Sports year 1966
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Other events
badminton
The highlights of the badminton year 1966 were the Uber Cup 1966 as well as the All England , the Irish Open , the Scottish Open , the German Open , the Dutch Open , the Denmark Open , the Asian Games , the British Empire and Commonwealth Games and the French Open .
International events
athletics
- July 5 - Ron Clarke , Australia , ran the men's 5000 meters in 13: 16.6 minutes.
- July 7th - Ludvík Danek , Czechoslovakia , reached 66.07 meters in the men's discus throw.
- July 10 - Jim Ryun , USA , ran the men's 800 meters in 1: 44.9 minutes.
- July 14th - Bob Seagren , USA , reached 5.32 meters in the men's pole vault.
- July 17th - FJ Kemper - WJ Schulte - Hillen - H. Norpoth Germany , ran the 3 x 1000 meter relay at the DM in 7: 01.2 minutes.
- July 23 - Roberta Picco , Canada , ran the women's 3000 meters in 9: 44.0 minutes.
- August 5 - Ron Clarke , Australia , ran the men's 5000 meters in 13: 16.6 minutes.
- August 12 - Bob Seagren , USA , reached 5.32 meters in the men's pole vault.
- August 23 - John Pennel , USA , reached 5.34 meters in the men's pole vault.
- August 24 - Russ Hodge , USA , scored 8,230 points in the men's decathlon.
- September 10 - Wendell Mottley ran the men's 400 meters in 44.82 seconds.
Orienteering
- October 1st and 2nd - The first orienteering world championships take place in Fiskars , Finland . The Norwegian Åge Hadler and the Swede Ulla Lindkvist win the individual decisions.
Table tennis
- European table tennis championship 1966 April 13th to 20th in London
- Internationals of Germany (friendlies)
- February: Bad Homburg: D. - Hungary 5: 3 (men)
- March 1: Bremen: D. - CSSR 1: 3 (women)
- March 8: Osnabrück: D. - Japan 1: 5 (men)
- March 8: Osnabrück: D. - Japan 0: 3 (women)
- October 28: Mödling: D. - Austria 5-0 (men)
- October 28: Mödling: D. - Austria 5-0 (women)
- Bremen: D. - CSSR 1: 5 (men)
- Bad Homburg: D. - Hungary 1: 3 (women)
- February: Hoyerswerda: GDR - Yugoslavia 0: 5 (men)
- February: Hoyerswerda: GDR - Yugoslavia 3-1 (women)
- April: GDR - Hungary 3: 5 (men)
- April: GDR - Hungary 1: 3 (women)
- November Hungary: GDR 1-5 Hungary (men)
- November Hungary: GDR 3-0 Hungary (women)
Born
January
- January 2nd : Artur Akojew , Russian weightlifter
- January 3rd : Holger Kretschmer , German handball player and coach
- January 6th : Attilio Lombardo , Italian football player and coach
- January 7th : Iris Plotzitzka , German shot putter
- January 7th : Corrie Sanders , South African boxer († 2012 )
- January 14th : Günter Abel , German soccer player and coach
- January 16 : Jorge Aguilera , Cuban sprinter
- January 18 : Charles Ariiotima , Tahitian football referee
- January 18 : Alexander Chalifman , Russian chess player
- January 19 : Stefan Edberg , Swedish tennis player
- January 19 : Aaron Slight , New Zealand motorcycle racer
- January 25 : Mahmut Calışkan , Turkish soccer player
- January 28 : Hermann Andrejew , Russian soccer coach and soccer player
- January 29th : Maxim Dlugy , American chess player
- January 29 : Romário , Brazilian soccer player
- January 31 : Jorge González , Argentine wrestler and basketball player († 2010 )
- January 31 : Rolf Järmann , Swiss cyclist
- January 31 : JJ Lehto , Finnish racing driver, two-time winner of the Le Mans 24-hour race
- January 31 : Thomas Treß , German football official
February
- February 1 : Michelle Akers , American soccer player
- February 1 : Jelena Nikolajewa , Russian athlete and Olympic champion
- February 4th : Vyacheslav Yekimov , Russian cyclist
- February 5 : Rok Petrovič , Slovenian ski racer († 1993 )
- February 7th : Monika Weber , German foil fencer
- February 7th : Roland Bervillé , French racing car driver
- February 7th : Kristin Otto , German swimmer, Olympic champion and journalist
- February 8 : Alexander Antonitsch , Austrian tennis player
- February 8 : Bruno Labbadia , football player and coach
- February 8 : Christo Stoitschkow , Bulgarian football player
- February 9th : Ellen van Langen , Dutch athlete
- February 11th : Patrik Kühnen , German tennis player
- February 12 : Jörg Ahmann , German volleyball player
- February 16 : Peter Neustädter , German soccer player
- February 17th : Atle Skårdal , Norwegian ski racer
- February 18 : Dmitri Konyshev , Russian cyclist
- February 18 : Tamara Vidali , Italian racing car driver
- February 19 : Paul Haarhuis , Dutch tennis player
- February 19 : Adelheid Gapp , Austrian ski racer
- February 19th : Vincenzo "Enzo" Scifo , Belgian football player
- February 20 : Dennis Mitchell , American athlete and Olympic champion
- February 20 : Rudolf Nierlich , Austrian ski racer († 1991 )
- February 21 : Michaela Marzola , Italian ski racer
- February 22 : Luca Marchegiani , Italian soccer player
- February 25 : Andreas Helmer , German soccer player
- February 26 : Urs Kälin , Swiss ski racer
- February 26 : Marc Fortier , Canadian ice hockey coach and player
March
- March 1st : Roman Grill , German soccer player
- March 6 : Maurice Ashley , American chess player
- March 8 : Khalid Khan , German handball player and coach
- March 10th : Petter Thoresen , Norwegian orienteer
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- March 19 : Olaf Marschall , German soccer player
- March 21 : Benito Archundia , Mexican football referee
- March 21 : Hauke Fuhlbrügge , German athlete
- March 22nd : Katharina Gutensohn , Austrian-German ski racer
- March 25 : Humberto González , Mexican light flyweight boxer
- March 29 : Krassimir Balakov , Bulgarian football player
- March 29th : Sigrid Kirchmann , Austrian athlete
- March 30th : Sieglinde Winkler , Austrian ski racer
- March 31st : Roger Black , British athlete
- March 31st : Edith Thys , American ski racer
April
- April 2nd : Teddy Sheringham , English soccer player
- April 4 : Finn Christian Jagge , Norwegian ski racer († 2020 )
- April 7th : Michela Figini , Swiss ski racer
- April 9th : Thomas Doll , German soccer player and soccer coach
- April 11th : Peter Stöger , Austrian soccer player
- April 15 : Andrei Olchowski , Russian tennis player
- April 18 : Trine Hattestad , Norwegian athlete
- April 23 : Franco Foda , German soccer player
- April 25 : Rubén Sosa , Uruguayan soccer player
- April 26 : Ralf Geilenkirchen , German soccer player
- April 28th : Jean-Luc Crétier , French ski racer
- April 28 : John Daly , American golfer
May
- May 1st : Olaf Thon , German soccer player
- May 5th : Lyubov Jegorowa , Russian cross-country skier and six-time Olympic champion
- May 7th : Andrea Tafi , Italian cyclist
- May 7th : Jörg Neun , German soccer player
- May 8 : Cláudio Taffarel , Brazilian soccer player
- May 10 : Mikael Andersson , Swedish ice hockey player
- May 10th : Jonathan Edwards , British athlete
- May 13 : Peter Zakowski , German racing car driver
- May 16 : Thurman Thomas , American football player
- May 17th : Magnus Andersson , Swedish handball coach and player
- May 17th : Henrik Larsen , Danish football player
- May 20 : Ahmet Ak , Turkish wrestler
- May 20 : Peter Artner , Austrian soccer player
- May 21 : Tatiana Ledovskaya , Soviet-Belarusian athlete
- May 22nd : Sergio Lafuente , Uruguayan weightlifter and rally driver
- May 22nd : Thomas Zereske , German canoeist († 2004 )
- May 23 : Uli Schuppler , German handball player
- May 24th : Manfred Bender , German soccer player
- May 24th : Éric Cantona , French football player and actor
- May 26th : Zola Budd , South African athlete
- May 27th : Detlef Irrgang , German soccer player
- May 30th : Thomas Häßler , German soccer player
- May 31 : Thomas Kastenmaier , German soccer player
- May 31 : Alfonso Menéndez , Spanish archer
June
- June 1st : Abel Balbo , Argentinian soccer player
- June 4th : Cristóbal Aranda Cristtel, Andorran football player
- June 4th : Annett Hesselbarth , German athlete
- June 6 : Fernando Kanapkis , Uruguayan soccer player
- June 6th : Anthony Yeboah , Ghanaian soccer player
- June 11 : Gary Kwok , Canadian racing car driver
- June 14th : Rikard Bergh , Swedish tennis player
- June 16 : Kay Germann , German handball player and coach
- June 16 : Jan Železný , Czech athlete
- June 19 : Katrin Stotz , German ski racer
- June 21 : Guillermo Sanguinetti , Uruguayan football player and coach
- June 21 : Pierre Thorsson , Swedish handball player and coach
- June 22nd : Michael Park , British co-driver in rallying († 2005)
- June 23 : Oliver-Sven Buder , German athlete
- June 24th : Bernhard Winkler , German soccer player and coach
- June 25 : Bernd Metzke , German handball player
- June 26 : Kenny Achampong , English soccer player
- June 26 : Jirko Malchárek , Slovak car racing driver and politician
- June 28th : Arnaud Trévisiol , French racing car driver
- June 30th : Andrei Abduwalijew , Russian hammer thrower
- June 30th : Mike Tyson , American heavyweight boxer
July
- July 1st : Ola Andersson , Swedish football player, coach and official
- July 1st : Simon Arkell , Australian pole vaulter
- July 1st : Stéphan Caron , French swimmer
- July 1st : Zita Funkenhauser , German foil fencer
- July 3rd : Daniel Plaza , Spanish athlete and Olympic champion
- July 5th : Gianfranco Zola , Italian football player
- July 9 : Pauline Davis-Thompson , Bahamian track and field athlete
- July 10 : Felix Álvarez , Andorran football player
- July 12th : Jeff Bucknum , American racing car driver
- July 12 : Şahin Diniyev , Azerbaijani football player and coach
- July 14th : Julia Antipowa , Soviet-Russian luge athlete
- July 14 : Ralf Waldmann , German motorcycle racer († 2018 )
- July 16 : Nikos Anastasiadis , Greek cross-country skier and biathlete
- July 18 : Kathrin Neimke , German athlete
- July 18 : Dan O'Brien , American decathlete
- July 18 : Sabine Richter , German athlete
- July 19 : Maik Handschke , German handball player and coach
- July 22nd : Dieter Seidenkranz , German strength athlete († 2006 )
- July 23 : Uwe Fuchs , German soccer player
- July 26 : Angelo Di Livio , Italian football player
- July 28th : Marina Klimowa , Russian figure skater and Olympic champion
- July 28th : Xaver Zembrod , German soccer player and coach
- July 29th : Sally Gunnell , British athlete and Olympic champion
- July 29th : Ingrid Haralamow , Swiss canoeist
- July 30th : Veronika Wallinger , Austrian ski racer
August
- August 10 : Udo Bölts , German racing cyclist
- August 10 : Hossam Hassan , Egyptian soccer player
- August 10 : Ibrahim Hassan Hussein, Egyptian soccer player
- August 11 : Bengt Andersson , Swedish football player
- August 12 : Uwe Abel , German football player
- August 12th : Daniel Simmes , German soccer player
- August 15th : Evgeny Agrest , Swedish chess player
- August 15 : Kazuto Sakata , Japanese motorcycle racer
- August 16 : Ed Olczyk , Polish-American ice hockey player and coach
- August 17th : Franziska Rochat-Moser , Swiss athlete († 2002 )
- August 17th : Igor Trandenkow , Russian pole vaulter
- August 20th : Patrik Andreasson , Swedish badminton player
- August 23 : Alexander König , German figure skater and figure skating coach
- August 24th : Torsten Fröhling , German soccer coach and soccer player
- August 25 : Christine Aaftink , Dutch speed skater
- August 25th : Agostino Abbagnale , Italian rower
- August 26th : Laura Bruschini , Italian beach volleyball player
- August 26th : Kari Tiainen , Finnish motorcyclist and seven-time enduro world champion
- August 28 : René Higuita , Colombian soccer player
- August 28 : Michele Padovano , Italian football player
September
- September 2nd : Olivier Panis , French racing driver
- September 4th : Gary Neiwand , Australian track cyclist and world champion
- September 6th : Andreas Hahn , German soccer player
- September 7th : Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann , German speed skater
- September 7 : Vladimir Andreyev , Russian athlete
- September 9 : Georg Hackl , German luge athlete and three-time Olympic champion
- September 15 : Dejan Savićević , Yugoslav football player
- September 16 : Kevin Young , American athlete
- September 20 : Thomas Seeliger , German soccer player
- September 21 : Kerrin Lee-Gartner , Canadian ski racer
- September 21 : Tab Ramos , American football player and coach
- September 22 : Mike Richter , American ice hockey player
- September 26 : Dirk Anders , German football player
- September 26 : Frankie Andreu , American cyclist and sports director
- September 29 : Jürgen Hartz , German handball player
October
- October 1 : George Weah , Liberian soccer player and politician
- October 5th : Inessa Krawez , Ukrainian athlete and Olympic champion
- October 7th : Tania Aebi , American sailor and author
- October 7th : Vincenzo Sospiri , Italian racing car driver
- October 8th : Olaf Janßen , German soccer player and soccer coach
- October 9th : Thomas Eichin , German soccer player
- October 10 : Tony Adams , English soccer player
- October 10 : Elana Meyer , South African athlete and Olympian
- October 11 : Bill Sweedler , American racing car driver and entrepreneur
- October 12th : Rhona Martin , Scottish curler and Olympic champion
- October 12 : Roberto Néstor Sensini , Argentine football player and coach
- October 15 : Zoran Đorđić , Serbian handball player
- October 15 : Jorge Campos , Mexican soccer player
- October 16 : Andreas Hill , German soccer player
- October 16 : Stefan Reuter , German soccer player
- October 17th : Jürgen Rollmann , German soccer player, qualified journalist
- October 19 : Jens Fiedler , German handball player and coach
- October 19 : Patricia Neske , German figure skater
- October 21 : Lars-Börje Eriksson , Swedish ski racer
- October 22 : Yuri Arbachakov , Russian boxer
- October 23 : Alessandro Zanardi , Italian racing car driver and handbiker
- October 25 : Sergej Syrzow , Russian weightlifter
- October 27 : Gudrun Arnitz , Austrian ski racer
- October 27th : Nicole Petignat , Swiss football referee
- October 28 : Steve Atwater , American football player
- October 30 : Lyudmila Rogacheva , Russian athlete and Olympian
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- October 31 : Ernst Aigner , Austrian football player
- October 31 : Harald Spörl , German soccer player
November
- November 1st : Henry Blatter , German handball player
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- November 1st : Ingo Steuer , German figure skater and figure skating coach
- November 2nd : Bernd Dreher , German soccer player
- November 7th : Isolde Holderied , German rally driver
- November 7th : Ursula Lohn , German soccer player
- November 12th : Anette Norberg , Swedish curler
- November 14th : Petra Rossner , German road racing champion and Olympic champion
- November 18 : LaVonna Martin , American athlete
- November 19 : Gail Devers , American athlete
- November 20th : Pierpaolo Bisoli , Italian football player and coach
- November 20th : Silke "Silla" Gnad , German handball player
- November 21 : Troy Kenneth Aikman , American football player
- November 21 : José Charbonneau , Canadian ice hockey player
- November 27th : Frauke Kuhlmann , German soccer player
- November 29th : John Layfield , American wrestler
- November 29th : Olaf Zehe , German handball player
December
- December 3 : Flemming Povlsen , Danish football player
- December 7th : Shin'ichi Itō , Japanese motorcycle racer
- December 8th : Hope Powell , English football player and coach
- December 12th : Maurizio Gaudino , German soccer player
- December 14th : Fabrizio Giovanardi , Italian racing car driver
- December 16 : Dennis Wise , English soccer player and coach
- December 17th : Yūko Arimori , Japanese long-distance runner
- December 17th : Valery Lyukin , Soviet gymnast and Olympic champion in 1988
- December 19 : Alberto Tomba , Italian ski racer
- December 22nd : Dmitri Bilosertschew , Soviet or Russian gymnast and Olympic champion
- December 24th : Jörg Behrend , German gymnast
- December 25th : Toshihiro Arai , Japanese rally driver
- December 25th : Mianne Bagger , Danish professional golfer
- December 25th : Britta Unsleber , German soccer player
- December 29th : Stefano Eranio , Italian football player and coach
- December 29th : Heimo Pfeifenberger , Austrian soccer player
Died
- March 2 : Théodore Le Du , French racing car driver (* 1893 )
- April 22nd : Dieter Krumpholz , German motorcycle racer (* 1941 )
- September 19 : Albert Divo , French racing driver (* 1895 )
- November 22nd : Roger Delano , French racing car driver (* 1898 )
- December 27 : Frankie Genaro , American boxer (* 1901 )
See also
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