Sports year 1968
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badminton
The highlights of the badminton year 1968 were the All England , the Irish Open , the Scottish Open , the German Open , the Dutch Open , the Denmark Open and the French Open . For the first time European championships were held.
International events
athletics
- May 16 - Giuseppe Gentile , Italy , reached 17.10 meters in the men's triple jump.
- May 18 - Lee Evans , USA , ran the men's 400 meters in 43.86 seconds.
- May 18 - Bob Beamon , USA , reached 8.90 meters in the men's long jump.
- May 26th - Christine Spielberg , GDR , threw 61.64 meters in the women's discus throw.
- May 27 - Karin Müller , Denmark , walked in the women's 20,000 meter walk in 1: 53.5 hours.
- June 11 - Tommie Smith , USA , ran the men's 200 meters in 20 seconds.
- June 14 - Irena Szewińska , Poland , ran the women's 100 meters in 11.1 seconds.
- June 14 - Viorica Viscopoleanu , Romania , reached 6.82 meters in the women's long jump.
- June 15 - David Hemery , Great Britain , ran the men's 400 meter hurdles in 48.12 seconds.
- June 15 - Ralph Doubell , Australia , ran the men's 800 meters in 1: 44.3 minutes.
- June 18 - Irena Kirszenstein , Poland , ran the women's 200 meters in 22.5 seconds.
- June 20 - Jim Hines , USA , ran the 100 meters. of the men in 9.9 seconds.
- June 26th - Christine Spielberg , GDR , reached 61.64 meters in the women's discus throw.
- July 11 - Tommie Smith , USA , ran the men's 200 meters in 20.0 seconds.
- July 15 - Romuald Klim , Soviet Union , reached 74.52 meters in the men's hammer throw.
- July 20 - Vera Nikolić , Yugoslavia , ran the women's 800 meters in 2: 00.5 minutes.
- July 25th - Jay Silvester , USA , reached 66.54 meters in the men's discus throw.
- August 20 - Vera Nikolić , Yugoslavia , ran the women's 800 meters in 2: 00.5 minutes.
- August 21 - Gennady Agapov , Soviet Union , walked 1:25:22 hours in the men's 20,000-meter walk.
- August 23 - Jānis Lūsis , Soviet Union , reached 91.98 meters in the men's javelin throw.
- September 11th - Geoff Vanderstock , USA , ran the men's 400 meter hurdles in 48.8 seconds.
- September 12 - Bob Seagren , USA , jumped 5.41 meters in the men's pole vault.
- September 14 - Larry James , USA , ran the men's 400 meters in 44.1 seconds.
- September 14 - Gyula Zsivótzky , Hungary , threw 73.76 meters in the men's hammer throw.
- September 14 - Lyudmila Samotjossova , Soviet Union , ran the women's 100 meters for 11.1 seconds.
- September 18 - Jay Silvester , USA , threw the discus in the men's 68.4 meters.
- September 22nd - Margitta Gummel , GDR , hit 18.87 meters in the women's shot put.
- October 12 - John Carlos , USA , ran the men's 200 meters in 19.92 seconds.
- October 12 - Bob Seagren , USA , reached 5.41 meters in the men's pole vault.
- October 14 - Lee Evans , USA , ran the men's 400 meters in 44.1 seconds.
- October 14 - Jim Hines , USA , ran the men's 100 meters in 9.95 seconds.
- October 14 - Viorica Viscopoleanu , Romania , jumped 6.82 meters in the women's category.
- October 14 - Gyula Zsivótzky , Hungary , reached 73.76 meters in the men's hammer throw.
- October 15 - David Hemery , Great Britain , ran the men's 400 meter hurdles in 48.1 seconds.
- October 15th - Wyomia Tyus , USA , ran the 100 meters for 11.0 seconds, electronically stopped for 11.08 seconds.
- October 16 - Tommie Smith , USA , ran the men's 200 meters in 19.83 seconds.
- October 17th - Viktor Saneyev , Soviet Union , jumped 17.39 meters in the men's triple jump.
- October 17th - Giuseppe Gentile , Italy , reached 17.22 meters in the men's triple jump.
- October 18 - Jay Silvester , USA , reached 68.07 meters in the men's discus throw.
- October 18 - Jay Silvester , USA , reached 68.40 meters in the men's discus throw.
- October 18 - Lee Evans , USA , ran the men's 400 meters in 43.86 seconds.
- October 18 - Bob Beamon , USA , jumped 8.90 meters in the men's long jump.
- October 18 - Irena Kirszenstein , Poland , ran the women's 200 meters in 22.5 seconds.
- October 20 - Margitta Gummel , GDR , hit 19.61 meters in the women's shot put.
- November 17 - Nelson Prudêncio , Brazil , reached 17.27 meters in the men's triple jump.
- November 17th - Viktor Saneyev , Soviet Union , reached 17.23 meters in the men's triple jump.
- December 17th - Jouko Kuha , Finland , ran the men's 3000 meter obstacle in 8: 24.2 minutes.
tennis
- Grand Slam tournament winners (men):
- Grand Slam tournament winners (women):
Table tennis
- European table tennis championship 1968 April in Lyon (France)
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European League
- February 14: Budapest: D. - Hungary 1: 6 (women + men)
- April 22nd: Wiesbaden: D. - ČSSR 1: 6 (women + men)
- February 22nd: Neuhof: D. - Austria 7-0 (women + men)
- March 13: Heerlen: D. - Netherlands 6: 1 (women + men)
- October 24: Bolton: D. - England 3-4 (women + men)
- November 29th: Wuppertal: D. - Hungary 4: 3 (women + men)
Born
January
- January 1 : Davor Šuker , Croatian football player
- January 2nd : Anky van Grunsven , Dutch dressage rider
- January 3rd : Kent Carlsson , Swedish tennis player
- January 4th : Ernst Mader , Austrian soccer player
- January 5 : Adel al-Jabrin , Saudi Arabian archer
- January 7th : Lyudmila Konovalova , Russian basketball player
- January 11 : Abdul Malik , Singaporean football referee
- January 13 : Gabi Correa , Uruguayan football player and coach
- January 14 : Karsten Mende , German ice hockey player, manager
- January 14th : Steffi Osenberg , German handball trainer and player
- January 14th : Andreas Sassen , German soccer player († 2004 )
- January 15 : Adnan Erkan , Turkish football goalkeeper and coach
- January 15th : Iñaki Urdangarin , Spanish handball player
- January 17th : Svetlana Masterkowa , Russian middle-distance runner
- January 19 : Timo Lange , German soccer player
- January 21 : Artur Dmitriev , Russian figure skater and Olympic champion
- January 22nd : Franka Dietzsch , German athlete
- January 23 : Petr Korda , Czech tennis player
- January 24th : Mary Lou Retton , American gymnast
- January 25th : Matthias Wahls , German chess player
- January 26th : Frank Aehlig , German football official
- January 27 : Matt Stover , American football player
- January 28 : Rubén Pereira , Uruguayan football player
- January 29th : Susi Erdmann , German luge and bobsleigh pilot
- January 31 : Markus Foser , Liechtenstein ski racer
- January 31 : Petra Schubert , German badminton player
February
- February 1 : Mark Recchi , Canadian ice hockey player
- February 1st : Javier Sánchez , Spanish tennis player
- February 1st : Hannes Trinkl , Austrian ski racer
- February 3rd : Mary Onyali-Omagbemi , Nigerian sprinter and Olympic third party
- February 5th : Marcus Grönholm , Finnish rally driver
- February 6th : Patrick Lemarié , French racing driver
- February 7 : Shawn Anderson , Canadian ice hockey player
- February 7th : Peter Bondra , Slovak ice hockey player
- February 9 : Michael Menzel , German handball player and trainer
- February 14 : Martin Bader , German football official
- February 14th : Scott Sharp , American racing car driver
- February 15th : Tomas Svensson , Swedish handball player
- February 16 : Christian Grundner , German long-distance runner
- February 17th : Ellen Kießling , German athlete
- February 17th : Giuseppe Signori , Italian football player
- February 20 : Dirk Dufner , German football functionary
- February 23 : Justin Bell , British racing car driver
- February 23 : Hiroki Katō , Japanese racing car driver
- February 24 : Francesco Baiano , Italian football player and coach
- February 24th : Emanuele Naspetti , Italian racing driver
- February 24th : Martin Wagner , German soccer player
- February 25th : Olivier Thévenin , French racing car driver
- February 26 : Robin Ammerlaan , Dutch wheelchair tennis player
- February 28 : Gregor Stähli , Swiss skeleton rider
- February 29th : Pete Fenson , American curler
March
- March 1st : Katja Kittler , German handball player
- March 3 : Brian Leetch , American ice hockey player
- March 3 : Denis Petrov , Russian figure skater
- March 3 : Jörg Stiel , Swiss football player
- March 8 : Michael Bartels , German racing driver
- March 9 : Youri Djorkaeff , French football player
- March 9 : Jorge Larrionda , Uruguayan football referee
- March 10 : Roman Fitilew , Russian handball player and coach
- March 10 : Árni Þór Hallgrímsson , Icelandic badminton player
- March 13 : Sergei Karavaev , Russian boxer
- March 14th : Gerd Audehm , German cyclist
- March 16 : Adílson Batista , Brazilian soccer player and coach
- March 16 : Johann Schirmbrand , German carom player and three-cushion world champion
- March 17th : Valter Bonča , Slovenian cyclist
- March 17th : Yvan Lebon , French racing car driver († 2010 )
- March 20 : John Kocinski , American motorcycle racer
- March 20 : Alexander Strehmel , German soccer player
- March 23 : Fernando Hierro , Spanish soccer player
- March 26th : Laurent Brochard , French cyclist
- March 26 : Alessio Galletti , Italian cyclist († 2005 )
- March 26th : Jutta Müller , German windsurfer
- March 27 : Wolfgang Schwenke , German handball player and trainer
April
- April 3 : Bernd Karbacher , German tennis player
- April 4th : Darren Law , American racing car driver
- April 7th : Duncan Armstrong , Australian swimmer
- April 8 : Patricia Girard , French hurdler
- April 16 : Andreas Hajek , German rower
- April 16 : Markus Hochhaus , German handball player
- April 16 : Martin Dahlin , Swedish football player
- April 20 : Daniel Teixeira , Brazilian soccer player
- April 21 : Lars-Henrik Walther , German handball player
- April 24th : Jelena Välbe , Russian cross-country skier and Olympic champion
- April 25th : Thomas Strunz , German soccer player
- April 27 : Darius Ruželė , Lithuanian chess player
- April 30 : Carl Brown , American basketball player
- April 30th : Senjanin Maglajlija , Bosnian handball player and coach
May
- May 1st : Oliver Bierhoff , German soccer player
- May 2 : Jeff Agoos , American soccer player and manager
- May 4th : Francesca Bortolozzi , Italian fencer
- May 4th : Jan Holpert , German handball goalkeeper
- May 5th : Dariusz Michalczewski , Polish-German boxer
- May 6th : Torbjörn Arvidsson , Swedish football player
- May 7th : Florian Schwarthoff , German hurdle sprinter
- May 8th : Omar Camporese , Italian tennis player
- May 8 : Michael Philippen , German handball player and coach
- May 8th : Veronika Šarec , Slovenian ski racer
- May 9 : Marie-José Pérec , French athlete
- May 10th : Markus Zoecke , German tennis player
- May 11 : Pavel Gross , German-Czech ice hockey player and coach
- May 12th : Falilat Ogunkoya , Nigerian athlete
- May 13 : Darren Le Tissier , British badminton player
- May 14 : Peter Ahola , Finnish ice hockey player
- May 17 : Yevgenia Manjukova , Russian tennis player
- May 18 : Ralf Kelleners , German racing car driver
- May 20th : Everado Armenta , Mexican boxer
- May 20 : Olaf Mast , German handball player and trainer
- May 27 : Jelena Wolkowa , Russian swimmer
June
- June 1st : Jens Dowe , German soccer player
- June 2nd : Talant Dujshebaev , Kyrgyz-Spanish handball player and coach
- June 3 : Peter Nielsen , Danish football player
- June 6th : Nils Lehmann , German handball player
- June 9th : Peter Gagelmann , German football referee
- June 9th : Andreas Zeyer , German soccer player
- June 9 : Michael Zeyer , German soccer player
- June 10 : Jim Shea , American skeleton athlete
- June 13 : Fabio Baldato , Italian cyclist
- June 13th : Andreas Fuchs , German racing car driver
- June 14th : Martin Lang , German canoeist
- June 15 : Christine Chaladyniak , German soccer player
- June 17th : Luis Barbat , Uruguayan soccer player
- June 17th : Kristin Krone , American ski racer
- June 21 : Anneli Andelén , Swedish football player
- June 22nd : Darrell Armstrong , American basketball player
- June 24th : Boris Gelfand , Belarusian-Israeli chess master
- June 26th : Armand de Las Cuevas , French cyclist († 2018 )
- June 26 : Paolo Maldini , Italian football player
- June 26th : Anne-Kathrin Schade , German volleyball player
- June 27th : Thorsten Kinhöfer , German football referee
- June 28th : Mike Bezdicek , German handball player
- June 30 : George Arthur , Ghanaian national soccer player († 2015 )
- June 30th : Erik van Leeuwen , Dutch biathlete
- June 30th : Ralf Rueff , German soccer player and coach
- June 30th : Volker Zerbe , German handball player
July
- July 4th : Albert Pakeev , Russian boxer
- July 5th : Markus Brier , Austrian golfer
- July 7th : Luisa Noskowa , Soviet and Russian biathlete and Olympic champion
- July 9 : Paolo Di Canio , Italian football player
- July 10th : Hassiba Boulmerka , Algerian athlete
- July 11th : Eddy Sözer , Turkish soccer coach
- July 12th : Olaf Holetschek , German soccer player
- July 12th : Janne Kolling , Danish handball player
- July 16 : Barry Sanders , American football player
- July 17th : Davis Kamoga , Ugandan athlete
- July 19 : Zdeněk Vaněk , Czech handball player and coach
- July 21 : Álvaro Gutiérrez , Uruguayan football player and coach
- July 23 : Gary Payton , American basketball player
- July 24th : Klaus Klaffenböck , Austrian motorcycle racer
- July 25 : Anders Bäckegren , Swedish handball player
- July 28th : José Jaime González , Colombian cyclist
- July 29th : Kathrin Lietz , German handball player
- July 30th : Robert Korzeniowski , Polish athlete
August
- August 2nd : Stefan Effenberg , German soccer player
- August 3 : Eyjólfur Sverrisson , Icelandic football player
- August 5th : Katrina Adams , American tennis player
- August 5th : Andreas Lupzig , German ice hockey player
- August 5th : Colin McRae , British rally driver († 2007 )
- August 7th : Martin Max , German soccer player
- August 7th : Vicente Potolicchio , Venezuelan racing car driver
- August 10 : Aljaksandr Andryjeuski , Belarusian ice hockey player and coach
- August 10 : Robert Barth , German speedway motorcycle racer
- August 10 : Lene Rantala , Danish handball player
- August 13 : Uwe Bindewald , German football player
- August 13 : Merete Fjeldavlie , Norwegian ski racer
- August 13 : Heiko Ganschow , German handball player
- August 13 : Jutta Nardenbach , German soccer player († 2018 )
- August 15th : Karen Heinrich , German handball player
- August 16 : Mateja Svet , Slovenian ski racer
- August 17th : Nikolaj Antonov , Bulgarian sprinter and long jumper
- August 17th : Christian Dalmose , Danish handball player and coach
- August 17th : Anja Fichtel , German foil fencer
- August 17th : Steffen Fetzner , German table tennis player
- August 18th : Piero Antonini , Italian beach volleyball player
- August 20 : Kay Espenhayn , German swimmer in disabled sports († 2002 )
- August 22nd : Horst Skoff , Austrian tennis player († 2008 )
- August 23 : Melanie Lasrich , German soccer player
- August 25 : Rolf Aldag , German cyclist
- August 26th : Thomas Letsch , German soccer coach
- August 26 : Bo Andersson , Swedish football player
- August 26th : Chris Boardman , English cyclist
- August 29 : Willi Landgraf , German soccer player
September
- September 1st : Franck Lagorce , French racing car driver
- September 3rd : Christophe Mengin , French cyclist
- September 7th : Marcel Desailly , French football player
- September 8 : Wolfram Klein , German soccer player
- September 9th : Hans-Peter Steinacher , Austrian sailor, Olympic champion
- September 10th : Andreas Herzog , Austrian soccer player
- September 11th : Akeem Anifowoshe , Nigerian professional boxer († 1994 )
- September 13 : AJ Kitt , American ski racer
- September 17th : Karsten Just , German athlete
- September 17 : Tito Vilanova , Spanish football player and coach († 2014 )
- September 18 : Toni Kukoč , Croatian basketball player
- September 19 : Vasile Miriuță , Romanian-Hungarian football player
- September 20th : Monchi , Spanish football goalkeeper
- September 24th : Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari , Saudi Arabian long-distance runner
- September 26 : Dominik Klenk , German handball player
- September 27 : Yukinori Taniguchi , Japanese racing driver
- September 28 : Mika Häkkinen , Finnish racing driver; two-time Formula 1 world champion
- September 28 : Rob Moroso , American racing driver († 1990 )
October
- October 2nd : Jana Novotná , Czech tennis player († 2017 )
- October 4th : Danilo Baltierra , Uruguayan football player and coach
- October 4th : Katja Dürkop , German handball player
- October 5th : Matthias Anklam , German football referee
- October 5th : Xavier Gravelaine , French football player
- October 6 : Bjarne Goldbæk , Danish football player
- October 8 : Zvonimir Boban , Croatian football player
- October 9 : Gabino Amparán , Mexican soccer coach and player
- October 9th : Luminita Zaituc , German marathon runner
- October 9 : Deon Hemmings , Jamaican athlete and Olympic champion
- October 12 : Bill Auberlen , American racing car driver
- October 12 : Peter Gentzel , Swedish handball goalkeeper
- October 13 : Irina Khudoroschkina , Russian shot putter
- October 13 : Lydia Kahmke , German-Australian handball player
- October 14 : Jan Seifert , German football player
- October 15 : Han-bong An , South Korean wrestler
- October 15th : Didier Deschamps , French football player and coach
- October 17 : Rodolfo Cardoso , Argentine soccer player
- October 18 : Detlev Dammeier , German soccer player
- October 18 : Michael Stich , German tennis player
- October 20 : Jonathan Akpoborie , Nigerian soccer player
- October 22 : Ryūji Umeda , Japanese carom player and world champion
- October 23 : Alexander Schmidt , German soccer coach
- October 25 : Gülşen Degener , Turkish-German carambola player
- October 25th : Doris Fitschen , German soccer player
- October 26 : Robert Jarni , Yugoslav-Croatian football player and coach
- October 29th : Johann Olav Koss , Norwegian speed skater
- October 29 : Peter Wynhoff , German soccer player
November
- November 4th : Uwe Peschel , German cyclist, Olympic champion
- November 5th : Ion Vlădoiu , Romanian football player
- November 6 : Edward Linskens , Dutch football player
- November 6 : Klaus-Dieter Petersen , German handball player and coach
- November 6th : Kjetil Rekdal , Norwegian football player and coach
- November 7th : Thorsten Legat , German soccer player
- November 8 : Sergio Porrini , Italian football player
- November 9th : Axel Schulz , German boxer
- November 10th : Andrea Bölk , German handball player and trainer
- November 10 : Andreas Rastner , German handball player and coach
- November 11 : Diego Fuser , Italian soccer player
- November 12th : Sammy Sosa , Dominican baseball player
- November 14th : Swetlana Pechorskaya , Russian biathlete
- November 15 : René Adamczewski , German soccer player
- November 15 : Uwe Rösler , German soccer player
- November 17th : Vlado Šola , Croatian handball goalkeeper
- November 18 : Martin Braun , German soccer player
- November 19 : Andrea Ahmann , German beach volleyball player
- November 21 : Qiao Hong , Chinese table tennis player and five-time world champion
- November 21 : Katsutomo Kaneishi , Japanese racing car driver
- November 21 : Florian Meyer , German football referee
- November 22nd : Irina Priwalowa , Russian athlete
- November 24th : Bülent Korkmaz , Turkish football player
- November 24th : Drew Henry , Scottish snooker player
- November 24th : Martin Schneider , German soccer player
- November 28th : Stephanie Storp , German athlete
- November 29th : Michael Ho , Macau racing car driver
- November 29th : Ralf Souquet , German pool billiard player
- November 30th : Laurent Jalabert , French cyclist
December
- December 1 : Stephan Beckenbauer , German soccer player, son of Franz Beckenbauer († 2015 )
- December 2nd : Jiří Dopita , Czech ice hockey player
- December 2nd : Steve Martin , Australian motorcycle racer
- December 3 : Janeene Vickers , American athlete
- December 4th : Heike Axmann , German handball player
- December 8 : Doriano Romboni , Italian motorcycle racer († 2013 )
- December 9 : Kurt Angle , American wrestler
- December 11th : Knut Tore Apeland , Norwegian Nordic combined
- December 11th : Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt , German speed skater
- December 11 : Fabrizio Ravanelli , Italian football player and coach
- December 17th : Claudio Suárez , Mexican soccer player
- December 17th : Paul Tracy , Canadian racing driver
- December 18 : Mario Basler , German soccer player and coach
- December 20 : Carsten Ohle , German handball goalkeeper
- December 20th : Karl Wendlinger , Austrian racing driver
- December 22nd : Luis Hernández , Mexican soccer player
- December 23 : Olga Schischigina , Kazakh athlete and Olympic champion
- December 26 : Aleksandar Knežević , Bosnian handball player and coach
- December 27th : Massimo Rastelli , Italian football player and coach
- December 29th : Peter Runggaldier , Italian ski racer
- December 29th : Alessandro Gramigni , Italian motorcycle racer
- December 30th : Sandra Glover , American athlete
- December 31 : Nina Kraft , German triathlete
Day unknown
- Andrej Antonewitsch , Russian handball coach and player
- Barbaros Özsöz , Turkish handball player and coach
Died
- January 4 : Armando Castellazzi , Italian football player and coach (* 1904 )
- January 8 : Piero Pastore , Italian football player and actor (* 1903 )
- January 10 : Toni Bauhofer , German automobile and motorcycle racing driver (* 1892 )
- January 19 : Ray Harroun , American racing car driver (* 1879 )
- February 17th : Leo Cella , Italian motorcycle, rally and automobile racing driver (* 1938 )
- February 17th : Louis Dollé , French racing car driver (* 1892 )
- March 9 : Hans Schumann , German motorcycle racer (* 1904 )
- June 8 : Ludovico Scarfiotti , Italian racing car driver (* 1933 )
- June 13 : Otto Daiker , German motorcycle racer (* 1911 )
- July 7th : Johann Attenberger , German motorcycle racer (* 1936 )
- September 7th : Karl Tewes , German football player (* 1886 )
- September 18 : Virgilio Felice Levratto , Italian football player and coach (* 1904 )
See also
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