Sports year 1929

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Athletics Championships

1929 South American Athletics Championships

Athletics world records

Running disciplines

July 13 : Marion King , Great Britain, runs the women's 400 meters in 59.2 seconds.
August 8 : Eddie Tolan , USA, runs the men's 100 meters in 10.4 s.
August 25 : Eric Wennström , Sweden , runs the men's 110 meter hurdles in 14.4 seconds.

Throwing disciplines

June 9 : Eric Krenz , USA, reaches 49.9 m in the men's discus throw .
11 August : Elisabeth Schumann , Germany, achieved in Javelin women 38.58 m.
September 8 : Elisabeth Schumann , Germany, reaches 38.87 m in the women's javelin.

Jump disciplines

August 18 : Lien Gisolf , Netherlands, jumps 1.6 m in the women's high jump .

Motorsport

Motorcycling

European motorcycle championship

At the European motorcycle championship held in L'Ametlla del Vallès , Spain , the German Josef Klein on DKW wins the title in the 175 cm³ class with the Italian Riccardo Brusi ( Benelli ) and the French Albert Sourdot ( Monet et Goyon ).
In the quarter liter class, the British Frank Longman prevailed on OK-Supreme against Mario Ghersi from Italy ( Moto Guzzi ) and the British George Himing ( Zenith ).
In the 350s, the Briton Leo Davenport wins on Norton ahead of his compatriot George Rowley ( AJS ) and the local Fernando Aranda ( New Imperial ).
In the 500 cc class, Brit Percy Hunt on Rudge wins ahead of fellow countrymen Graham Walker (also Rudge) and Charlie Dodson ( Sunbeam ).
The Briton Freddie Hicks on Velocette wins the 350 cm³ sidecar . Other starters did not reach the finish.

In the course of the 600 sidecar, Dennis Mansell from Great Britain wins on Norton ahead of Edgar d'Eternod from Switzerland and Vicente Naure from Spain (both Scott ).

German motorcycle road championship

German champions are Kurt Friedrich ( DKW , 250 cm³), Max Kiemel ( UT , 350 cm³), Hans Soenius ( BMW , 500 cm³) and Josef Stelzer ( BMW , over 500 cm³).

Cycling

Equestrian sport

Powder Puff Derby

chess

World Chess Championship 1929

Table tennis

Table tennis world championship 1929 January 14th to 21st in Budapest (Hungary)

Winter sports

Born

January

0January 8 : Wolfgang Peters , German soccer player († 2003 )
January 18 : John Barber , British racing car driver
January 19 : Red Amick , American racing driver († 1995 )
January 27 : Hans Berliner , American systems analyst and chess player († 2017 )
January 29 : Jerry Hoyt , American racing car driver († 1955 )

February

0February 4 : Neil Johnston , American basketball player († 1978 )
0February 4th : Walther Tröger , German lawyer and sports official
0February 9 : Taiji Kase , Japanese Karate Grand Master († 2004 )
February 11th : Albert Wagarschakowitsch Azarjan , Armenian gymnast
February 15 : Graham Hill , British racing car driver († 1975 )
February 16 : Gerhard Hanappi , Austrian soccer player († 1980 )
February 27 : Sonny Gandee , American football player († 2013 )

March

0March 5th : Erik Carlsson , Swedish rally driver († 2015 )
March 20 : Rudi Glöckner , German soccer referee († 1999 )
March 22nd : Sergio Cervato , Italian soccer player († 2005 )
March 23 : Roger Bannister , British athlete and neurologist
March 24th : Franz Krienbühl , Swiss architect and speed skater († 2002 )
March 28 : Paul England , Australian racing car driver († 2014 )

April

April 10 : Mike Hawthorn , English racing car driver, Formula 1 World Champion († 1959 )
April 17 : Karl-Erik Palmér , Swedish football player († 2015 )
April 19 : Edward Crook , American boxer († 2005 )
April 24th : André Darrigade , French cyclist
April 27 : Nina Ponomarjowa , Soviet discus thrower, first Soviet Olympic champion in 1952 († 2016 )

May

May 15 : Peter Broeker , Canadian racing car driver († 1980 )
May 17 : Branko Zebec , Yugoslav football player and coach († 1988 )
May 22 : Sergio Mantovani , Italian racing driver († 2001 )
May 24th : Helmut Fath , German motorcycle racing driver and designer († 1993 )

June

0June 2 : Ken McGregor , Australian tennis player († 2007 )
0June 7th : Antonio Carbajal , Mexican soccer player
June 13 : Rob Slotemaker , Dutch racing car driver († 1979 )
June 17th : Tigran Petrosyan , Armenian-Soviet chess grandmaster († 1984 )
June 23 : Bart Carlier , Dutch football player († 2017 )
June 26 : Rodney Nuckey , British racing driver († 2000 )

July

0July 4th : Jean Desforges , British athlete and Olympian († 2013 )
July 12th : Alfred Seppelt , German chess official († 2015 )
July 13 : Sofia Muratova , Soviet gymnast and Olympic champion († 2006 )
July 18 : Richard Button , American figure skater
July 18 : Leonhard Pohl , German athlete († 2014 )
July 29 : Júlio Botelho , Brazilian soccer player († 2003 )

August

0August 3 : Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak , Polish athlete († 2003 )
0August 6 : Valter Åhlén , Swedish ice hockey player († 1988 )
0August 7 : Don Larsen , American baseball player († 2020 )
0August 9 : Jeff Butterfield , English rugby player († 2004 )
August 16 : Helmut Rahn , German soccer player († 2003 )
August 18 : Jimmy Davies , American racing driver († 1966 )
August 20 : Rafael Arkadu Tschimischkjan , Soviet weightlifter
August 22 : Pauli Toivonen , Finnish rally driver († 2005 )
August 23 : Fritz Breuer , German football player († 2017 )
August 29 : John Arthur , South African boxer († 2005 )

September

September 10 : Arnold Palmer , American golfer († 2016 )
September 17th : Stirling Moss , British racing car driver
September 19 : Luigi Taveri , Swiss motorcycle racer († 2018 )
September 21 : Sándor Kocsis , Hungarian football player († 1979 )
September 22nd : Carlo Ubbiali , Italian motorcycle racer († 2020 )

October

0October 2nd : Cesare Maestri , Italian mountaineer and alpine writer
October 10 : Georges Burggraff , French motorcycle and automobile racer and diver
October 14 : Karl Robatsch , Austrian chess grandmaster and botanist († 2000 )
October 15 : Teodoro Zeccoli , Italian racing driver († 2018 )
October 19 : Ernst Knoesel , German soccer player and sports official († 2005 )
October 19 : Igor Novikov , Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic champion († 2007 )
October 22 : Lev Yashin , Russian football player († 1990 )
October 23 : Dmitri Ukolow , Russian ice hockey player and Olympic champion († 1992 )
October 27 : Bill George , American football player († 1982 )

November

0November 2 : Carwyn James , Welsh rugby player and coach († 1983 )
0November 3 : Jan Brooijmans , Dutch football player († 1996 )
0November 5 : Lennart Johansson , Swedish sports official, President of UEFA († 2019 )
November 17 : Jimmy Reece , American racing car driver († 1958 )
November 19 : Jean Blaton , Belgian racing driver and musician
November 24th : Peet Geel , Dutch football player
November 24 : John Henry Johnson , American football player († 2011 )
November 29 : Xaver Unsinn , German ice hockey player and coach († 2012 )

December

0December 3 : Corrado Viciani , Italian football player and coach († 2014 )
December 14th : Tada Hiroshi , Japanese Aikido teacher
December 17th : Adolf Giele , German handball player and coach († 2002 )
December 19 : Lorenzo Buffon , Italian soccer player
December 19 : Pentti Hämäläinen , Finnish boxer († 1984 )
December 20 : Carlo Fassi , Italian figure skater and coach († 1997 )
December 23 : Mennato Boffa , Italian racing driver († 1996 )
December 23 : Antonina Seredina , Soviet-Russian canoeist and Olympic champion († 2016 )
December 23 : Dick Weber , American professional bowler († 2005 )
December 28 : Terry Sawchuk , Canadian ice hockey goalie († 1970 )

Died

February 14th : Thomas Burke , American athlete (* 1875 )

March 24th : Friedrich Messerschmidt , German motorcycle racer (* 1906 )

0April 4 : Carl Benz , German automobile manufacturer (* 1844 )

May 12 : Edi Linser , Austrian motorcycle racer (* 1894 )

0June 6 : Richard Réti , Austro-Hungarian chess master (* 1889 )
0June 9 : Emmerich Nagy , Austrian motorcycle racer (* 1904 )
June 10 : Cecil Ashby , British motorcycle racer (* 1897 or 1898 )

0July 5 : Hans Meyer , German publisher and mountaineer, first to climb Kilimanjaro (* 1858 )
0July 7th : Freddy Charlier , Belgian ice hockey player and racing car driver (* 1890 )

October 31 : Norman Pritchard , Indian athlete, Olympian and actor (* 1875 )

0December 8th : Teddy Tetzlaff , American racing car driver (* 1883 )

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