Sports year 1952
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badminton
The highlight of the badminton year 1952 was the Thomas Cup with the winner Malaya as well as the All England , the Denmark Open , the Irish Open , the Scottish Open and the French Open . National championships were held for the first time in Indonesia and Nepal.
International events
athletics
- February 22 - Marjorie Jackson , Australia , ran the women's 100 meters for 11.5 seconds.
- March 14th - Sverre Strandli , Norway , reached 61.25 m in the men's hammer throw.
- April 23 - Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Brazil , reached 16.22 m in the men's triple jump.
- May 28 - Vladimir Uchow , Russia , walked in the men's 50,000 meter walk in 4:20:30 h.
- June 4th - Marjorie Jackson , Australia , ran the women's 100 meters for 11.4 seconds.
- June 15 - Nina Pletnjowa , Soviet Union , ran the women's 800 meters in 2: 08.5 minutes.
- July 24 - József Csermák , Hungary , threw the men's hammer throw 60.34 m.
- July 25 - Marjorie Jackson , Australia , ran the Women's 200m 23.4s.
- July 26 - Bob Mathias , USA , scored 7,592 points in the men's decathlon.
- July 29 - Werner Lueg , Germany , ran the men's 1500 meters in 3: 43.0 minutes.
- August 23 - Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Brazil , reached 16.12 m in the men's triple jump.
- August 25 - Marjorie Jackson , Australia , ran the women's 200m in 23.6 seconds.
- August 25 - Marjorie Jackson , Australia , ran the women's 200m in 23.4 seconds.
- August 26 - Bob Mathias , USA , scored 7887 points in the men's decathlon.
- August 30th - Nina Pletnjowa , Soviet Union , ran the women's 1500 meters 4: 37.0 min.
- September 8th - Nina Romaschkowa , Soviet Union , reached 53.61 m in the women's discus throw.
- October 4 - Marjorie Jackson , Australia , ran the women's 100 meters for 11.4 seconds.
- October 18 - Nina Dumbadze , Soviet Union , threw 57.04 m in the women's discus throw.
- October 23 - Josef Doležal , Czechoslovakia , walked in the men's 50,000 meter walk in 4:23:14 h.
Table tennis
- Table tennis world championship 1952 1st to 10th February in Bombay (India)
- Internationals of Germany (friendlies)
- October 25: Chiasso: D. - Switzerland 5: 4 (men)
- November 30th: Wiesbaden: D. - Austria 5-4 (men)
- November 30th: Wiesbaden: D. - Austria 1: 3 (women)
Born
January
- January 1st : François Chatriot , French rally driver
- January 1 : Ítalo Estupiñán , Ecuadorian-Mexican soccer player († 2016 )
- January 5th : Uli Hoeneß , German soccer player and manager
- January 5th : Leif Øgaard , Norwegian chess player
- January 10 : Oleh Romanyschyn , Ukrainian chess player
- January 11th : Alexander Wolchkov , Russian ice hockey player
- January 12th : John Walker , New Zealand athlete
- January 15 : Juan Ahuntchaín , Uruguayan soccer coach and soccer player
- January 16 : Piercarlo Ghinzani , Italian racing car driver
- January 17th : Lothar Vogt , German chess player
- January 18 : Wim Rijsbergen , Dutch football player and coach
- January 20 : Ute Hommola , German athlete
- January 21 : Werner Grissmann , Austrian ski racer
- January 21 : Michail Umansky , Russian-German chess master († 2010 )
- January 23 : Henrique da Costa Mecking , Brazilian chess master and clergyman
- January 23 : Jaroslav Pouzar , Czechoslovak ice hockey player
- January 23 : Reinhard Saftig , German soccer coach
- January 27 : Billy Johnson , American football player
- January 30th : Lorenz-Günther Köstner , German soccer coach
February
- February 2 : Reinhard Häfner , German soccer player († 2016 )
- February 2 : Fernando Morena , Uruguayan football player and coach
- February 4th : Kurt Klühspies , German handball player
- February 4th : Dominique Lacaud , French racing car driver
- February 6 : Ricardo La Volpe , Mexican soccer player and coach
- February 8 : Francisco Marinho , Brazilian soccer player († 2014 )
- February 9 : Zhang Jilong , Chinese football official
- February 12th : Patrick Gaillard , French Formula 1 racing driver
- February 12 : Heinz-Josef Koitka , German soccer player
- February 13th : Freddy Maertens , Belgian cyclist
- February 17th : Karin Büttner-Janz , German gymnast, Olympic champion and clinic director
- February 18 : Hansjörg Aemisegger , Swiss cyclist
- February 20 : Udo Böbel , German handball player and trainer
- February 22nd : Thomas Wessinghage , German athlete
- February 23 : Sören Åkeby , Swedish football coach
- February 25 : Joey Dunlop , British motorcycle racer († 2000 )
- February 29 : Raúl González , Mexican walker and Olympic champion
- February 29th : Holger Oertel , German handball goalkeeper and handball trainer
- February 29th : Raissa Smetanina , Russian cross-country skier and Olympic champion
March
- March 4th : Terje Andersen , Norwegian speed skater
- March 7th : Stelian Anghel , Romanian soccer player and sports official († 2009 )
- March 9 : Bill Beaumont , English rugby player
- March 11th : Pier Paolo Bianchi , Italian motorcycle racer
- March 12 : Yasuhiko Okudera , Japanese soccer player
- March 19 : Jörg Pfeifer , German athlete
- March 20 : Geoff Brabham , Australian racing car driver
- March 21 : John Holmes , British rugby player († 2009 )
- March 26 : Didier Pironi , French Formula 1 racing driver († 1987 )
- March 28 : Tony Brise , British racing car driver († 1975 )
- March 29 : Rainer Bonhof , German football player and coach
- March 29th : Teófilo Stevenson , Cuban amateur boxer († 2012 )
- March 31 : Horst Bredemeier , German handball trainer and functional
- March 31 : Paul-Heinz Wellmann , German athlete
April
- April 1st : Angelika Bahmann , German canoeist
- April 1 : Hans-Georg Bürger , German racing car driver († 1980 )
- April 2nd : Thomas Bscher , German racing car driver, banker and manager
- April 2nd : Richard Spénard , Canadian racing car driver
- April 3 : Dieter Krause , German handball player
- April 3 : Vyacheslav Lemeschew , Soviet boxer and Olympic champion 1972 († 1996 )
- April 4th : Rosemarie Ackermann , German high jumper and Olympic champion
- April 4 : Pat Burns , Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2010 )
- April 8 : Kim Warwick , Australian tennis player
- April 16 : Yochanan Afek , Israeli-Dutch chess composer and player
- April 16 : Peter Westbrook , American fencer
- April 19 : Alexis Argüello , Nicaraguan boxer and politician († 2009 )
- April 21 : Soslan Andijew , Soviet wrestler († 2018 )
- April 25 : Vladislav Tretyak , Russian ice hockey player
- April 25 : Jacques Santini , French football coach and football player
- April 27 : Ari Vatanen , Finnish rally driver and politician
- April 29 : David Icke , British publicist and soccer player
- April 29 : Dietmar Schmidt , German handball player and coach
May
- May 3rd : Allan Wells , British athlete
- May 3 : Nina Sjuskowa , Soviet-Ukrainian sprinter and Olympic champion
- May 7th : Stanley Dickens , Swedish racing car driver
- May 10 : Vanderlei Luxemburgo , Brazilian soccer coach
- May 12 : Margie Mahoney , American cross-country skier
- May 19 : Bert van Marwijk , Dutch football player and coach
- May 20 : Roger Milla , Cameroonian football player
- May 20 : Rick Upchurch , American football player
- May 25 : Vera Anissimowa , Soviet-Russian sprinter
June
- June 3 : David Richards , British motorsport official
- June 4th : Mikhail Kuznetsov , Russian Soviet rower and 1976 Olympic champion
- June 6th : Bernd Wehmeyer , German soccer player and manager
- June 8th : Janusz Kowalski , Polish cyclist
- June 9th : Elia Andrioletti , Italian enduro athlete
- June 11th : Doris Maletzki , German athlete
- June 12th : Cornelia Hanisch , German fencer
- June 16 : Alexander Saizew , Soviet-Russian figure skater and Olympic champion
- June 21 : Kadir Özcan , Turkish football player and coach († 2013 )
- June 25 : Hans-Joachim Abel , German soccer player
- June 26 : Gordon McQueen , Scottish soccer player
- June 28 : Pietro Mennea , Italian athlete († 2013 )
July
- July 3rd : Lena Andersson , Swedish table tennis player and trainer
- July 7 : Ulrich Potofski , German sports presenter
- July 7th : Christina Voss , German handball player
- July 8 : Ulrich Wehling , German skier
- July 11 : Bill Barber , Canadian ice hockey player
- July 15th : Pierluigi Pairetto , Italian football referee
- July 17th : Thomas Ahlström , Swedish football player
- July 26th : Heiner Brand , German handball player
- July 26 : Stellan Bengtsson , Swedish table tennis player
- July 27 : Ellen Streidt , German athlete
- July 28 : Eva Wilms , German athlete
- July 31 : Helmuts Balderis , Latvian ice hockey player
August
- August 2nd : Alain Giresse , French football player
- August 3 : Osvaldo Ardiles , Argentine soccer player
- August 3rd : Thomas Munkelt , German athlete
- August 4th : Daniel Bautista , Mexican walker and 1976 Olympic champion
- August 6 : Wojciech Fortuna , Polish ski jumper and Olympic champion
- August 8 : Brigitte Ahrenholz , German rower and Olympic champion († 2018 )
- August 14 : Christina Rost , German handball player
- August 15 : Rudi Kargus , German soccer player
- August 15 : Bernard Lacombe , French football player
- August 16 : Walter Olivera , Uruguayan soccer player
- August 17th : Nelson Piquet , Brazilian Formula 1 racing driver
- August 17th : Guillermo Vilas , Argentinian tennis player
- August 18 : Ricardo Villa , Argentinian soccer player
- August 22nd : Klaus Gruner , German handball player
- August 22 : Santiago Santamaría , Argentinian football player († 2013 )
- August 22nd : Michael Sziedat , German soccer player
- August 23 : Carlos Alonso González , “Santillana”, Spanish football player
- August 27 : Daniel Astegiano , Argentine soccer player
- August 29 : John Sanny Åslund , Swedish football player, coach and manager
- August 30th : Wojciech Fibak , Polish tennis player
September
- September 2 : Jimmy Connors , American tennis player
- September 7 : Ricardo Tormo , Spanish motorcycle racer († 1998 )
- September 10th : Bruno Giacomelli , Italian Formula 1 racing driver
- September 10th : Werner Hug , Swiss chess master
- September 10th : Margitta Pufe , German athlete
- September 11th : Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand , German athlete
- September 13th : Johanna Schaller, later Johanna Klier , German athlete and Olympic champion
- September 14 : Margit Schumann , German luge († 2017 )
- September 19 : Bernard de Dryver , Belgian racing driver
- September 20 : Gabriele Badorek , German handball player
- September 20th : Grażyna Rabsztyn , Polish athlete and multiple world record holder
- September 24th : Annegret Kroniger , German athlete
- September 29th : Monika Zehrt , track and field athlete of the GDR
- September 30th : Glenn Aitken , English soccer player
- September 30th : Jürgen Glowacz , German soccer player
October
- October 1st : Olga Minejewa , Russian athlete and Olympian
- October 5 : Vladimir Newsorov , Soviet-Russian judoka and 1976 Olympic champion
- October 7th : Lyudmila Turishcheva , Soviet gymnast and four-time Olympic champion
- October 10 : Siegfried Stohr , Italian racing driver
- October 14 : Nikolai Andrianow , Soviet gymnast († 2011 )
- October 19 : Perico Fernández , Spanish boxer († 2016 )
- October 19 : Virginio Ferrari , Italian motorcycle racer
- October 27 : Serge Saulnier , French racing car driver, racing team owner and motorsport official
- October 31 : Franz-Josef Tenhagen , German football player and coach
November
- November 5 : Oleh Blochin , Ukrainian football player
- November 8th : Jan Raas , Dutch cyclist
- November 11th : Lothar Angermund , German soccer player
- November 14th : Pascal Pessiot , French racing driver and entrepreneur
- November 16 : Karl-Heinz Ach , German football player and coach
- November 17th : Ties Kruize , Dutch hockey player
- November 17th : Marion Tietz , German handball player
- November 18 : Harald Konopka , German soccer player
- November 18 : Willi Frommelt , Liechtenstein skier
- November 20 : Wolfgang Kneib , German soccer player
- November 21 : Pietro Ghedin , Italian football player and coach
- November 25th : Gabriele Oriali , Italian football player
- November 28th : Rolf Oesterreich , German figure skater
December
- December 6th : Christian Kulik , German soccer player
- December 7th : Paco Romero , Spanish racing car driver
- December 8th : Heinz Prokop , German handball trainer and handball player
- December 10 : Bernd Jakubowski , German football goalkeeper († 2007 )
- December 11th : Josef Bläser , German soccer player
- December 12th : Päivi Aaltonen , Finnish archer
- December 15 : Allan Simonsen , Danish football player
- December 16 : Francesco Graziani , Italian football player
- December 27th : Ainsley Armstrong , sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago
- December 27 : Raimund Krauth , German football player († 2012 )
- December 30th : Hans-Lothar Bock , German handball player
- December 30th : Gerd Schädlich , German soccer coach and soccer player
- December 31 : Jean-Pierre Rives , French rugby union player and sculptor
Died
January to June
- January 9th : Paul Ausserleitner , Austrian ski jumper (* 1925 )
- January 9th : Antonie Straßmann , German sports and zeppelin pilot (* 1901 )
- January 9th : Ruth Winch , English tennis player (* 1870 )
- January 10th : Joseph Laycock , British motorboat driver, participant in the 1908 Olympic Games (* 1867 )
- January 16 : Jean Rosellen , German cyclist (* 1891 )
- January 28th : Thomas Hicks , American marathon runner, Olympic champion (* 1876 )
- February 7 : Pete Henry , American football player and coach (* 1897 )
- February 14 : Maurice De Waele , Belgian cyclist (* 1896 )
- February 16 : Jaap Barendregt , Dutch football player (* 1905 )
- March 30th : Ronald Rawson , British boxer (* 1892 )
- May 10 : Paul Greifzu , German automobile and motorcycle racing driver (* 1902 )
- June 8 : Johnny McDowell , American racing car driver (* 1915 )
- June 18 : Efim Bogoljubow , Russian-German chess grandmaster (* 1889 )
- June 20 : Luigi Fagioli , Italian racing driver (* 1898 )
- Charles Montier , French racing driver and vehicle designer (* 1879 ) June:
July to December
- August 31 : Jim Rigsby , American racing driver (* 1923 )
- September 6 : William Ewart Napier , American chess player of English origin (* 1881 )
- September 20 : Bill Schindler , American racing driver (* 1909 )
- September : Alexander Popovich , Austrian football player and coach (* 1891 )
- October 19 : Jan van der Sluis , Dutch football player (* 1889 )
- November 5 : Joseph James , American racing driver (* 1925 )
- November 17 : Franz John , German football official and photographer (* 1872 )
- November 18 : Dutch Speck , American football player (* 1886 )
- November 20 : Jock Porter , British motorcycle racer, entrepreneur and motorcycle designer (* 1894 )
See also
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Commons : Sports Year 1952 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files