October 5 — Catalin Hâldan (24), Romanian football player (b. 1976)
  • October 11 — Matija Ljubek
    Matija Ljubek

    Matija Ljubek was a successful canoer from Beli?ce, Croatia who later became a sports official for Croatia.Born in Beli?ce, Osijek-Baranja County, Ljubek competed in four Summer Olympics where he won four medals....
     (46), Croatian canoer (b. 1953)
  • October 17 — Harry Cooper
    Harry Cooper (golfer)

    Harry E. Cooper was a prominent PGA Tour golfer of the 1920s and 1930s.Cooper was born in the town of Leatherhead, England. His father was a professional golfer who had served as an apprentice to Old Tom Morris at St....
    , 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....
     golfer
  • November 2 — Simeon Simeonov
    Simeon Simeonov

    Simeon Ivanov Simeonov is a former Bulgarian football player in goalkeeper role.He played mostly for PFC Slavia Sofia, and for Bulgaria national football team he participated at three editions of FIFA World Cup in 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1970 FIFA World Cup and 1974 FIFA World Cup....
     (54), Bulgarian football (soccer) goalkeeper (b. 1946)