Sports year 1922
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Other events
Events
Multi-disciplinary events
- The German fighting games are held for the first time.
badminton
Rockclimbing
Soccer
Weightlifting
athletics
Athletics world records
sprint
- May 21 : Marie Mejzlíková , Czechoslovakia, runs the women's 200 meters in 28.6 s.
- July 17th : Mary Lines , Great Britain, runs the women's 400 meters in 64.4 seconds.
- August 5th : Marie Mejzlíková , Czechoslovakia, runs the women's 100 meters in 13.6 s.
- August 22 : Mary Lines , Great Britain, runs the women's 100 meters in 12.8 seconds.
Middle distance run
- August 6 : Georgette Lenoir , France, runs the women's 1000 meters in 3: 17.4 min.
- August 20 : Georgette Lenoir , France, runs the women's 800 meters 2: 30.4 min.
Throwing disciplines
- July 30th : Marie Mejzlíková , Czechoslovakia reaches 24.95 m in the women's javelin .
- August 6 : Bozena Sramkova , Czechoslovakia, reaches 25.01 m in the women's javelin.
- August 13 : Bozena Sramkova , Czechoslovakia reaches 25.32 m in the women's javelin.
Jump disciplines
- May 20 : Nancy Vorhees , USA, jumps 1.46 m in the women's high jump category .
- June 13 : Elizabeth Stine , USA, jumps 10.32 m in the women's triple jump in Marmaronel.
- September 3 : Charles Hoff , Norway, jumps 4.12 m in the men's pole vault.
All-around
- September 17th : Aleksander Klumberg-Kolmpere , Estonia, scores 6087 points in the men's decathlon .
Cycling
- Giro d'Italia 1922
- Grand Prix of Germany 1922
- Tour de France 1922
- UCI track world championships 1922
- UCI Road World Championships 1922
Wrestling
Winter sports
- European ice hockey championship 1922
- European figure skating championships 1922
- World Figure Skating Championships 1922
Born
January
- January 6th : Herbert Zwahr , German soccer player
- January 7th : Francisco Aramburu , Brazilian soccer player († 1997 )
- January 10 : Aldo Ballarin , Italian football player († 1949 )
- January 15 : Jake Colhouer , American football player († 1998 )
- January 22nd : Arciso Artesiani , Italian motorcycle racer († 2005 )
- January 22nd : Eugen Böhringer , German racing driver and rally driver († 2013 )
- January 29 : Franz Alexius , German football player († 1997 )
February
- February 5 : Alain de Changy , Belgian racing driver († 1994 )
- February 8 : Yuri Averbach , Russian chess player
- February 13 : Willi Heeks , German racing car driver († 1996 )
- February 16 : Rudolf Teschner , German chess player († 2006 )
- February 22nd : Marshall Teague , American racing driver († 1959 )
- February 26 : Karl Aage Præst , Danish football player († 2011 )
March
- March 3 : Nándor Hidegkuti , Hungarian football player († 2002 )
- March 4th : Richard von Frankenberg , German racing car driver, journalist and author († 1973 )
- March 4th : Xenia Stad-de Jong , Dutch athlete († 2012 )
- March 7th : Andy Phillip , American basketball player († 2001 )
- March 7th : Ernst Riedelbauch , German motorcycle racer († 1997 )
- March 10th : Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf , Austrian ski racer and entrepreneur
- March 11 : Giuseppe Baldini , Italian football player and coach († 2009 )
- March 18 : Frank Gatski , American football player († 2005 )
- March 19 : Ernst Bokon , Austrian football player († 1991 )
- March 19 : Lidija Selichowa , Soviet-Russian speed skater († 2003 )
- March 28 : Helge Christian Bronée , Danish football player († 1999 )
- March 28 : Fred Naumetz , American football player († 1998 )
April
- April 3 : Ernie Adams , English soccer player († 2009 )
- April 4 : João Ferreira Bigode , Brazilian soccer player († 2003 )
- April 5 : Tom Finney , English soccer player († 2014 )
- April 5 : Alfonso Thiele , Italian racing driver († 1986 )
- April 6 : Nancy Mackay , Canadian sprinter († 2016 )
- April 9 : Johnny Thomson , American racing driver († 1960 )
- April 10 : Giuseppe Casari , Italian football player († 2013 )
- April 13 : Helen Schifano , American gymnast († 2007 )
- April 15 : Graham Whitehead , British racing driver († 1981 )
- April 18 : Ollie Poole , American football player († 2009 )
- April 19 : Kuno Klötzer , German football coach († 2011 )
- April 26 : Roger Grava , Italian-French football player († 1949 )
- April 29 : Helmut Krackowizer , Austrian economist, journalist, motorcycle racer and expert in motorcycle history († 2001 )
May
- May 6 : Pat Harder , American football player († 1992 )
- May 12 : Roy Salvadori , British racing driver († 2012 )
- May 19 : Herbert Burdenski , German soccer player and soccer coach († 2001 )
- May 26 : Herbert Schade , German athlete († 1994 )
June
- June 13 : Vittorio Marzotto , Italian racing driver († 1999 )
- June 16 : Gerhard Kießling , German ice hockey player and coach († 2017 )
- June 22nd : Osvaldo Fattori , Italian football player and coach († 2017 )
- June 30th : Heinrich Bednar , Austrian table tennis player († 2000 )
July
- July 1 : Riccardo Carapellese , Italian football player and coach († 1995 )
- July 2nd : Jacques Pollet , French racing car driver († 1997 )
- July 9 : Jim Pollard , American basketball player († 1993 )
- July 10 : Jake LaMotta , American middleweight boxer († 2017 )
- July 10 : Herb McKenley , Jamaican athlete and Olympic champion († 2007 )
- July 11th : Fritz Riess , German racing driver († 1991 )
August
- August 10 : Loro Boriçi , Albanian football player and coach († 1984 )
- August 23 : George Kell , American baseball player († 2009 )
September
- September 2 : Martin Christoffel , Swiss chess player († 2001 )
- September 8 : Héctor Rossetto , Argentine chess master († 2009 )
- September 16 : Hans Baltisberger , German motorcycle racer († 1956 )
- September 19 : Emil Zátopek , Czech athlete († 2000 )
- September 19 : Dana Zátopková , Czech athlete, Olympic champion
October
- October 5 : José Froilán González , Argentine Formula 1 racing driver († 2013 )
- October 7 : Tommaso Maestrelli , Italian football player and coach († 1976 )
- October 8 : Nils Liedholm , Swedish soccer and bandy player and soccer coach († 2007 )
- October 10 : Helmut Nordhaus , German soccer player († 2014 )
- October 28 : Ernest Vaast , French football player († 2011 )
- October 30 : Heinrich Dahlinger , German handball player († 2008 )
November
- November 8 : Ademir de Menezes , Brazilian soccer player († 1996 )
- November 9 : Paul-Friedrich Reder , German handball player and trainer († 2004 )
- November 19 : Rajko Mitić , Yugoslav football player and coach († 2008 )
- November 20 : Johnny Leach , English table tennis player († 2014 )
- November 22 : Roberto Aballay , Argentinian soccer player
- November 29 : Ria Baran , German figure skater († 1986 )
- November 29th : Hans-Werner Grosse , German glider pilot
December
- December 1 : Vsevolod Bobrov , Soviet football and ice hockey player († 1979 )
- December 1 : Gerd Mehl , German sports reporter († 2001 )
- December 2 : Yekaterina Kalinchuk , Soviet-Russian gymnast († 1997 )
- December 6th : Guy Thys , Belgian football coach († 2003 )
- December 23 : Micheline Ostermeyer , French athlete and pianist († 2001 )
- December 25th : Félix Loustau , Argentinian soccer player († 2003 )
- December 28th : Otto Eckl , Austrian table tennis player († 1993 )
- December 31 : Tom Fears , American football player and coach († 2000 )
Died
- April 19 : Theodor von Scheve , German chess master (* 1851 )
- May 8 : Otto Hieronimus , German-Austrian automobile designer and racing driver (* 1879 )
- July 15 : Biagio Nazzaro , Italian automobile and motorcycle racing driver (* 1890 )
- August 29 : Vic Gonsalves , Dutch football player (* 1887 )
- September 7th : Léonce Girardot , French racing car driver (* 1864 )
- September 8 : Gregor Kuhn , German automobile racing driver (* unknown)
See also
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