Sports year 1954
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badminton
The high points of the badminton year 1954 were the All England , the Irish Open , the Scottish Open , the Dutch Open and the French Open .
International events
| event | Men's singles | Ladies singles | Men's doubles | Ladies doubles | Mixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of England |
 Eddy Choong
|
 Judy Devlin
|
Ooi Teik Hock Ong Poh Lim
|
 Sue Devlin Judy Devlin
|
John Best Iris Cooley
|
| French Open |
 Alistair McIntyre
|
Elisabeth O'Beirne
|
Ralph Nichols Geoffrey J. Fish
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Elisabeth O'Beirne Marie Rose Wyatt
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Ralph Nichols Elisabeth O'Beirne
|
| Malaysia Open |
.svg){kind=small} Ong Poh Lim
|
 Cecilia Samuel
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Chan Kon Leong Lee Kee Fong
|
Cecilia Samuel Phua Yoke Chin
|
Chan Kon Leong Cecilia Samuel
|
athletics
- February 5th - Nadeschda Konjajewa , Soviet Union reached 53.56 m in the women's javelin.
- April 21 - Bill Miller , USA , reached 81.29 m in the men's javelin throw.
- April 28th - Sándor Rozsnyói , Hungary , ran the men's 3000 meter obstacle in 8: 49.6 minutes.
- May 12 - Josef Doležal , Czechoslovakia , walked in the men's 50,000 meter walk in 4:16:06 h.
- May 13 - Chris Chataway , Great Britain , ran the men's 5000 meters in 13: 51.6 minutes.
- May 16 - Nina Otkalenko , Soviet Union , ran the women's 800 meters in 2: 06.6 minutes.
- May 22nd - Nadeschda Konjajewa , Soviet Union reached 55.11 m in the women's javelin.
- May 23rd - Wladimir Kuz , Soviet Union , ran the men's 5000 meters in 13: 51.2 minutes.
- May 28 - Mikhail Kriwonosow , Soviet Union , reached 63.34 m in the men's hammer throw.
- May 30th - Gunnar Nielsen , Denmark , ran the men's 800 meters in 1: 48.6 minutes.
- May 30th - Emil Zátopek , Czechoslovakia , ran the men's 5000 meters in 13: 57.2 minutes.
- June 1 - Emil Zátopek , Czechoslovakia , ran the men's 10,000 meters in 28: 54.2 minutes.
- June 8 - Parry O'Brien , USA , reached 18.42 meters in the men's shot put.
- June 26 - Jim Peters , Great Britain , ran the men's marathon in 2:17:40.
- July 1st - Emil Zátopek , Czechoslovakia , ran the men's 10,000 meters in 28: 54.2 minutes.
- July 4th - Wes Santee , USA , ran the men's 1500 meters in 3: 42.8 minutes.
- July 11 - Parry O'Brien , USA , reached 18.54 meters in the men's shot put.
- July 21 - John Landy , Australia , ran the men's 1500 meters in 3: 41.8 minutes.
- July 26 - Jim Peters , Great Britain , ran the men's marathon in 2:17:39 hours.
- August 6 - Nadezhda Konjajewa , Soviet Union , reached 55.48 m in the women's javelin.
- August 12th - Stanislaw Nenaschew , Soviet Union , reached 64.05 m in the men's hammer throw.
- August 18 - Audun Boysen , Norway , ran the men's 1000 meters in 2: 19.5 minutes.
- August 20 - Yvette Williams , New Zealand , reached 6.28m in the women's long jump.
- August 28th - Sándor Rozsnyói , Hungary , ran the men's 3000 meter obstacle in 8: 49.6 minutes.
- October 22nd - Alexandra Tschudina , Soviet Union , reached 1.73 m in the women's high jump.
Table tennis
- Table tennis world championship 1954 April 5th to 14th in London / Wembley (England)
- Internationals of Germany (friendlies)
- March 8: Paris: D. 0-5 France (men)
- March 27: Koblenz: D. - France 1: 4 (women)
- May 29: Lausanne: D. - Switzerland 5-0 (women)
- October 29: Vienna: D. - Austria 5: 1 (men)
- October 29: Vienna: D. - Austria 0: 3 (women)
- December 5: Loet: D. - Sweden 3-2 (women)
- Baden-Baden: D. - Switzerland 5: 1 (men)
Born
January
- January 4th : Oleg Romanzew , Russian football coach and football player
- January 8 : Vladimir Ossokin , Russian-Soviet cyclist and Olympic champion
- January 13 : Alexander Thieme , German athlete († 2016 )
- January 16 : Reinhold Fanz , German soccer coach
- January 16 : Wolfgang Schmidt , German discus thrower
- January 18 : Alexander Anpilogov , Soviet-Georgian handball player
- January 19 : Joachim Deckarm , German athlete and handball player
- January 22nd : Tully Blanchard , American wrestler
- January 22nd : Bernd Heynemann , German politician and soccer referee
- January 23 : Rüdiger Schnuphase , German soccer player
- January 24th : Jo Gartner , Austrian racing driver († 1986 )
- January 25 : Klaus Amrath , German football player
- January 25 : Ricardo Bochini , Argentinian soccer player
- January 31 : Mauro Baldi , Italian racing driver
February
- February 1st : Egbert Streuer , Dutch motorcycle racer
- February 2nd : Hansi Hinterseer , Austrian ski racer and singer
- February 2 : Lyubov Russanova , Soviet-Russian swimmer
- February 4th : Tim Caldwell , American cross-country skier
- February 19 : Sócrates , Brazilian soccer player († 2011 )
- February 21 : Ivo Van Damme , Belgian athlete († 1976 )
March
- March 1st : Monika Pflug , German speed skater
- March 2nd : Hans-Jürgen Baake , German soccer player
- March 5 : Wenera Tschernyschowa , Russian-Soviet biathlete
- March 6th : Toni Schumacher , German football goalkeeper
- March 8 : Juan Ramón Rocha , Argentinian soccer player
- March 8th : Karl Schnabl , Austrian ski jumper
- March 8th : Marie-Theres Nadig , Swiss ski racer
- March 9 : Teodor Anghelini , Romanian football player
- March 9 : Jock Taylor , British motorcycle racer († 1982 )
- March 10 : Lajos Mocsai , Hungarian handball player and coach
- March 10 : Tomiko Yoshikawa , Japanese racing car driver
- March 20th : Patrick Abada , French pole vaulter
- March 21 : Mike Dunleavy , American basketball coach
- March 21 : Eduardo Pereira , Uruguayan soccer player
- March 29th : Chip Robinson , American racing car driver
April
- April 1 : Dieter Müller , German soccer player
- April 1st : Giancarlo Antognoni , Italian football player
- April 2 : Vladimir Afromeev , Russian businessman, chess player and organizer
- April 4th : René Girard , French football player and coach
- April 6th : Sepp Ferstl , German ski racer
- April 10th : Angelika Hellmann , German gymnast
- April 10 : Jouko Törmänen , Finnish ski jumper († 2015 )
- April 17th : Riccardo Patrese , Italian Formula 1 racing driver
- April 18 : Victor Masin , Soviet weightlifter and Olympic champion
- April 19 : Trevor Francis , English football player and coach
- April 20 : Ralph Pichler , Swiss bobsleigh driver
- April 23 : Anthony White , American wrestler, bodybuilder and powerlifter
- April 30th : Gunther Tiersch , German meteorologist and gold medalist at the Olympic Games in rowing
May
- May 2nd : Werner Melzer , German soccer player
- May 2nd : Modupe Oshikoya , Nigerian athlete
- May 8 : Alexandru Custov , Romanian football player († 2008 )
- May 9 : Domenico Caso , Italian football player and coach
- May 14th : Peter Cestonaro , German soccer player
- May 14th : Bodo Wehmeier , German soccer player
- May 18 : Eric Gerets , Belgian football player and coach
- May 18 : Thomas Sinsel , German handball player
- May 20 : Vladimir Smirnov , Soviet fencer and Olympic champion († 1982 )
- May 27 : Jackie Slater , American football player
- May 29th : Jacqueline Todten , German athlete
- May 29 : John Hencken , American swimmer
June
- June 4th : Hermann Gerland , German soccer coach
- June 4th : Roger Xhonneux , Belgian handball player, coach and referee
- June 8 : Irina Levitina , American chess and bridge player of Russian origin
- June 8th : Jochen Schümann , German sailor, Olympic champion, winner of the America's Cup
- June 12 : Belmiro Silva , Portuguese cyclist
- June 20 : Alexander Frei , Swiss entrepreneur and racing car driver
- June 20 : Vladimir Golikov , Russian ice hockey player
- June 20 : Vladimir Kovin , Soviet-Russian ice hockey player
- June 24th : Mark Edmondson , Australian tennis player
- June 26 : Luis Arconada , Spanish soccer player
- June 26th : Marco Lucchinelli , Italian motorcycle racer
- June 27 : Alexander Melentjew , Soviet marksman and Olympic champion († 2015 )
- June 27 : Seth Neiman , American racing driver and entrepreneur
July
- July 1st : Herbert Zimmermann , German soccer player
- July 2nd : Victor Amaya , American tennis player
- July 8th : Hallstein Bøgseth , Norwegian Nordic combined skier
- July 11th : Fabrizio Castori , Italian football coach
- July 12th : Wolfgang Dremmler , German soccer player
- July 12 : Dave Irwin , Canadian ski racer
- July 14th : Erkki Antila , Finnish biathlete
- July 15 : Mario Kempes , Argentine soccer player and coach
- July 19 : Alvan Adams , American basketball player
- July 19 : Brad Cooper , Australian swimmer
- July 22nd : Petra Uhlig , German handball player
- July 22nd : Giovanni Ziggiotto , Italian motorcycle racer († 1977 )
- July 23 : Saúl Rivero , Uruguayan football player and coach
- July 24 : Erdoğan Arıca , Turkish football player, coach and sports manager († 2012 )
- July 26 : Vitas Gerulaitis , American tennis player († 1994 )
- July 27th : Philippe Alliot , French racing car driver
August
- August 1st : Benno Möhlmann , German soccer coach
- August 5 : Bill Gilligan , American ice hockey coach
- August 6 : Jürgen Owczarzak , German football player and coach
- August 7 : Valery Gassayev , Soviet football player and coach of CSKA Moscow
- August 9 : Loïc Amisse , French football player and coach
- August 9 : Olga Knjasewa , Russian-Soviet foil fencer († 2015 )
- August 11th : Bortolo Mutti , Italian football player and coach
- August 14 : Christian Gross , Swiss football player and coach
- August 16 : Christel Klinzmann , German soccer player
- August 19 : Oscar Larrauri , Argentine racing car driver
- August 21 : Edgar Geenen , German football functionary († 2007 )
- August 21 : Didier Six , French football player
- August 21 : Archie Griffin , American football player
- August 25 : Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle , French cyclist
- August 26 : Tracy Krohn , American racing car driver and entrepreneur
- August 27 : Derek Warwick , British racing car driver
- August 28 : Alexander Skvortsov , Russian ice hockey player and coach
September
- September 5th : Per Knut Aaland , Norwegian cross-country skier
- September 6th : Georgi Agsamow , Soviet chess master († 1986 )
- September 10th : Silvia Chivás , Cuban sprinter
- September 10 : Jürgen Hasebrink , German football player
- September 10 : Karl-Heinz Podzielny , German chess player († 2019 )
- September 16 : Patrick Bourdais , French racing car driver
- September 17th : František Kunzo , Slovak football player
- September 18 : Reiner Scheidhauer , German motorcycle racer
- September 20 : Bernd Feustel , German chess player († 2012 )
- September 21 : Wolfgang Steinbach , German soccer player
- September 23 : Guglielmo Andreini , Italian enduro athlete
- September 24th : Marco Tardelli , Italian football player and coach
- September 26 : Mauro Sandreani , Italian football player and coach
October
- October 5th : Jimmy Hartwig , German soccer player
- October 8th : Brigitte Rohde , German athlete
- October 8th : Huub Rothengatter , Dutch racing driver
- October 9 : Mike Micevski , Australian soccer player
- October 15 : Gabrio Rosa , Italian racing driver
- October 17th : René Botteron , Swiss football player
- October 18 : Franz Raschid , German football player and coach († 2010 )
- October 20 : Lee Roy Selmon , American football player († 2011 )
- October 21 : Marcel Răducanu , Romanian football player
- October 23 : Uli Stein , German soccer player
- October 25 : Mike Eruzione , American ice hockey player
- October 27 : Karl-Gustav Richter , German ice hockey player
- October 29th : Sigrun Siegl , German athlete
- October 29 : Herman Frazier , American track and field athlete and Olympic champion
- October 30th : Piero Gros , Italian ski racer
- October 31 : Mario Amizic , Croatian table tennis coach
November
- November 4th : Alexander Aksinin , Soviet-Russian athlete and Olympic champion
- November 4th : Hervé Regout , Belgian racing driver
- November 6th : Roger Berbig , Swiss football player
- November 9th : Debra Armstrong , American sprinter
- November 9th : Dietrich Thurau , German racing cyclist
- November 10th : Hartwig Gauder , German athlete
- November 10th : Jutta Kirst , German athlete
- November 10 : Matiaz Tomlje , Slovenian racing car driver
- November 12th : Paul McNamee , Australian tennis player
- November 13 : Emanuel Günther , German soccer player
- November 14th : Bernard Hinault , French cyclist
- November 15th : Uli Stielike , German soccer player and coach
- November 15 : Hans-Günter Bruns , German soccer player
- November 16 : Tommy Archer , American racing car driver
- November 24th : Franz Reindl , German ice hockey coach and official
- November 29th : Alīda Ābola , Latvian orienteer
December
- December 1st : Karl-Heinz Körbel , German soccer player and coach
- December 1 : François Van der Elst , Belgian football player († 2017 )
- December 3rd : Alfredo Evangelista , Uruguayan heavyweight boxer
- December 5 : Dieter Bartke , German handball goalkeeper († 2002 )
- December 6th : Andrei Minenkov , Soviet-Russian figure skater
- December 8th : Peter Kotte , German soccer player
- December 8th : Heinz-Jürgen Voise , German soccer player and coach
- December 8 : Josef Walcher , Austrian ski racer († 1984 )
- December 10th : Price Cobb , American racing car driver
- December 16 : Peter Meisinger , German handball player and coach
- December 18 : Willi Wülbeck , German athlete
- December 21 : Chris Evert , American tennis player
- December 23 : Brian Teacher , American tennis player
- December 27th : Novella Calligaris , Italian swimmer
- December 30th : Wolfgang Pohl , German soccer player
Died
January to June
- January 3 : Christian Friedrich Lautenschlager , German mechanic and racing car driver (* 1877 )
- January 10 : Rocky Kansas , American lightweight boxer of Italian origin (* 1893 )
- January 22nd : Ernest Friederich , French automobile racing driver and mechanic (* 1886 )
- February 11 : Arthur Duray , French-American racing driver (* 1882 )
- February 16 : Senda Berenson Abbott , American sports teacher (* 1868 )
- February 23 : Jacques Mieses , German-British chess player (* 1865 )
- February 27 : Bobby Ball , American racing driver (* 1925 )
- March 30th : Thomas Schneider , German racing driver (* 1875 )
- April 1 : Jan Thomée , Dutch football player (* 1886 )
- April 2 : William Heffelfinger , American football player (* 1867 )
- May 27 : Jan Schoemaker , Dutch football player (* 1882 )
July to December
- July 5 : Bob Scott , American racing driver (* 1928 )
- August 2 : Teodor Regedziński , Polish chess player (* 1894 )
- October 31 : Pieter Boelmans ter Spill , Dutch football player (* 1886 )
- November 17th : Ragnar Sunnqvist , Swedish motorcycle racer (* 1908 )
- December 14th : Emil Rausch , German swimmer (* 1882 )
- December 14th : Ed Sanders , American boxer (born 1930 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Charlie Collier , British motorcycle racer and entrepreneur (* 1885 )
- René de Knyff , French racing driver and chairman of the CSI motorsport association (* 1865 )
See also
Web links
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