Sports year 1958
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badminton
The highlight of the badminton year 1958 was the Thomas Cup with the winner Indonesia as well as the All England , the Irish Open , the Scottish Open , the German Open , the Dutch Open and the French Open . National title fights were held for the first time in Austria and Cambodia.
International events
Soccer
- May 1 - In the second leg of the 1955–1958 trade fair cup , FC Barcelona won the title of the first-ever competition with a 6-0 win after a 2-2 draw in the first leg on March 5 against a London city selection
- May 28 - Real Madrid achieved their third success in a row in the final of the 1957/58 European Cup with a 3-2 win after extra time over the Italian representative AC Milan
- June 29 - In the final of the 1958 World Cup tournament, which has been held in Sweden since June 8, Brazil beats the host Swedish team 5-2.
athletics
- May 13 - Wera Krepkina , Soviet Union , ran the women's 100 m in 11.3 seconds.
- June 1st - Dana Zátopková , Czechoslovakia , reached 55.73 m in the women's javelin.
- June 12 - Hal Connolly , USA , reached 68.68 m in the men's hammer throw.
- June 18 - Vasily Kuznetsov , Soviet Union , scored 8014 points in the men's decathlon.
- June 22nd - Iolanda Balaș , Romania , jumped 1.80 m in the women's high jump.
- July 24th - Anna Pazera , Australia reached 57.40 m in the women's javelin.
- August 6 - Glenn Davis , USA , ran the men's 400m hurdles in 49.2 seconds.
- August 19 - Oleg Ryachovsky , Soviet Union , reached 16.59 m in the men's triple jump.
- August 24 - Sergei Popov , Soviet Union , ran the men's marathon in 2:15:17 h.
- August 28 - Herb Elliott , Australia , ran the men's 1500 m in 3: 36.0 minutes.
- August 28 - Rafer Johnson , USA , scored 8,302 points in the men's decathlon.
- September 19 - Jerzy Chromik , Poland , ran the men's 3000 m obstacle in 8: 32.0 min.
- October 4th - Iolanda Balaș , Romania , reached 1.82 m in the women's high jump.
- October 18 - Iolanda Balaș , Romania , reached 1.83 m in the women's high jump.
- October 30 - Birutė Zalogaitytė , Soviet Union , reached 57.49 m in the women's javelin.
Table tennis
- European table tennis championship 1958 March 2nd to 19th in Budapest
- Internationals of Germany (friendlies)
- February 26th: Burgkunstadt: D. - England 0: 3 (women)
- February 26th: Burgkunstadt: D. - England 5: 2 (men)
- April 13: Schramberg: D. - France 5-0 (men)
- May 4th: Rheine: D. - Denmark 5-3 (men)
- May 4: Rheine: D. - Denmark 2: 3 (women)
- October 30: Vienna: D. - Austria 5-0 (women)
- October 30: Vienna: D. - Austria 5: 1 (men)
- October: Jülich: D. - England 2: 5 (men)
Born
January
- January 2 : Igor Sokolow , Soviet-Russian sports shooter and Olympic champion
- January 7th : Miki Biasion , Italian rally driver
- January 7th : Florian Beck , German ski racer
- January 12th : Matthias Döschner , German soccer player
- January 14 : Vladimir Subkov , Soviet-Russian ice hockey player
- January 17th : Gabriele Marion Appel , German hockey player
- January 18 : Bernard Genghini , French football player
- January 19 : Michel De Wolf , Belgian football player
- January 21 : Klaus Thiele , German athlete
- January 22nd : Nikolaos Anastopoulos , Greek football player and coach
- January 23 : Sergei Litvinow , Soviet-Russian hammer thrower († 2018 )
- January 24th : Frank Ullrich , German biathlete and national coach of the German biathletes
- January 24th : Harti Weirather , Austrian ski racer
- January 25 : Jürgen Hingsen , German decathlete
- January 26th : Gian Piero Gasperini , Italian football player and coach
February
- February 1st : Søren Lerby , Danish football player and coach
- February 5th : Frank Pagelsdorf , German soccer player and coach
- February 7th : Giuseppe Baresi , Italian football player
- February 8 : Sherri Martel , American professional wrestler and wrestling manager († 2007 )
- February 9 : Totju Andonov , Bulgarian wrestler
- February 10 : Yevgeny Seredin , Russian swimmer († 2006 )
- February 15 : Rabah Madjer , Algerian football player and coach
- February 16 : Bernhard Englbrecht , German ice hockey player and coach
- February 18 : Giovanni Lavaggi , Italian racing car driver
- February 21 : Martin Weppler , German athlete
- February 21 : Jörn-Uwe Lommel , German handball player and coach
- February 22nd : Almo Coppelli , Italian racing car driver
- February 28 : Christina Lathan , German athlete and Olympic champion
- February 28 : Yevgeny Lipeev , Russian-Soviet pentathlete and Olympic champion
March
- March 2nd : Kevin Curren , South African tennis player
- March 4th : Per Egil Ahlsen , Norwegian football player
- March 4th : Maria Fadejewa , Soviet rower and world champion
- March 7th : Stefan Born , German soccer player († 2015 )
- March 8 : Erwin Skamrahl , German athlete
- March 11 : Eddie Lawson , American motorcycle racer
- March 12 : Phil Anderson , Australian cyclist
- March 13 : Ján Kocian , Slovak football player and coach
- March 14th : Leonhard Stock , Austrian ski racer
- March 15th : Peter Hertel , German chess grandmaster in correspondence chess
- March 17th : José Manuel Abascal , Spanish medium and long distance runner
- March 17th : Olga Buryakina , Russian basketball player
- March 18 : Andreas Wenzel , Liechtenstein ski racer
- March 21 : Marlies Göhr , German athlete
- March 24 : Albert Carnice , Andorran football player
- March 25th : Thomas Happe , German handball player
- March 26 : Elio de Angelis , Italian Formula 1 driver († 1986 )
- March 27 : Didier de Radiguès , Belgian car and motorcycle racer
- March 28th : Curt Hennig , American professional wrestler, “Mr. Perfect "(† 2003 )
- March 28 : Heinz Hermann , Swiss soccer player
- March 29 : Yuri Pimenow , Russian-Soviet rower († 2019 )
April
- April 1st : Tita , Brazilian soccer player
- April 2nd : Dierk Schmäschke , German handball manager and handball player
- April 4th : Christian Danner , German motor sportsman
- April 5th : Johan Kriek , South African tennis player
- April 10 : Elmar Məhərrəmov , Azerbaijani chess player
- April 11th : Lyudmila Kondratjewa , Russian athlete
- April 12th : Ginka Sagortschewa , Bulgarian athlete
- April 17th : Ralf Wosik , German table tennis player
- April 18 : Shaibu Amodu , Nigerian football coach († 2016 )
- April 20 : Vyacheslav Fetisov , Russian ice hockey player
- April 23 : Magnus Andersson , Swedish football player
- April 24th : Mercedes Stermitz , Austrian beauty queen and racing driver
- April 27 : Ronald Adam , German soccer player
- April 28th : Doris De Agostini , Swiss ski racer
- April 28 : Hal Sutton , American golfer
- April 29 : Giovanni Galli , Italian football player
May
- May 2nd : David O'Leary , Irish football player and coach
- May 5th : Serse Cosmi , Italian football coach
- May 6 : Tommy Byrne , Irish racing driver
- May 9 : Brad Budde , American football player
- May 11th : Peter Antonie , Australian rower and Olympic champion
- May 12th : Massimo Briaschi , Italian football player and player agent
- May 13 : Wassilij Tichonow , Russian ice hockey player and coach († 2013 )
- May 14 : Andrzej Grubba , Polish table tennis player († 2005 )
- May 18 : Rubén Omar Romano , Argentine football coach
- May 26 : Alexander Tyschnych , Russian-Soviet ice hockey goalkeeper
- May 27th : Heike Schulte-Mattler , German athlete
- May 28 : František Straka , Czech football player and coach
- May 28 : Natalja Tschmyrjowa , Soviet-Russian tennis player († 2015 )
- May 29 : Uwe Rapolder , German football coach
June
- June 2 : Lex Luger , American wrestler
- June 4th : Reiner Ackermann , German soccer player
- June 9 : Karel Lang , Czech ice hockey goalkeeper
- June 10th : Attilio Tesser , Italian football player and coach
- June 14th : Eric Heiden , American speed skater
- June 15 : Riccardo Paletti , racing driver from San Marino († 1982 )
- June 19 : Sergei Makarov , Russian ice hockey player and member of the IIHF Hall of Fame and the Hockey Hall of Fame
- June 28th : Uwe Helmes , German soccer player
- June 28 : Sergei Shachrai , Russian figure skater
- June 29th : Rosa Mota , Portuguese athlete
- June 29th : Ralf Rangnick , German soccer coach
- June 30 : Irina Vorobyova , Russian-Soviet figure skater
July
- July 10 : Ute Thimm , German athlete
- July 11 : Hugo Sánchez , Mexican football player and coach
- July 22nd : Stanislaw Leonowitsch , Russian-Soviet figure skater
- July 23 : Frank Mill , German soccer player
- July 25 : Karlheinz Förster , German football player
- July 26th : Thierry Gilardi , French sports journalist († 2008 )
- July 26th : Ramona Neubert , German athlete
- July 26th : Romy Müller , German athlete and Olympic champion
- July 28 : Terry Fox , Canadian athlete and activist († 1981 )
- July 30th : Daley Thompson , British decathlete
August
- August 2 : Brian Agler , American basketball coach
- August 3 : Günther Bansemer , German football player
- August 3rd : Bettine Jahn , German athlete
- August 5th : Hastomo Arbi , Indonesian badminton player
- August 5th : Ulla Salzgeber , German dressage rider
- August 10 : Yekaterina Fessenko , Russian-Soviet hurdler
- August 18th : Didier Auriol , French rally driver
- August 19 : Anthony Muñoz , American football player
- August 26th : Andreas Bielau , German soccer player (GDR) and national player
- August 27 : Maurizio Sandro Sala , Brazilian racing car driver
- August 28 : Peter Malota , American actor and martial arts fighter
September
- September 9 : Knut Schubert , German figure skater and figure skating coach
- September 10 : Gerd Truntschka , German ice hockey player
- September 11th : Silvio Baldini , Italian football coach
- September 13th : Peter Wirnsberger , Austrian ski racer
- September 13 : Robert Millar , Scottish cyclist
- September 18 : István Antal , Romanian ice hockey player, coach and official († 2009 )
- September 20 : Arn Anderson , American wrestler
- September 20 : Norbert Meier , German soccer player and coach
- September 21 : Alexander Koshevnikov , Russian-Soviet ice hockey player
- September 21 : Rick Mahorn , American basketball player
- September 21 : Dagmar Stelberg , German handball player
- September 26th : Georg Ager , Austrian ski racer
- September 26 : Rudi Cerne , German figure skater, sports journalist and television presenter
- September 27 : Neil Adams , English judoka
- September 28th : Angella Issajenko , Canadian sprinter
October
- October 2nd : Kim Andersen , Danish cyclist
- October 5th : Antonio Di Gennaro , Italian football player
- October 6 : Sergej Mylnikow , Russian ice hockey goalkeeper († 2017 )
- October 14 : Peter Lipp , German handball player
- October 15 : Valery Kleschnjow , Russian-Soviet rower and Olympic silver medalist
- October 15 : Perlat Musta , Albanian football player
- October 18 : Julio Olarticoechea , Argentine soccer player
- October 20 : Scott Hall , American wrestler
- October 21 : Dieter Amann , Austrian ski racer
- October 22nd : Johnny Unser , American racing driver and motorsport official
- October 23 : Frank Schaffer , German athlete
- October 25 : Kornelia Ender , German swimmer
- October 26 : Walter Junghans , German soccer goalkeeper
- October 28th : Ernst Middendorp , German soccer coach
- October 31 : Yves Loubet , French rally driver
November
- November 4th : Uwe Bewersdorf , German figure skater
- November 6th : Urs Freuler , Swiss cyclist
- November 10th : Michael Dusek , German football player and coach
- November 10th : Hans-Uwe Pilz , German soccer player
- November 16 : Roberto Guerrero , Colombian racing car driver
- November 17th : Jean-Louis Tournadre , French motorcycle racer
- November 18 : Shirley Strong , British athlete
- November 19 : Claudio Foscarini , Italian football player and coach
- November 24th : Roy Aitken , Scottish soccer player
- November 24th : Jean-François Yvon , French racing car driver
- November 25 : Olaf Seier , German football player (GDR)
- November 26th : Ellen Fiedler , German athlete
- November 26th : Michail Linge , Soviet sprinter and Olympic champion († 1994 )
- November 28th : Kriss Akabusi , British athlete
- November 28th : Hideki Okada , Japanese racing car driver
December
- December 1st : Javier Aguirre , Mexican football player and coach
- December 1st : Alberto Cova , Italian athlete
- December 2nd : Vladimir Parfenowitsch , Soviet canoeist and three-time Olympic champion
- December 3 : Otto Becker , German show jumper
- December 4th : Jonathan Asselin , Canadian show jumper
- December 4th : Wolfgang Schäfer , German soccer player
- December 4th : Sergei Starikov , Russian ice hockey player
- December 7th : Rick Rude , American wrestler († 1999 )
- December 12th : Mustafa Reşit Akçay , Turkish football coach
- December 12th : Gabriele Löwe , German athlete
- December 17th : Gerhard Waibel , German motorcycle racer
- December 19 : José Aguilar Pulsán , Cuban boxer († 2014 )
- December 20 : Jürgen Raab , German soccer player and coach
- December 21 : Tamara Bykowa , Russian athlete
- December 22nd : Jerzy Hawrylewicz , Polish football player († 2009 )
- December 24th : Hans Spaan , Dutch motorcycle racer
- December 29 : Lakhdar Belloumi , Algerian football player and coach
- December 30th : Michael Stäuble , Swiss sports journalist, sports reporter and television editor
Day unknown
- Ole Andersen , Danish handball coach
Died
- January 7th : Goffredo Zehender , Italian racing car driver (* 1901 )
- January 8 : John Duff , Canadian racing car driver (* 1895 )
- February 6 : Geoff Bent , English football player (* 1932 )
- February 6 : Roger Byrne , English football player (born 1929 )
- February 6 : Eddie Colman , English football player (* 1936 )
- February 6 : Walter Crickmer , English football official (* 1900 )
- February 6 : Tom Curry , English football player and coach (* 1894 )
- February 6 : Mark Jones , English soccer player (* 1933 )
- February 6 : David Pegg , English football player (* 1935 )
- February 6 : Frank Swift , English football player and journalist (* 1913 )
- February 6 : Tommy Taylor , English soccer player (* 1932 )
- February 6 : Bert Whalley , English football player and coach (* 1973 )
- February 6 : Liam "Billy" Whelan , English soccer player (* 1935 )
- February 21 : Duncan Edwards , English football player (* 1936 )
- March 17th : John Pius Boland , Irish lawyer, first Olympic tennis champion (* 1870 )
- March 20 : Yvan Goor , Belgian motorcycle and cyclist (* 1884 )
- July 18 : Henri Farman , French track cyclist, aviation pioneer, racing car driver and entrepreneur (* 1874 )
- August 3 : Peter Collins , British racing driver (* 1931 )
See also
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