Sports year 1930
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 first soccer world champion . |
 wins the Giro d'Italia 1930 . |
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Events
British Empire Games
- 16th - 23. August : The 1930 British Empire Games , the first edition of that event, which now form the Commonwealth Games is known and available in the Canadian city of Hamilton , Ontario instead. 59 competitions in bowls , boxing , athletics , wrestling , rowing and swimming, including water jumping, are held here.
badminton
The highlights of the badminton year 1930 were the All England , the Irish Open and the Scottish Open .
International events
| event | Men's singles | Ladies singles | Men's doubles | Ladies doubles | Mixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of England |
 Donald C. Hume
|
Marjorie Barrett
|
 Frank Devlin Gordon Mack
|
Marjorie Barrett Violet Elton
|
Herbert Uber, Betty Uber
|
| Irish Open |
Willoughby Hamilton
|
Betty Uber
|
Herbert S. About Donald C. Hume
|
Marian Horsley Betty Uber
|
Herbert S. Uber, Betty Uber
|
| Scottish Open |
Willoughby Hamilton
|
Marian Horsley
|
Arthur Hamilton Willoughby Hamilton
|
Margaret Tragett C. T. Duncan
|
Arthur Hamilton Mavis Hamilton
|
Soccer
International football events
- The European Cup for the National Soccer Teams 1927 to 1930 ends in May . After eight rounds, Italy is the winner ahead of Austria . From 1929 to 1930 there was also an edition for amateur teams that was won by Poland .
- July 13th - 30th : The first soccer world championship takes place in Uruguay . 13 teams from 3 continents take part. At the final in Montevideo , Uruguay defeated the team from Argentina 4-2 and became the first soccer world champion .
- June - November: Mitropapokal 1930
National football championships
- German football championship 1929/30
- Austrian football championship 1929/30
- Swiss Football Championship 1929/30
athletics
World records
sprint
- August 9 : Percy Williams , Canada , runs the men's 100 meters in 10.3 seconds.
- September 8 : Percy Williams, Canada, runs the men's 100 meters in 10.3 s.
Middle distance run
- May 5th : Jules Ladoumègue , France, runs the men's 1500 meters in 3: 49.2 minutes.
Throwing disciplines
- May 17th : Eric Krenz , United States, throws 51.03 m in the men's discus throw .
- June 21 : Thea Kurz , Germany, reaches 39.01 m in the women's javelin .
- July 12 : Ellen Braumüller , Germany, reaches 40.27 m in the women's javelin throw.
- July 13 : Herman Brix , United States, reaches 16.04 meters in the men's shot put .
- September 7th : Matti Järvinen , Finland, reaches 71.57 m in the men's javelin.
- September 16 : Matti Järvinen, Finland, reaches 71.70 m in the men's javelin.
- November 30th : Matti Järvinen, Finland, reaches 71.88 m in the men's javelin.
All-around
- August 20 : Akilles Järvinen , Finland, scores 8255 points in the men's decathlon.
Motorsport
Motorcycling
European motorcycle championship
- At the European motorcycle championship held in Spa-Francorchamps , Belgium , local Yvan Goor on DKW wins the title in the 175 cm³ class with Eric Fernihough ( Excelsior ) from Britain and Alfred Bovy (Bovy) from Belgium .
- In the quarter liter class, Brit Syd Crabtree prevails on Excelsior against his compatriots Ted Mellors and George Himing (both AJS ).
- In the 350s, Brit Ernie Nott on Rudge wins ahead of Australian Arthur Simcock ( New Imperial ) and Briton Syd Gleave (SGS- JAP ).
- In the 500 cm³ class, Irish rider Henry Tyrell-Smith on Rudge wins ahead of Britons Graham Walker (also Rudge) and Johnny Duncan ( Raleigh ).
German motorcycle road championship
- German champions are Arthur Geiss ( DKW , 250 cm³), Arthur Hiller ( Imperia - Python , 350 cm³), Toni Bauhofer (DKW, 500 cm³), Fritz Wiese ( BMW , over 500 cm³), Arthur Hiller / unknown ( Montgomery - JAP , Team 350 cm³), Alois Drax / unknown ( Norton , team 600 cm³) and Arno Zaspel / unknown ( OD -JAP, team 1000 cm³)
Cycling
- May 4th to 21st : Tour of Germany 1930 , winner Hermann Buse
- May 15 to June 8 : Giro d'Italia 1930 , winner Luigi Marchisio
- July 2nd to 27th : Tour de France 1930 , winner André Leducq
- August 24th to 30th : UCI Rail World Championships 1930 in Brussels
rowing
rugby
- January 1 to April 21 : Five Nations 1930 of the rugby union
Table tennis
- Table tennis world championship 1930 January 21st to 26th in Berlin (Germany)
Winter sports
- January 31 to February 10 : 1930 Ice Hockey World Championship in Chamonix, Berlin and Vienna
- 3. - 5. February : 1930 World Figure Skating Championships in New York City
- February 27th - March 1st : Nordic World Ski Championships 1930 in Oslo
- Bobsleigh World Championship 1930 in Montreux
Born
January
- January 15 : John Unnerud , Norwegian rally driver († 2004 )
- January 16 : Luki Botha , South African racing car driver († 2006 )
- January 21 : John Campbell-Jones , British racing car driver
- January 23 : Mervyn Rose , Australian tennis player († 2017 )
- January 25 : Heinz Schiller , Swiss racing driver († 2007 )
- January 30 : Nikolai Putschkow , Russian ice hockey goalkeeper († 2005 )
- January 31 : Joakim Bonnier , Swedish sports car and Formula 1 racing driver († 1972 )
February
- February 1 : Joachim Lehmann , German football player (GDR)
- February 1 : Marty Reisman , American table tennis player († 2012 )
- February 4 : Anthony Madigan , Australian boxer († 2017 )
- February 5 : Marie Corridon , American swimmer († 2010 )
- February 6 : Horst Witterstein , German boxer († 2018 )
- February 7th : Lennart Larsson , Swedish cross-country skier
- February 8 : Catherine Hardy , American athlete and Olympic champion († 2017 )
- February 9 : Manuel Cañibe , Mexican soccer player
- February 11 : Alewtina Kolchina , Russian cross-country skier
- February 11 : Inge Stoll , German motorcycle racer († 1958 )
- February 13 : Juan Fernández , Spanish racing car driver
- February 16 : Jack Sears , British racing car driver († 2016 )
- February 20 : Jacques Degats , French sprinter († 2015 )
- February 22nd : Bill Miller , American javelin thrower († 2016 )
- February 27 : Stephan Hochgeschurtz , German soccer player († 2012 )
- February 27 : Grete Jenny , Austrian sprinter and hurdler († 2015 )
- February 28 : Valentina Litujewa , Soviet-Russian athlete († 2008 )
March
- March 1 : Gastone Nencini , Italian racing cyclist († 1980 )
- March 5 : John Ashley , Canadian ice hockey referee († 2008 )
- March 5 : Artyom Terjan , Soviet wrestler († 1970 )
- March 8 : Pyotr Bolotnikow , Soviet athlete († 2013 )
- March 11 : Troy Ruttman , American racing driver († 1997 )
- March 14 : Henk Angenent , Dutch football player († 1977 )
- March 16 : Peter Lindner , German racing driver († 1964 )
- March 24 : Steve McQueen , American actor and amateur racing driver († 1980 )
- March 28 : Joe Fortunato , American football player († 2017 )
- March 30th : Ed Sanders , American boxer († 1954 )
April
- April 7 : Cliff Morgan , Welsh rugby player and sports reporter († 2013 )
- April 11 : Walter Krüger , German athlete († 2018 )
- April 12 : Bubi Scholz , German boxer († 2000 )
- April 16 : Fyodor Bogdanowski , Soviet weightlifter († 2014 )
- April 20 : Stuart Lewis-Evans , British Formula 1 racing driver († 1958 )
May
- May 1 : Ollie Matson , American football player and athlete († 2011 )
- May 8 : Doug Atkins , American football player († 2015 )
June
- June 4 : Viktor Tikhonov , Russian ice hockey coach († 2014 )
- June 16 : Michel Poberejsky , French racing car driver († 2012 )
- June 20 : Chuck Daly , American basketball coach († 2009 )
- June 21 : Mike McCormack , American football player and coach († 2013 )
July
- July 2 : Ota Pavel , Czech writer, sports journalist, narrator and journalist († 1973 )
- July 4th : Yuri Tjukalow , Soviet-Russian rower and Olympic champion († 2018 )
- July 6 : Herbert Erhardt , German football player († 2010 )
- July 6 : Chief Armstrong , Canadian ice hockey player
- July 6 : Ian Burgess , British racing car driver († 2012 )
- July 9 : Sim Iness , American track and field athlete
- July 14 : Herbert Dörner , German soccer player († 1991 )
- July 16 : Horst Rittner , German chess master
- July 20 : Heinz Kubsch , German soccer player († 1993 )
- July 22nd : Nikolai Krogius , Russian chess player
- July 25 : Yuri Mikhailov , Russian speed skater and Olympic champion († 2008 )
- July 25th : Nobuyuki Watanabe , Japanese aikido master
- July 26th : Nicolas Koob , Luxembourg racing driver († 2016 )
August
- August 5 : Richie Ginther , American Formula 1 racing driver († 1989 )
- August 8 : Jerry Tarkanian , American basketball coach († 2015 )
- August 13 : Wilmer Mizell , American baseball player and politician († 1999 )
- August 16 : Frank Gifford , American football player and sports presenter († 2015 )
- August 16 : Tony Trabert , American tennis player
- August 23 : Norberto Bagnalasta , Italian racing driver († 1964 )
- August 28 : Nikolai Sokolow , Russian athlete († 2009 )
September
- September 22nd : Rudolf Eder , German soccer player
- September 23 : Don Edmunds , American racing car driver
October
- October 1 : Frank Gardner , Australian racing car driver († 2009 )
- October 7 : Bernard Collomb , French racing car driver († 2011 )
- October 10 : Eugenio Castellotti , Italian racing driver († 1957 )
- October 10 : Konstantin Wyrupajew , Soviet-Russian wrestler and Olympic champion 1956 († 2012 )
- October 16 : Patricia Jones , Canadian athlete and Olympian
- October 26 : Les Richter , American football player and motorsport official († 2010 )
- October 29 : Bertha Brouwer , Dutch sprinter († 2006 )
November
- November 1 : Edgar Basel , German flyweight boxer († 1977 )
- November 3rd : Harry Kurschat , German boxer
- November 15th : Aureliano Bolognesi , Italian Olympic champion in boxing
- November 21 : Arthur Bialas , German footballer (GDR) and national player († 2012 )
- November 21 : Bryn Meredith , Welsh rugby player
- November 29 : Candido Cannavò , Italian sports journalist and publisher († 2009 )
December
- December 2nd : David Piper , British racing car driver
- December 5 : Klaus Quinkert , German soccer coach († 2018 )
- December 19 : Georg Stollenwerk , German football player and coach († 2014 )
- December 20 : Rudi Felgenheier , German motorcycle racer († 2005 )
- December 21 : Wolfgang Pietzsch , German chess grandmaster († 1996 )
- December 27th : Hannelore Schlaf , German table tennis player and official († 1985 )
Died
- March 22nd : Gastone Brilli-Peri , Italian cyclist, motorcycle and automobile racer (* 1893 )
- April 19 : Bruno d'Harcourt , French racing car driver (* 1899 )
- May: Karl Otto Stegmann , German motorcycle racer (* 1901 )
- July 30th : Joan Gamper , Swiss football player and official, co-founder of FC Barcelona (* 1877 )
- August 2 : Clarence Hobart , American tennis player (* 1870 )
- November 2 : Viggo Jensen , Danish weightlifter, marksman and athlete, Olympic champion (* 1874 )
See also
Web links
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