Sports year 1972
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badminton
The highlights of the badminton year 1972 were the Uber Cup 1972 as well as the All England , the Scottish Open , the German Open , the Dutch Open , the Denmark Open , the French Open and the European Championship .
International events
Soccer
- June 14-18: 1972 European Football Championship in Belgium
athletics
- January 28th - Pamela Ryan , Australia , ran the 100 meter hurdles in 12.5 seconds.
- February 24 - Faina Melnik , Russia , reached 65.48 meters in the women's discus throw.
- March 3 - Lasse Virén , Finland , ran the men's 10,000 meters in 27: 38.4 minutes.
- March 24th - Jordanka Blagoewa , Bulgaria , reached 1.94 meters in the women's high jump.
- April 4th - Faina Melnik , Soviet Union , reached 66.76 meters in the women's discus throw.
- May 7th - Renate Stecher , GDR , ran the women’s 200 meters in 22.4 seconds.
- May 7 - Lyudmila Bragina , Soviet Union , ran the women's 1500 meters in 4: 05.1 minutes.
- May 8 - Mykola Avilov , Soviet Union , scored 8454 points in the men's decathlon.
- May 9 - Lyudmila Bragina , Soviet Union , ran the women's 1500 meters in 4: 01.4 minutes.
- May 11 - Paola Pigni , Italy , ran the women's 3000 m in 9: 09.2 minutes.
- May 12 - Renate Stecher , GDR , ran the 100 meters of the ladies 11.07 seconds,
- May 12 - John Akii-Bua , Uganda , ran the men's 400 meter hurdles in 47.82 seconds.
- May 31 - Faina Melnik , Soviet Union , threw 65.42 meters in the women's discus throw.
- June 11th - Ewa Gryziecka , Poland , reached 62.70 meters in the women's javelin.
- June 11th - Ruth Fuchs , GDR , reached 65.06 meters in the women's javelin.
- June 12 - Kjell Isaksson , Sweden , jumped 5.55 meters in the men's pole vault.
- June 15 - Annelie Ehrhardt , GDR , ran the 100 meters. Women's hurdles in 12.5 seconds.
- June 15 - Ellen Strophal , GDR , ran the 100 meters for women in 11.0 seconds.
- June 23 - Kjell Isaksson , Sweden , reached 5.59 meters in the men's pole vault.
- June 23 - Bob Seagren , USA , reached 5.59 meters in the men's pole vault.
- June 24 - Margarita Simu , Sweden walked 51:01 minutes in the women's 10,000 meter walk.
- June 27 - Bernd Kannenberg , Germany , walked in the men's 50,000 meter walk in 3:52:45 hours.
- July 2 - Bob Seagren , USA , jumped 5.63 meters in the men's pole vault.
- July 3rd - Renate Stecher , GDR , ran the 100 meters of the women in 11.0 seconds.
- July 6th - Jānis Lūsis , Soviet Union , threw the men's javelin 93.8 meters.
- July 12 - Kjell Isaksson , Sweden , reached 5.55 meters in the men's pole vault.
- July 15 - Annelie Ehrhardt , GDR , ran the 100 meter hurdles in 12.5 seconds.
- July 18 - Lyudmila Bragina , Soviet Union , ran the women's 1500 meters in 4: 06.9 minutes.
- August 5th - Ricky Bruch , Sweden , reached 68.4 meters in the men's discus throw.
- August 6th - Jānis Lūsis , Soviet Union , reached 93.8 meters in the men's javelin throw.
- August 12 - Lyudmila Bragina , Soviet Union , ran the women's 3000 meters in 8: 53.0 minutes.
- August 18 - Lyudmila Bragina , Soviet Union , ran the women's 1500 meters in 4: 06.9 minutes.
- August 20 - Gunhild Hoffmeister , GDR , ran the women's 1000 meters in 2: 35.9 minutes.
- August 30 - Paul Nihill , Great Britain , walked 1:24:50 in the men's 20,000-meter walk.
- September 2 - John Akii-Bua , Uganda , ran the men's 400 meter hurdles in 47.82 seconds.
- September 3 - Lasse Virén , Finland , ran the men's 10,000 meters in 27: 38.4 minutes.
- September 7 - Nadezhda Tschischowa , Soviet Union , hit 21.03 meters in the women's shot put.
- September 8 - Mykola Avilov , Soviet Union , scored 8466 points in the men's decathlon.
- September 9 - Lyudmila Bragina , Soviet Union , ran the women's 1500 meters in 4: 01.4 minutes.
- September 14th - Lasse Virén , Finland , ran the men's 5000 meters in 13: 16.4 minutes.
- September 14th - Anders Gärderud , Sweden , ran the men's 3000 meter obstacle in 8: 20.8 minutes.
- September 23 - Argentina Menis , Romania , threw 67.32 meters in the women's discus throw.
- September 24th - Jordanka Blagoewa , Bulgaria , jumped 1.94 meters in the women's category.
- October 4th - Lyudmila Bragina , Soviet Union , ran the women's 1500 meters in 4: 06.5 minutes.
- October 17th - Viktor Saneyev , Soviet Union , jumped 17.44 meters in the men's triple jump.
- October 20 - Emil Puttemans , Belgium , ran the men's 5000 meters in 13: 13.0 minutes.
Motorsport
- January 23 to October 8: 1972 Formula 1 season
- March 18 to November 4: 1972 USAC season
- June 11th to 12th: 24-hour Le Mans race 1972
- September 15 to 24: Tour de France for automobiles 1972
- Motorcycle World Championship 1972
Cycling
- February 27: Cyclocross World Championships in Prague
- May 21 to June 11: Giro d'Italia 1972
- July 1st to 23rd: Tour de France 1972
Summer sports
- From August 26 to September 11, 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Table tennis
- European table tennis championship 1972 April 15-22 in Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- Internationals of Germany (friendlies)
- January 8th: Lübeck: D. - China 3: 4 (men)
- January 8: Lübeck: D. - China 5: 4 (women)
- August 25: Krumpendorf: D. - Austria 5-3 (men)
- November 29: Osnabrück: D. - South Korea 4: 5 (men)
- November 29: Osnabrück: D. - South Korea 2: 5 (women)
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European League
- February 23: Remscheid: D. - CSSR 2: 4 (women + men)
- February 29: Neuwied: D. - USSR 2: 5 (women + men)
- March 10: Croix: D. - France 5: 2 (women + men)
- October 27: Bad Kreuznach: D. - Sweden 4: 3 (women + men)
- November 22: Leeds: D. - England 5-2 (women + men)
- December 14: Rastatt: D. - France 4: 3 (women + men)
Winter sports
- February 3-13: 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo
Born
January
- January 1st : Lilian Thuram , French soccer player
- January 2nd : Luís Pérez Companc , Argentine racing car driver and entrepreneur
- January 5th : Ulrik Kirkely , Danish handball player and coach
- January 5th : Dmitrij Torgowanow , Russian handball player
- January 5th : Vincent Vosse , Belgian racing driver
- January 7th : Svetlana Schurowa , Russian speed skater and Olympic champion
- January 8th : Giuseppe Favalli , Italian football player
- January 11th : Thomas Hoersen , German soccer player
- January 11th : Yang Wenyi , Chinese swimmer and Olympic champion
- January 13th : Stefan Beinlich , German soccer player
- January 13 : Vital Shcherba , Belarusian gymnast and Olympic champion
- January 13 : Alexei Wassiljew , Russian racing car driver
- January 15 : Shelia Burrell , American athlete
- January 18 : Kjersti Plätzer , Norwegian athlete and Olympian
- January 21 : Heryanto Arbi , Indonesian badminton player
- January 21 : Sead Kapetanović , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
- January 21 : Sabina Valbusa , Italian cross-country skier
- January 21 : Javier Yubero , Spanish football player († 2005 )
- January 25 : Pauli Jaks , Swiss ice hockey player
- January 25th : Silke Rottenberg , German soccer player
- January 27 : Mirjam Ott , Swiss curler
- January 27th : Tobias Steinhauser , German cyclist
- January 29th : Olga Anissimowa , Russian biathlete
- January 31 : Manfred Kainz , Austrian motorcycle racer and team owner
February
- February 1st : Johan Walem , Belgian football player
- February 1st : Christian Ziege , German soccer player
- February 1st : Aaron Ziercke , German handball player and handball trainer
- February 3rd : Georg Koch , German soccer player
- February 6 : Greger Artursson , Swedish ice hockey player
- February 7th : Dagmar Pohlmann , German soccer player
- February 8 : Piotr Gładki , Polish marathon runner († 2005 )
- February 8 : Paul Wight , American wrestler
- February 11 : Ralf Ewen , German football player and coach
- February 11th : Kelly Slater , American surfer
- February 11th : Geert Van der Stricht , Belgian chess player
- February 14th : Andrée Jeglertz , Swedish soccer player and coach
- February 15 : Stephen Arigbabu , German basketball player
- February 15 : Jaromír Jágr , Czech ice hockey player
- February 16 : Grit Breuer , German athlete
- February 17th : Eugenio Amore , Italian beach volleyball player
- February 17th : Johnny Jensen , Norwegian handball player
- February 17th : Andrei Tschemerkin , Russian super heavyweight lifter and Olympic champion
- February 18 : Khalid Al-Qassimi , Arab rally driver
- February 19 : Allan Bo Andresen , Danish road cyclist
- February 21 : Alan Norris , English darts player
- February 22nd : Haim Revivo , Israeli soccer player
- February 22nd : Markus Rühl , German bodybuilder
- February 22nd : Claudia Pechstein , German speed skater and Olympic champion
- February 22nd : Michael Chang , American tennis player
- February 24th : Delilah Asiago , Kenyan long distance runner
- February 24 : Manon Rhéaume , Canadian ice hockey player
- February 26 : Dino Cerimagić , Bosnian-Herzegovinian pool player
- February 27 : Michaël Paquay , Belgian motorcycle racer († 1998 )
March
- March 2nd : Mauricio Pochettino , Argentine soccer player
- March 3 : Darren Anderton , English football player
- March 4th : Dirk Lottner , German soccer player
- March 4th : Yann Bonato , French basketball player
- March 4th : Jos Verstappen , Dutch racing car driver
- March 6 : Chris Taylor , Canadian ice hockey player
- March 6th : Peter Sendel , German biathlete
- March 6 : Shaquille O'Neal , American basketball player
- March 8 : Fergal O'Brien , Irish snooker player
- March 12th : Andreas Tzermiadianos , Greek chess player
- March 15 : Elio Aggiano , Italian cyclist
- March 16 : Katja Bornschein , German soccer player
- March 17th : Phillip Archer , English golfer
- March 17th : Oxana Grishchuk , Russian figure skater and Olympic champion
- March 17th : Mia Hamm , American soccer player
- March 19 : Julie Lunde Hansen , Norwegian ski racer
- March 20 : Pedro Lamy , Portuguese racing car driver
- March 21 : Derartu Tulu , Ethiopian athlete
- March 21 : Chris Candido , American wrestler († 2005 )
- March 23 : Joe Calzaghe , Welsh boxer
- March 23 : Erwin Vervecken , Belgian cyclist
- March 25 : Roberto Miguel Acuña Cabello , Paraguayan soccer player
- March 26th : Tor Graves , Thai automobile racer
- March 26 : Trevor Kidd , Canadian ice hockey player
- March 27th : Aziz Acharki , German Taekwondo trainer
- March 28th : Olga Jegorowa , Russian long-distance runner
- March 29 : Rui Costa , Portuguese football player
- March 29 : Christian Scheffler , German handball player
April
- April 1st : Malik Beširević , German handball player
- April 2nd : Gwen Giabbani , French motorcycle racer
- April 2nd : Samir Kamouna , Egyptian soccer player
- April 4th : Daisy Lang , Bulgarian boxer and martial artist and actress
- April 5th : Tom Coronel , Dutch racing car driver
- April 5 : Paul Okon , Australian soccer player
- April 6 : Ralf Bucher , soccer player
- April 12 : René Cattarinussi , Italian biathlete
- April 13 : John van Buskirk , American football player and coach
- April 13 : Qurban Qurbanov , Azerbaijani football player
- April 15 : Giuseppe Reina , German soccer player
- April 16 : Andreas Dittmer , German canoeist
- April 16 : Conchita Martínez , Spanish tennis player
- April 16 : John McGuinness , British motorcycle racer
- April 16 . Paolo Negro , Italian soccer player
- April 17 : Yūichi Nishimura , Japanese football referee
- April 18th : Lars Christiansen , Danish handball player
- April 18 : Garry McCoy , Australian motorcycle racer
- April 18 : Michael Rutter , British motorcycle racer
- April 19 : Sonja Nef , Swiss ski racer
- April 19 : Rivaldo , Brazilian soccer player
- April 20 : Svetlana Ischmuratowa , Russian biathlete and 2006 Olympic champion
- April 22nd : Sabine Appelmans , Belgian tennis player
- April 22nd : Radwan Yasser , Egyptian soccer player
- April 24th : Adhemar , Brazilian soccer player
- April 24th : Anne Dorthe Tanderup , Danish handball player
- April 25 : Vladimir Volodenkov , Russian rower and Olympic knight 1996
- April 29th : Marko Rehmer , German soccer player
May
- May 2nd : Steffen Ziesche , German ice hockey player
- May 5th : Armin Arslanagic , Bosnian-German ice hockey player
- May 5th : Žigmund Pálffy , Slovak ice hockey player
- May 6th : Sébastien Amiez , French ski racer
- May 6 : Martin Brodeur , Canadian ice hockey player
- May 6th : Naoko Takahashi , Japanese athlete and Olympic champion
- May 8 : Xavier Amigo , Spanish rally co-driver
- May 8th : Max Rauffer , German ski racer
- May 10th : Katja Seizinger , German ski racer
- May 10 : Christian Wörns , German football player
- May 11 : Tomáš Dvořák , Czech athlete
- May 12 : Damian McDonald , Australian cyclist († 2007 )
- May 12 : Svetlana Vysokova , Russian speed skater
- May 17th : Marta Andrade , Spanish figure skater
- May 18 : Nordin ben Salah , Dutch boxer († 2004 )
- May 19 : Alexander Golubew , Russian speed skater and 1994 Olympic champion
- May 22nd : Morten Bjerre , Danish handball player
- May 23 : Rubens Barrichello , Brazilian automobile athlete and Formula 1 racing driver
- May 27th : Agueda Amaral , East Timorese marathon runner
- May 28th : Michael Boogerd , Dutch cyclist
- May 31 : Heidi Astrup , Danish handball player
- May 31 : Frode Estil , Norwegian cross-country skier
- May 31 : Sébastien Barberis , Swiss football player
- May 31 : John Godina , American shot putter
June
- June 2nd : Francesc Soria , Andorran football player
- June 6th : Noriaki Kasai , Japanese ski jumper
- June 9 : Sandro Cois , Italian football player
- June 9 : Matt Horsley , Australian soccer player
- June 12 : Inger Miller , American athlete
- June 13th : Meelis Aasmäe , cross-country skier, cross-country skiing and biathlon trainer
- June 14th : Elisabeth Rauchberger , Swiss paraglider pilot
- June 15 : Jean-François Labbé , Canadian ice hockey player
- June 15th : Stefan Malz , German soccer player and coach
- June 16 : Olena Antonova , Ukrainian discus thrower
- June 17th : Iztok Čop , Slovenian rower
- June 19 : Nicola Celio , Swiss ice hockey player
- June 19 : Ilya Markov , Russian athlete
- June 21 : Nobuharu Asahara , Japanese athlete
- June 21 : Åsa Mogensen , Swedish handball player
- June 22nd : Dariusz Baranowski , Polish cyclist
- June 22nd : Zakaria Asidah , Danish Taekwondoin
- June 23 : Monika Meyer , German soccer player
- June 23 : Zinédine Zidane , French football player
- June 24 : Mitch Berger , American football player
- June 24th : Robbie McEwen , Australian cyclist
- June 25th : Peter Möller , Swedish handball player
- June 25th : Thorsten Schoen , German beach volleyball player
- June 27th : Xavier Pompidou , French racing car driver
- June 28th : Marija Butyrskaja , Russian figure skater
July
- July 1st : Bruno Kernen , Swiss ski racer
- July 1st : Steffi Nerius , German athlete
- July 1st : Jörn Schläger , German handball trainer and player
- July 4th : Alexei Shirov , Russian-Latvian chess player
- July 4th : Karin Thürig , Swiss cyclist and duathlete
- July 5th : Niki Aebersold , Swiss cyclist
- July 6th : Shanna Block , Ukrainian sprinter
- July 7th : Manfred Stohl , Austrian rally driver
- July 14th : Aron Kristjánsson , Icelandic handball player and coach
- July 17th : Jaap Stam , Dutch soccer player
- July 17th : Erik Wudtke , German handball player and coach
- July 19 : Ebbe Sand , Danish soccer player
- July 21 : Catherine Ndereba , Kenyan marathon runner
- July 22nd : Enid Tahirović , Bosnian handball player
- July 23 : Giovane Élber , Brazilian soccer player
- July 24th : Kaiō Hiroyuki , Japanese sumo wrestler
- July 25 : Artyom Kopot , Russian ice hockey player († 1992 )
- July 27th : Elisângela Adriano , Brazilian athlete
- July 28th : Walter Bénéteau , French cyclist
- July 30th : Edith Hunkeler , Swiss disabled athlete
August
- August 2 : Mohammad ad-Daʿayyaʿ , Saudi Arabian football goalkeeper
- August 2nd : Daniele Nardello , Italian cyclist
- August 2 : Corinne Rey-Bellet , Swiss ski racer († 2006 )
- August 7th : Anneliese Anglberger , Austrian judoka
- August 8th : Axel Merckx , Belgian cyclist
- August 9th : Marcos Serrano , Spanish cyclist
- August 10 : Stefano Sacchetti , Italian football player and coach
- August 10th : Zhuang Yong , Chinese swimmer
- August 12 : Takanohana Kōji , Japanese sumo wrestler and 65th yokozuna
- August 14 : Cristian Zorzi , Italian cross-country skier
- August 16 : Stan Lazaridis , Australian soccer player
- August 16 : Nicole Werner , German soccer player and coach
- August 17th : Andreas Schlütter , German cross-country skier
- August 19 : Roberto Abbondanzieri , Argentinian football goalkeeper
- August 20 : Scott Quinnell , Welsh rugby player
- August 21 : al-Hassan al-Yami , Saudi Arabian soccer player
- August 24th : Fritz Strobl , Austrian ski racer
- August 24th : Olga Zavyalova , Russian cross-country skier
- August 25th : Johanna Asklöf , Finnish orienteer
- August 25 : Alexander Schirschow , Russian saber fencer, Olympic champion and world champion
- August 27 : Chris Armas , American soccer player
- August 27 : Heinz Arzberger , Austrian football player
- August 27 : Dalip Singh , Indian bodybuilder, boxer, wrestler and actor
- August 27 : Denise Lewis , British athlete
- August 27 : Roland Garber , Austrian cyclist
- August 28th : Tim Reeves , British motorcycle racer
- August 30th : Pavel Nedvěd , Czech football player
- August 31 : Konstantinos Konstantinidis , Greek football player
September
- September 3rd : Tim Lobinger , German athlete
- September 8th : Markus Babbel , German soccer player
- September 8 : Os du Randt , South African rugby union player
- September 9 : Miriam Oremans , Dutch tennis player
- September 10th : Ghada Shouaa , Syrian athlete and heptathlete
- September 10 : Bente Skari , Norwegian cross-country skier
- September 10th : Steffen Wöller , German luge rider
- September 12th : Anders Aukland , Norwegian cross-country skier
- September 14 : Peter Németh , Slovak football player
- September 15 : Timothy Mack , American athlete
- September 15th : Alois Vogl , German skier
- September 16 : Vebjørn Rodal , Norwegian athlete and Olympic champion
- September 26th : Maik Stief , German motorcycle racer
- September 25th : Lars Koltermann , German rowing trainer, sports official and lawyer
- September 26th : Maik Stief , German motorcycle racer
- September 27th : Aljaksej Fjodarau , Belarusian chess player
- September 28 : Werner Schlager , Austrian table tennis player
- September 29th : Oliver Gavin , British racing car driver
- September 30th : Gonçalo Amorim , Portuguese cyclist († 2012 )
October
- October 1st : Abdulrahman Mohammed Abdou , Qatari football referee
- October 1st : Ahn Jae-chang , South Korean badminton player
- October 1st : Alexander Tretyakov , Russian wrestler
- October 5th : Varvara Zelenskaya , Russian ski racer
- October 6th : Dominic Andres , Swiss curler
- October 6 : Mark Schwarzer , Australian soccer goalkeeper
- October 7th : Giorgio Di Centa , Italian cross-country skier
- October 7th : Loek van Wely , Dutch chess player
- October 10th : Oh Seong-ok , South Korean handball player
- October 12th : Indika Dodangoda , Sri Lankan snooker player
- October 13 : Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera , Cuban wrestler
- October 15th : Carlos Checa , Spanish motorcycle racer
- October 15 : Axel Geerken , German handball player
- October 16 : Tomasz Hajto , Polish football player
- October 17th : Jorge Arreola , Mexican soccer player
- October 18 : Alex Tagliani , Canadian racing car driver
- October 19 : Stephan Hanke , German soccer player
- October 20 : Will Greenwood , English rugby player
- October 22nd : Jacek Będzikowski , Polish handball player and coach
- October 24 : Matt Hemingway , American athlete
- October 24th : Tino Mogensen , Danish handball player
- October 25th : Dario Andriotto , Italian cyclist
- October 26th : Rasmus Larsen , Greenlandic handball player
- October 27 : Santiago Botero , Colombian racing cyclist
- October 27 : Maria de Lurdes Mutola , Mozambican middle distance runner and Olympic champion
- October 30 : Elşən Qəmbərov , Azerbaijani football player
November
- November 2nd : Sarkis Howsepjan , Armenian football player
- November 3rd : Michael Hofmann , German soccer goalkeeper
- November 4th : Luís Figo , Portuguese football player
- November 11th : Siegfried Baumegger , Austrian chess player and trainer
- November 12 : Vasilios Tsiartas , Greek football player
- November 14th : Dariusz Żuraw , Polish football player
- November 16 : Steffen Weber , German handball player
- November 18 : Andrea Zinsli , Swiss ski racer
- November 20 : Johan Åkerman , Swedish ice hockey player
- November 20 : Jérôme Alonzo , French football player
- November 21 : Franziska Heinz , German handball player and trainer
- November 21 : Thomas Schleicher , Austrian judoka († 2001 )
- November 21 : Galina Kuklewa , Russian biathlete and Olympic champion
- November 27th : Yōichi Ui , Japanese motorcycle racer
- November 28 : Paulo José Lopes Figueiredo , Angolan football player
- November 29 : Oscar Ackeström , Swedish ice hockey player
- November 29th : Andreas Goldberger , Austrian ski jumper
December
- December 1st : Svetlana Bashanova , Russian speed skater and Olympic champion in 1994
- December 2 : Sergejs Žoltoks , Latvian ice hockey player († 2004 )
- December 7th : Hermann Maier , Austrian ski racer and Olympic champion
- December 9th : Marcus Rominger , German handball goalkeeper
- December 11 : Andrij Hussin , Ukrainian football player († 2014 )
- December 12th : Wilson Kipketer , Danish middle-distance runner of Kenyan origin
- December 13th : Peter Luttenberger , Austrian cyclist
- December 15th : Sete Gibernau , Spanish motorcycle racer
- December 16 : Jason Young , Canadian ice hockey player
- December 17th : Anton Ehmann , Austrian soccer player
- December 18 : Daniel Andersson , Swedish football player
- December 18th : Ásgeir Ásgeirsson , Icelandic snooker player
- December 20th : Anja Rücker , German athlete
- December 21 : Claudia Poll , Costa Rican swimmer
- December 22nd : Franck Cammas , French professional sailor
- December 22nd : Steffi Jones , German soccer player
- December 22nd : Ali Al Badwawi , football referee ( United Arab Emirates )
- December 22nd : Alexandre Moos , Swiss cyclist
- December 25th : Qu Yunxia , Chinese middle and long distance runner
- December 27th : Thomas Grandi , Canadian ski racer
- December 28th : Patrick Rafter , Australian tennis player
- December 30th : Daniel Amokachi , Nigerian soccer player
- December 31 : Mathias Hain , German soccer player
Died
- January 18 : Bohumil Turek ; Czechoslovak motorcycle and automobile racing driver (* 1901 )
- January 27 : Georg Köhler , German football player and coach (* 1900 )
- March 27 : Lorenzo Wright , American athlete and Olympic champion (* 1926 )
- June 11 : Yevgeny Babitsch , Soviet-Russian ice hockey player and Olympic champion 1956 (* 1921 )
- August 1st : Pietro Ghersi , Italian automobile and motorcycle racing driver (* 1899 )
- August 22 : William Eastcott , Canadian marksman (* 1883 )
- October 16 : Henri Stoffel , French racing car driver (* 1883 )
- October 23 : Dave Simmonds , British motorcycle racer (* 1939 )
- December 13 : Robert Laly , French racing car driver (* 1885 )
See also
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