Sports year 1961
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badminton
The highlight of the badminton year 1961 was the Thomas Cup 1961 as well as the All England , the Irish Open , the Scottish Open , the German Open , the Dutch Open , the Southeast Asian Games and the French Open .
International events
fencing
Handball
athletics
Athletics world records
sprint
- August 19 : Wilma Rudolph , USA, runs the women's 100 meters for 11.2 seconds.
Obstacle course
- June 28 : Hryhorij Taran , Soviet Union, runs the men's 3000 meter obstacle in 8: 31.2 min.
- July 26 : Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak , Poland, runs the men's 3000 meter obstacle in 8: 30.4 minutes.
Go
- August 17 : Grigori Klimov , Soviet Union, completed the men's 50,000 meter walk in 4:01:39 h.
- September 5 : Mikhail Lavrov , Soviet Union, walks the men's 50,000 meters in 4:00:50 h.
Throwing disciplines
- May 1st : Tamara Press , Soviet Union, reaches 58.06 m in the women's discus throw .
- May 20 : Tamara Press , Soviet Union, reaches 58.98 m in the women's discus throw.
- July 1st : Carlo Lievore , Italy, reaches 86.74 m in the men's javelin .
- August 11 : Jay Silvester , USA, throws the discus in the men's 60.56 m discipline.
- August 20 : Jay Silvester , USA, reaches 60.72 m in the men's discus throw.
Jump disciplines
- June 18 : Valeri Brumel , Soviet Union, reaches 2.23 m in the men's high jump.
- June 20 : George Davies , USA, reaches 4.83 m in the men's pole vault .
- June 27th : Ralph Boston , USA, reaches 8.24 m in the men's long jump .
- July 16 : Valeri Brumel , Soviet Union, reaches 2.24 m in the men's high jump.
- July 16 : Ralph Boston , USA, jumped 8.28 m in the men's long jump.
- July 18 : Iolanda Balaș , Romania, reaches 1.88 m in the women's high jump .
- August 8 : Iolanda Balaș , Romania, reaches 1.90 m in the women's high jump.
- August 16 : Iolanda Balaș , Romania, reaches 1.91 m in the women's high jump.
- August 16 : Tatyana Shchelkanova , Soviet Union, reaches 6.48 m in the women's long jump.
- August 16 : Ralph Boston , USA, reaches 8.28 m in the men's long jump.
- August 31 : Valeri Brumel , Soviet Union, jumps 2.25 m in the men's high jump.
Motorsport
Cycling
- Giro d'Italia 1961
- Tour de France 1961
- International Afri-Cola Tour of Germany 1961
- International Peace Tour 1961
- 1961 UCI Track World Championships
- UCI Road World Championships 1961
Wrestling
rowing
chess
Table tennis
- Table tennis world championship 1961 April 5th to 14th in Beijing (China)
- Internationals of Germany (friendlies)
- March 8: Saarbrücken: D. - France 5-0 (men)
- April 20: Deventer: D. - Netherlands 8-1 (men)
- October 9: Mainz: D. - Austria 5: 1 (men)
- October 29: Munich: D. - Sweden 3: 5 (men)
- October 29: Salzburg: D. - Austria 2: 3 (women)
- December: Berlin: D. - England 5: 1 (men)
Winter sports
- Biathlon World Championship 1961
- 1961 World Bobsleigh Championship
- Ice Hockey World Championship 1961
- Luge World Championships 1961
Born
January
- January 8th : Keith Arkell , English chess player
- January 8 : Calvin Smith , American athlete and Olympic champion
- January 8th : Klaus Gattermann , German skier
- January 9 : Uwe Anweiler , German soccer player
- January 12th : Andrea Carnevale , Italian soccer player
- January 12th : Stefano Ceccaroni , Swiss-Italian football coach
- January 17th : Maia Chiburdanidze , Georgian chess player
- January 18 : Mark Messier , Canadian ice hockey player
- January 21 : Cornelia Pröll , Austrian ski racer
- January 22nd : Narine Antonyan , Armenian table tennis player
- January 23 : Fausto Gresini , Italian motorcycle racer
- January 24th : Guido Buchwald , German soccer player and coach
- January 24th : Christa Kinshofer , German ski racer
- January 26 : Wayne Gretzky , Canadian ice hockey player
February
- February 1st : Armin Veh , German soccer coach
- February 3 : Jay Adams , American skateboarder († 2014 )
- February 6 : Bernd Dittert , German track cyclist, national trainer in track cycling
- February 8 : Ralf Åkesson , Swedish chess grandmaster
- February 8 : Christian Fitzek , German handball player and trainer
- February 10 : Eva Pfaff , German tennis player
- February 13 : Jürgen Adams , German ice hockey player
- February 17th : Ariane Ehrat , Swiss ski racer
- February 18th : Marion Aizpors , German swimmer
- February 18 : Alycia Moulton , American tennis player
- February 18 : Frank Schulz , German soccer player and cup winner
- February 19 : Pirjo Aalto , Finnish biathlete
- February 19 : Justin Fashanu , British football player († 1998 )
- February 24 : Giancarlo Corradini , Italian football player and coach
- February 27 : Hans-Jörg Klindt , German handball trainer , teacher and former handball player
- February 27 : James Worthy , American basketball player
March
- March 4th : Sabine Everts , German athlete
- March 4th : Erwin Resch , Austrian ski racer
- March 4th : Mikhail Wassiljew , Russian handball player and coach
- March 8 : Larry Murphy , Canadian ice hockey player
- March 10 : Mike Bullard , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- March 13 : Frank Gersch , German handball player
- March 13 : Sebastiano Nela , Italian football player
- March 14th : Lutz Grosser , German handball goalkeeper
- March 15th : Sabine Baeß , German figure skater
- March 15 : Max Julen , Swiss ski racer and Olympic champion
- March 18 : Heidi Preuss , American ski racer
- March 19 : Rune Bratseth , Norwegian football player
- March 21 : Lothar Matthäus , German soccer player
- March 27th : Tony Rominger , Swiss cyclist
- March 30th : Mike Thackwell , New Zealand racing car driver
April
- April 1st : Regine Mösenlechner , German ski racer
- April 3 : Angelo d'Arrigo , Italian paraglider and hang-glider pilot († 2006 )
- April 4th : Markus Löw , German soccer player
- April 5th : Michael Biegler , German handball coach
- April 7th : Luigi De Agostini , Italian football player
- April 9 : Robert Zoller , Austrian ski racer
- April 15th : José Anigo , French football player, coach and official
- April 15 : Michael Paul , German handball player
- April 15 : Kerstin Walther , German athlete
- April 17th : Geet Sethi , Indian billiards player and world champion
- April 17th : Igor Solopov , Russian and Estonian table tennis player († 2019 )
- April 19 : Kirsten Emmelmann , German athlete
- April 19 : Baldassarre Monti , Italian motorcycle racer († 2008 )
- April 21 : Paolo Barilla , Italian racing car driver
- April 22nd : Flemming Hansen , Danish handball player
- April 22 : Jeff Hostetler , American football player
- April 23 : Ralf Agolli , German soccer coach
- April 23 : Chris Kneifel , American racing driver and motorsport official
- April 23 : Frank Lippmann , German soccer player
- April 23 : Pierluigi Martini , Italian racing car driver
- April 25th : Agneta Andersson , Swedish canoeist, Olympic champion and world champion
- April 25 : Ralf Forster , German soccer player
- April 26 : Leif Andersson , Swedish biathlete
- April 27th : Karl Alpiger , Swiss ski racer
- April 27th : Mónica Regonesi , Chilean middle and long distance runner
- April 30 : Arnór Guðjohnsen , Icelandic football player
- April 30th : Franky Van Der Elst , Belgian football player
- April 30th : Thomas Schaaf , German soccer player and coach
- April 30 : Isiah Thomas , American basketball player
May
- May 1 : Clint Malarchuk , Canadian ice hockey player
- May 4th : Luis Herrera , Colombian cyclist
- May 5 : Russ Adam , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- May 10th : Béatrice Abgrall , French table tennis player
- May 11 : Ivan Mishchenko , Soviet-Russian cyclist
- May 12 : Thomas Dooley , American soccer player
- May 13 : Ásta Breiðfjörð Gunnlaugsdóttir , Icelandic football player
- May 13 : Dennis Rodman , American basketball player
- May 23 : Daniele Massaro , Italian soccer player
- May 24th : Maria Rosa Quario , Italian ski racer
- May 26th : Matthias Ahrens , German cross-country skier, biathlete and biathlon trainer
- May 27 : Pierre-Henri Raphanel , French racing car driver
June
- June 1st : Gabi Zange , German speed skater
- June 1 : Paul Coffey , Canadian ice hockey player
- June 1st : Werner Günthör , Swiss athlete
- June 2 : Manfred Ahne , German ice hockey player
- June 3rd : Beat Züger , Swiss chess player
- June 4th : Valentin Ivanov , Russian FIFA referee and physical education teacher
- June 5th : Anke Behmer , German athlete
- June 5th : Ramesh Krishnan , Indian tennis player
- June 8 : Kurt Artner , Austrian marksman († 2005 )
- June 8 : Earl Strickland , American pool player
- June 9th : Pascal Gibon , French racing driver and entrepreneur
- June 12th : Gary Wayne Athans , Canadian alpine ski racer
- June 14 : Dirk Schlegel , German soccer player
- June 15 : Rene Arredondo , Mexican boxer
- June 15th : Halvor Asphol , Norwegian ski jumper
- June 17th : Luca Marmorini , Italian engine technician
- June 18 : Jörg Löhr , German handball player and business consultant
- June 20 : Karin Enke , German speed skater
- June 22nd : Patrice Lafargue , French racing driver and entrepreneur
- June 23 : Rui Pinto de Abreu , Portuguese swimmer († 1982 )
- June 23 : Mark Armstrong , British show jumper
- June 23 : Andrea Borella , Italian fencer and Olympic champion
- June 24th : Susanne Beyer , German athlete
- June 26 : Greg LeMond , American cyclist
- June 27th : André Ahrlé , German entrepreneur and racing car driver
- June 30th : Undine Bremer , German athlete
July
- July 1 : Carl Lewis , American athlete and Olympic champion
- July 6 : Benita Fitzgerald-Brown , American athlete and Olympic champion
- July 12 : Espen Andersen , Norwegian Nordic Combined
- July 18th : Conny Kissling , Swiss freestyle skier
- July 18 : Pasi Rautiainen , Finnish football player
- July 19 : Niall Mackenzie , British motorcycle racer
- July 20th : Ria Visser , Dutch speed skater
- July 25 : Franz Engstler , German automobile racing driver
- July 26th : Iolanda Tschen , Russian athlete
- July 27th : Juri Schlünz , German soccer player
- July 28th : Yannick Dalmas , French racing car driver
- July 31 : Chris Hinton , American football player
August
- August 1st : Allen Berg , Canadian racing car driver
- August 1st : Danny Blind , Dutch football player
- August 1st : Weniamin But , Russian rower and rowing official
- August 2nd : Gustav Weder , Swiss bobsleigh driver
- August 4th : Andreas Anter , German soccer player
- August 6 : Reno Achenbach , German football player († 2010 )
- August 6th : Terje Næss , Norwegian long-distance runner
- August 7th : Jelena Dawydowa , Soviet-Russian gymnast and two-time Olympic champion
- August 12th : Tetjana Samolenko-Dorowskych , Ukrainian athlete
- August 12th : Gottardo Gottardi , Swiss chess grandmaster in correspondence chess
- August 13 : Chad Brown , American poker player († 2014 )
- August 15 : Chris Brown , American baseball player († 2006 )
- August 15th : Dietmar Mögenburg , German athlete
- August 17th : Stephan Hauck , German handball player
- August 19 : Darryl Wills , American racing car driver
- August 21 : Gerardo Barbero , Argentine chess grandmaster († 2001 )
- August 25 : Oleg Boschjew , Russian speed skater
September
- September 1st : Marina Logwinenko , Russian sports shooter
- September 2nd : Carlos Valderrama , Colombian soccer player
- September 3 : Michael Schulz , German soccer player
- September 9 : Jan-Eric Antonsson , Swedish badminton player
- September 10 : Jörg Freimuth , German athlete
- September 13 : Željko Buvač , Bosnian football coach
- September 13 : Walter Hörmann , Austrian football coach
- September 15 : Dan Marino , American football player
- September 17th : Alexander Portnow , Soviet water diver and Olympic champion
- September 19 : Josimar , Brazilian soccer player
- September 20 : Erwin Koeman , Dutch football player
- September 28 : Jordanka Donkowa , Bulgarian athlete and Olympic champion
- September 29 : Sergei Ivanov , Russian chess grandmaster
- September 30th : Eric van de Poele , Belgian racing driver
October
- October 1st : Thomas von Heesen , German soccer player and coach
- October 1st : Walter Mazzarri , Italian football player and coach
- October 3 : Walter Hainer , German soccer player
- October 4th : Henry Amike , Nigerian athlete
- October 5th : Bernd Arnholdt , German soccer player
- October 6th : Katrin Dörre-Heinig , German long-distance runner and Olympic bronze medalist
- October 9 : Julian Bailey , British racing car driver
- October 9th : Martial Fesselier , French sports enthusiast
- October 12th : Mary Wagner , German athlete
- October 13 : Doc Rivers , American basketball coach and player
- October 14 : Perry Anderson , Canadian ice hockey player
- October 14 : Brian Laws , English soccer player
- October 15th : Mikael Appelgren , Swedish table tennis player
- October 18 : Othmane Belfaa , Algerian high jumper
- October 20th : Ian Rush , Welsh football player
- October 23 : Andoni Zubizarreta , Spanish football player
- October 29th : Cornelia Oschkenat , German athlete
- October 31 : Alonzo Babers , American athlete and Olympic champion
November
- November 5th : Helmut de Raaf , German ice hockey goalie and coach
- November 7th : Igor Glek , Russian chess player, trainer and author
- November 7th : Mark Hateley , English soccer player
- November 9th : Lutz Schülbe , German soccer player
- November 12th : Nadia Comăneci , Romanian gymnast
- November 17th : Helmut Bradl , German motorcycle racer
- November 17 : Wolfram Wuttke , German soccer player († 2015 )
- November 18 : John Andersen , Danish football player
- November 19 : Bogdan Wenta , German handball player and coach
- November 21 : Martin Andermatt , Swiss football coach
- November 22nd : Alemão , Brazilian soccer player
- November 27th : Norbert Dickel , German soccer player
December
- December 6th : Manuel Reuter , German racing driver
- December 6 : Chris Valentine , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- December 10 : Mark McKoy , Canadian athlete and Olympic champion
- December 11th : Jorge da Silva , Uruguayan soccer coach and soccer player
- December 11th : Ingo Appelt , Austrian winter sports enthusiast
- December 12th : Andrei Perlow , Russian athlete and Olympic champion
- December 13 : Gary Zimmerman , American football player
- December 14th : Hermann Schulz , German figure skater
- December 19 : Claude-Yves Gosselin , French racing car driver and entrepreneur
- December 19 : Reggie White , American football player († 2004 )
- December 20 : Freddie Spencer , American motorcycle racer
- December 31 : Rainer Ernst , German football player
Died
- January 5 : Georg Schneider , German football player (* 1892 )
- February 15 : Laurence Owen , American figure skater (* 1944 )
- March 10 : Jane Gylling , Swedish swimmer (* 1902 )
- March 14 : Ben Adams , American athlete (* 1890 )
- April 25 : Robert Garrett , American athlete (* 1875 )
- April 30 : Jan De Bie , Belgian football goalkeeper (* 1892 )
- May 17 : Fritz Baumgarten , German football player (* 1886 )
- July 3 : Petar Graf Orssich , Austrian automobile racing driver and nobleman (* 1907 )
- October 16 : Wilhelm Falk , German football player (* 1898 )
- November 8th : Fritz Haller , Austrian weightlifter (* 1908 )
See also
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