1983 IN SPORTS

==Artistic Gymnastics==

★ World Artistic Gymnastics Championships:

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★ Men's all-around champion: Dmitry Bilozerchev, USSR

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★ Women's all-around champion: Natalia Yurchenko, USSR

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★ Men's team competition champion: China

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★ Women's team competition champion: USSR
==Athletics

Contents

Year Rankings

Awards

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

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Track

★ February 27 — In East Rutherford, New Jersey, Ireland's Eamonn Coghlan set a new World Indoor Record for the mile, clocking 3:49.78.

★ First IAAF World Championships held in Helsinki
===Marathon

International Races

★ April 9 — Rotterdam Marathon, Netherlands

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★ Men's Winner: Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:08:37

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★ Women's Winner: Rosa Mota (POR) 2:32:27

★ April 17 — London Marathon, United Kingdom

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★ Men's Winner: Mike Gratton (GBR) 2:09:43

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★ Women's Winner: Grete Waitz (NOR) 2:25:29

★ April 18 — Boston Marathon, United States

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★ Men's Winner: Greg Meyer (USA) 2:09:01

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★ Women's Winner: Joan Samuelson (USA) 2:22:43

★ May 7 — Amsterdam Marathon, Netherlands

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★ Men's Winner: Cor Vriend (NED) 2:13:41

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★ Women's Winner: Antonia Ladanyi (HUN) 2:43:47

★ August 7 — IAAF World Championships Marathon, Helsinki, Finland

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★ Women's Winner: Grete Waitz (NOR) 2:28:09

★ August 14 — IAAF World Championships Marathon, Helsinki, Finland

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★ Men's Winner: Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:10:03

★ August 28 — Pan American Games Marathon, Caracas, Venezuela

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★ Men's Winner: Jorge González (PUR) 2:12:43

★ September 10 — Enschede Marathon, Netherlands

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★ Men's Winner: Kevin Forster (GBR) 2:14:19

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★ Women's Winner: Priscilla Welch (GBR) 2:36:32

★ September 16 — Mediterranean Games Marathon, Casablanca, Morocco

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★ Men's Winner: Mehmet Terzi (TUR) 2:22:33

★ October 23 — New York City Marathon, United States

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★ Men's Winner: Rod Dixon (NZL) 2:08:59

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★ Women's Winner: Grete Waitz (NOR) 2:27:00

★ December 4 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan

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★ Men's Winner: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 2:08:52

★ December 11 — Honolulu Marathon, Hawai (USA)

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★ Men's Winner: Kevin Ryan (NZL) 2:20:19

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★ Women's Winner: Annick Loir (FRA) 2:41:25

Year Rankings

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME	MARATHON	DATE
1.	Robert de Castella	Australia	'2:08:37'	Rotterdam	April 9
2.	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	'2:08:38'	Tokyo	February 13
3.	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	'2:08:39'	Rotterdam	April 9
4.	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	'2:08:52'	Fukuoka	December 4
5.	Takeshi So	Japan	'2:08:55'	Tokyo	February 13
–	Juma Ikangaa	Tanzania	'2:08:55'	Fukuoka	December 4
7.	Rod Dixon	New Zealand	'2:08:59'	New York	October 23
8.	Greg Meyer	United States	'2:09:01'	Boston	April 18
9.	Geoffrey Smith	England	'2:09:08'	New York	October 23
10.	Shigeru So	Japan	'2:09:11'	Fukuoka	December 4

==Auto Racing==

★ Stock car racing:

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★ NASCAR Championship - Bobby Allison

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★ Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500

★ CART Racing - Al Unser won the season championship

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★ Indianapolis 500 - Tom Sneva

★ Formula One Championship - Nelson Piquet of Brazil

★ 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Vern Schuppan / Al Holbert / Hurley Haywood won, driving a Porsche 956

★ Rally racing - Hannu Mikkola in an Audi won the World Rally Championship

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★ the team of Walter Röhrl /Christian Geistdorfer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia 037

★ Drag racing - Gary Beck won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.

★ Touring car racing:

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★ Peter Brock and Larry Perkins successfully defended their Bathurst 1000 title in Australia; they and co-driver John Harvey won the race in a Holden Commodore. It was Brock's 7th and Perkins' 2nd Bathurst win.
==Baseball==

★ January 12 - Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal are elected to the Hall of Fame. Robinson, winner of 16 straight Gold Glove Awards and hero of the 1970 World Series, becomes the 14th player elected in his first year of eligibility. Marichal, the winningest Latin American pitcher in major league history, won 20 or more games six times and had an ERA of 2.50 or less six times.

★ World Series: - Baltimore Orioles win their most recent World Series 4 games to 1 over the Philadelphia Phillies
==Basketball==

★ NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:

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★ North Carolina State wins 54-52 over Houston

★ NBA Finals|NBA Finals:

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★ Philadelphia 76ers won 4 games to 0 over the Los Angeles Lakers

★ National Basketball League (Australia) Finals:

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★ Canberra Cannons defeated the West Adelaide Bearcats 75-73 in the final.
==Boxing==

★ May 20 - For the first time ever, two world Heavyweight champions defend their titles the same night, at the same place: Larry Holmes retains the WBC title defeating future two time world champion Tim Witherspoon, and Michael Dokes retains his WBA title with a 15 round draw (tie) against former world champion Mike Weaver.

★ June 16 - Roberto Duran wins his third world title, knocking out WBA world Jr. Middleweight champion Davey Moore in eight rounds.

★ November 10 - Marvin Hagler retains his unified world Middleweight title with a 15 round unanimous decision over Roberto Duran. It was 1983's most anticipated bout.
==Cricket==

★ Cricket World Cup - India beat West Indies by 43 runs.

★ Asian Cricket Council formed.
==Cycling==

★ Giro d'Italia won by Giuseppe Saronni of Italy

★ Tour de France - Laurent Fignon of France

★ World Cycling Championship: Greg Lemond of the United States
==Dogsled racing==

★ Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:

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★ Rick Mackey won with lead dogs: ''Preacher'' & ''Jody''
==Field Hockey==

★ Men's European Nations Cup in Amstelveen, The Netherlands

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★ Gold Medal: The Netherlands

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★ Silver Medal: Soviet Union

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★ Bronze Medal: West Germany

★ Men's Champions Trophy in Karachi, Pakistan

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★ Gold Medal: Australia

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★ Silver Medal: Pakistan

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★ Bronze Medal: West Germany

★ Pan American Games (Men's Competition) in Caracas, Venezuela

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★ Gold Medal: Canada

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★ Silver Medal: Argentina

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★ Bronze Medal: Chile

★ Women's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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★ Gold Medal: Ireland

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★ Silver Medal: Spain

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★ Bronze Medal: Malaysia

★ Women's World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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★ Gold Medal: The Netherlands

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★ Silver Medal: Canada

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★ Bronze Medal: Australia

★ March 12 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England. England beat West Germany 3-2.
==Figure skating==

★ World Figure Skating Championships:

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★ Men's champion: Scott Hamilton, United States

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★ Ladies' champion: Rosalynn Sumners, United States

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★ Pair skating champions: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev, Soviet Union

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★ Ice dancing champions: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean, Great Britain
==Football (American)==

★ Super Bowl XVII: The Washington Redskins win their first Super Bowl title, and first NFL title since 1942, 27-17 over the Miami Dolphins.

★ The Miami Hurricanes win their first national championship over the Nebraska Cornhuskers 31-30 in the Orange Bowl.

★ January 3 - Tony Dorsett sets NFL record for longest run from scrimmage by rushing for 99 yard touchdown.
==Football (Australian rules football)==

★ Victorian Football League

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★ Hawthorn wins the 87th VFL Premiership (Hawthorn 20.20 (140) d Essendon 8.9 (57))

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★ Brownlow Medal awarded to Ross Glendinning (North Melbourne)
==Football (Canadian)==

★ Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts won 18-17 over the B.C. Lions

★ Vanier Cup: Calgary Dinos won 31-21 over the Queen's Golden Gaels
==Football (Soccer)==
::''For an extensive coverage see 1983 in football (soccer)''

★ World Club Championship: Grêmio FBPA (Brazil) 2-1 Hamburger SV (Germany) Grêmio FBPA World Champion

★ UEFA Champions League: Hamburg 1-0 Juventus

★ Copa Libertadores de América: Two legs; 1st leg Peñarol 1-1 Grêmio FBPA; 2nd leg Grêmio 2-1 Peñarol; Grêmio won 3-2 on aggregate

★ UEFA Cup: Two legs; 1st leg Anderlecht 1-0 Benfica; 2nd leg Benfica 1-1 Anderlecht; Anderlecht won 2-1 on aggregate

★ Cup Winners' Cup: Aberdeen 2-1 Real Madrid (AET)

★ Super Cup: Two legs; 1st leg Hamburg 0-0 Aberdeen; 2nd leg Aberdeen 2-0 Hamburg; Aberdeen won 2-0 on aggregate

★ England - FA Cup: Manchester United won 2 - 2 (aet); 4 - 0 (replay) over Brighton & Hove Albion

★ FIFA decided to give to Mexico the right to host the Football World Cup 1986 after Colombia announced the reject to celebrate the event.
==Gaelic Athletic Association==

★ 'Camogie'

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★ All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork

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★ National Camogie League: Dublin

★ 'Gaelic football'

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★ All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Dublin 1-10 d. Galway 1-8

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★ National Football League: Down 1-8 d. Armagh 0-8

★ 'Ladies' Gaelic football'

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★ All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry

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★ National Football League: Kerry

★ 'Hurling'

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★ All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Kilkenny 3-18 d. Cork 1-13

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★ National Hurling League:
==Golf==
Men's Golf

★ Major championship results:

★ #April - The Masters - Seve Ballesteros

★ #June - US Open - Larry Nelson

★ #July - British Open - Tom Watson

★ #August - PGA Championship - Hal Sutton

★ PGA Tour leading money winner for the year: Hal Sutton - $426,668

★ Champions Tour leading money winner: Don January - $237,571

★ Ryder Cup: United States won 14 1/2 - 13 1/2 over Europe in world team golf.
Women's Golf

★ US Women's Open - Jan Stephenson

★ LPGA Championship - Patty Sheehan

★ JoAnne Carner:leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $291,404.
==Thoroughbred Horse Racing==

★ February 8 - the great Shergar was kidnapped from Ballymany Stud, near the Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland. No trace of the horse has ever been found.

★ Australia - Melbourne Cup - Kiwi

★ Canada - Queen's Plate - Bompago

★ France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - All Along

★ Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Shareef Dancer

★ English Triple Crown Races:

★ #Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Lomond

★ #Epsom Derby - Teenoso

★ #St. Leger Stakes - Sun Princess

★ United States Triple Crown Races:

★ Sunny's Halo becomes on the second Canadian bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby.

★ #Kentucky Derby - Sunny's Halo

★ #Preakness Stakes - Deputed Testamony

★ #Belmont Stakes - Caveat
==Harness Racing==

★ Ralph Hanover wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:

★ #Cane Pace - Ralph Hanover

★ #Little Brown Jug - Ralph Hanover

★ #Messenger Stakes - Ralph Hanover

★ United States Trotting Triple Crown races:

★ #Hambletonian - Duenna

★ #Yonkers Trot - Joie De Vie

★ #Kentucky Futurity - Power Seat

★ Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:

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★ Pacers: Gammalite

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★ Trotters: Scotch Notch
==Ice Hockey==

★ Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers

★ Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers

★ Stanley Cup: New York Islanders win 4-0 over the Edmonton Oilers

★ World Hockey Championship:

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★ Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia

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★ Junior Men's champion: USSR defeated Czechoslovakia
==Radiosport==

★ First European High Speed Telegraphy Championships held in Moscow, Russia.
==Skiing==

★ Alpine Skiing

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★ The men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, USA

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★ The women's overall season champion: Tamara McKinney, USA
==Snooker==

★ World Snooker Championship: Steve Davis beats Cliff Thorburn 18-6

★ World rankings: Steve Davis becomes world number one for 1983/84
==Tennis==

★ Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

★ #Australian Open - Mats Wilander

★ #French Open - Yannick Noah

★ #Wimbledon championships - John McEnroe

★ #US Open - Jimmy Connors

★ Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

★ #Australian Open - Martina Navratilova

★ #French Open - Chris Evert

★ #Wimbledon championships - Martina Navratilova

★ #US Open - Martina Navratilova

★ Davis Cup: Australia won 3-2 over Sweden in world tennis.
==Yacht racing==

★ ''Australia II'', of the Royal Perth Yacht Club, wins the America's Cup over ''Liberty'', from the New York Yacht Club, 4 races to 3; the victory breaks a 132-year winning streak by the NYYC through 25 Cup challenges, the longest-running unbeaten streak in all of sports
==General sporting events==

★ Ninth Pan American Games held in Caracas, Colombia

★ Ninth Mediterranean Games held in Casablanca, Morocco

★ Twelfth Summer Universiade held in Edmonton, Canada

★ Eleventh Winter Universiade held in Sofia, Bulgaria

★ January 18 - The International Olympic Committee restores the medals to the family of Jim Thorpe

★ Association of Christian College Athletics formed

★ 61 year old potato farmer Cliff Young wins Sydney-Melbourne Marathon

Awards

★ Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Carl Lewis, Track and field

★ Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Martina Navratilova, Tennis

Births

January

★ January 7 — Marc Burns, Trinidad and Tobago athlete

★ January 7 — Natalie Gulbis, American golfer

★ January 13 — Marsha Marescia, South African field hockey player

★ January 13 — Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player

★ January 16 — Marta Marrero, Spanish tennis player

★ January 17 — Johannes Herber, German basketball player

★ January 20 — Jayme Cramer, American backstroke and butterfly swimmer

★ January 21 — Francesca Segat, Italian butterfly swimmer

★ January 25 — Brian Mayanja, Ugandan boxer

February

★ February 1 — Alessandro Calvi, Italian swimmer

★ February 2 — Bridget McKeever, Irish field hockey player

★ February 5 — Adi Bichman, Israeli freestyle and medley swimmer

★ February 9 — Keith Beavers, Canadian backstroke and medley swimmer

★ February 11 — Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch football (soccer) player

★ February 12 — Vikki Bunce, Scottish field hockey forward

★ February 13 — Santi Freixa, Spanish field hockey striker

★ February 13 — Bradley Shaw, New Zealand field hockey player

★ February 18 — Roberta Vinci, Italian tennis player

★ February 19 — Detelin Dalakliev, Bulgarian boxer

★ February 20 — Kayla Bashore, American field hockey defender

★ February 23 — Mirco Bergamasco, Italian rugby player

★ February 23 — Mido, Egyptian football (soccer) player

★ February 26 — Floris Evers, Dutch field hockey player

★ February 27 — Duje Draganja, Croatian swimmer

March

★ March 4 — Olaf Wildeboer, Dutch-Spanish freestyle swimmer

★ March 10 — Elena Bovina, Russian tennis player

★ March 13 — Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer

★ March 14 — Bakhtiyar Artayev, Kazakh boxer

★ March 15 — Carlos José Tamara, Colombian boxer

April

★ April 12 — Jelena Dokic, Serbian tennis player

★ April 13 — Schalk Burger, South African rugby player

★ April 15 — Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian NHL player

★ April 17 — Miguel Cabrera, Major League Baseball player

★ April 22 — Igor Čerenšek, Croatian freestyle swimmer

★ April 23 — Daniela Hantuchova, Slovak tennis player

May

★ May 5 — Matt Naylor, Australian field hockey player

★ May 5 — Giacomo Vassanelli, Italian swimmer

★ May 6 — Connor Grimes, Canadian field hockey player

★ May 7 — Marco Galiazzo, Italian archer

★ May 9 — Yoshihiro Okumura, Japanese swimmer

★ May 11 — Francisco Bojado, Mexican boxer

★ May 13 — Kelly Doton, American field hockey forward

★ May 17 — Nicky Hofs, Dutch football player

★ May 17 — Danko Lazović, Serbian football player

★ May 21 — Diego Camacho, Bolivian tennis player

★ May 24 — Thomas Felten, Dutch swimmer

★ May 27 — Bobby Convey, American soccer player

June

★ June 6 — Joe Rokocoko, New Zealand rugby player

★ June 8 — Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player

★ June 12 — Bryan Habana, South African rugby player

★ June 12 — Christine Sinclair, Canadian soccer player

★ June 13 — Gerson Magraõ, Brazilian football player

★ June 25 — Todd Cooper, English swimmer

July

★ July 5 — Jie Zheng, Chinese tennis player

★ July 6 — Thijs van Valkengoed, Dutch breaststroke swimmer

★ July 14 — Igor Andreev, Russian tennis player

★ July 14 — Joeri van Dijk, Dutch sailor

★ July 17 — James Pereira, Brazilian boxer

★ July 20 — Ignisious Gaisah, Ghanaian athlete

★ July 22 — Juliana Felisberta, Brazilian beach volleyball player

★ July 23 — Aaron Peirsol, American swimmer

★ July 26 — Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player

★ July 26 — Jessika Dubuc, Canadian synchronized swimmer

August

★ August 5 — Annika Mehlhorn, German butterfly and medley swimmer

★ August 6 — Robin van Persie, Dutch football (soccer) player

★ August 7 — Leandro Guilheiro, Brazilian judoka

★ August 11 — Ren Hui, Chinese speed skater

★ August 12 — Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Dutch football (soccer) player

★ August 13 — Loris Facci, Italian breaststroke swimmer

★ August 14 — Elena Baltacha, Scottish tennis player

★ August 18 — Georgina Bardach, Argentine swimmer

★ August 18 — Russell Ford, Australian field hockey striker

★ August 20 — Leonoor Voskamp, Dutch field hockey player

★ August 22 — Theo Bos, Dutch track cyclist

★ August 28 — Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer

★ August 28 — Luke McAlister, New Zealand rugby player

★ August 31 — Alex Blackwell, Australian cricketer

★ August 31 — Kate Blackwell, Australian cricketer

September

★ September 15 — Tatiana Rouba, Spanish swimmer

★ September 16 — Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean swimmer

★ September 22 — Glenn Loovens, Dutch football player

★ September 23 — Carly Piper, American swimmer

★ September 24 — Lyndon Ferns, South African swimmer

★ September 27 — Kirsten Thomson, Australian freestyle swimmer

★ September 29 — Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese football player

★ September 30 — Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast

October

★ October 2 — Prakash Amritraj, Indian tennis player

★ October 5 — Florian Mayer, German tennis player from

★ October 7 — José David Mosquera, Colombian boxer

★ October 11 — Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukrianian chess player

★ October 16 — Philipp Kohlschreiber, German tennis player

★ October 16 — Ramaz Nozadze, Georgian wrestler

★ October 21 — Brent Hayden, Canadian swimmer

★ October 24 — Brian Vickers, NASCAR driver

November

★ November 11 — Philipp Lahm, German footballer

★ November 15 — John Heitinga, Dutch football player

★ November 15 — Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player

★ November 17 — Jodie Henry, Australian swimmer

★ November 24 — André Bahia, Brazilian football player

★ November 24 — Víctor Sojo, Spanish field hockey striker

★ November 30 — Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakhstani swimmer

December

★ December 8 — Pierre Roger, French swimmer

★ December 13 — Janeth Jepkosgei, Kenyan middle distance runner

★ December 13 — Otylia Jędrzejczak, Polish butterfly swimmer

★ December 21 — Niels Scheuneman, Dutch cyclist

★ December 28 — Flávia Delaroli, Brazilian freestyle swimmer

★ December 30 — Yussif Chibsah, Ghanaian football (soccer) player

Deaths

★ Adios Butler — harness racing horse

★ January 24 — Juan Carlos Zabala, Argentine athlete (b. 1911)

★ January 26 — Del Rice, Major League Baseball player

★ January 26 — Paul "Bear" Bryant, American college football coach

★ February 1 — Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer

★ February 14 — Lina Radke (79), German athlete (b. 1903)

★ February 22 — Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist

★ March 13 — Louison Bobet, French cyclist

★ April 23 — Buster Crabbe, U.S. Olympic swimming gold medalist turned actor

★ April 24 — Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver

★ April 28 — Ron James, Australian cricketer

★ April 17 — Dutch Leonard, Major League Baseball player (b. 1909)

★ April 23 — Marguerite Broquedis (90), French tennis player (b. 1893)

★ May 1 — George Hodgson (89), Canadian swimmer (b. 1893)

★ May 31 — Jack Dempsey, American world champion boxer

★ June 27 — Don Ida, balloonist

★ June 27 — Maxie Anderson, balloonist

★ June 29 — Joe Delaney, football player, Kansas City Chiefs

★ July 7 — Vic Wertz, Major League Baseball player

★ July 28 — Alec Marks, Australian cricketer

★ August 12 — Henry Gifford Vivian, New Zealand cricketer

★ September 4 — Katsutoshi Nekoda (39), Japanese volleyball player (b. 1944)

★ September 8 — Antonin Magne, French cylist

★ September 12 — Sabin Carr (79), American pole vaulter (b. 1904)

★ September 28 — Ko Willems (82), Dutch track cyclist (b. 1900)

★ October 11 — Cor Blommers (81), Dutch boxer (b. 1901)

★ October 31 — George Halas, National Football League coach, Chicago Bears

★ November 15 — Charlie Grimm, Major League Baseball player