Sports year 1974
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badminton
The highlights of the badminton year 1974 were the All England , the Scottish Open , the German Open , the Dutch Open , the Denmark Open , the French Open , the Asian Games , the British Commonwealth Games and the European Championship .
International events
athletics
- May 8th - Rosemarie Witschas , GDR , reached 1.95 meters in the women's high jump.
- May 27 - Faina Melnik , Russia , reached 69.9 meters in the women's discus throw.
- May 27 - Chantal Langlacé , France , ran the women's marathon in 2:46:24 hours.
- June 11 - Alexei Spiridonov , Soviet Union , reached 76.66 meters in the men's hammer throw.
- July 6 - Lyudmila Bragina , Soviet Union , ran the women's 3000 meters in 8: 52.8 minutes.
- July 8 - Rick Wohlhuter , USA , ran the men's 800 meters in 1: 43.5 minutes.
- July 13 - Krystyna Kacperczyk , Poland , ran the women's 400 meter hurdles for 56.51 seconds.
- July 13 - Irena Szewińska , Poland , ran the women's 200 meters in 22.21 seconds.
- July 22 - Irena Szewińska , Poland , ran the women's 400 meters in 49.9 seconds.
- July 30th - Rick Wohlhuter , USA , ran the men's 1000 meters in 2: 13.9 minutes.
- August 3 - Brendan Foster , Great Britain , ran the men's 3000 meters in 7: 35.2 minutes.
- August 6th - Lyudmila Bragina , Soviet Union , ran the women's 3000 meters in 8: 52.74 minutes.
- August 12 - Filbert Bayi , Tanzania , ran the men's 1500 meters in 3: 32.2 minutes.
- August 13 - Krystyna Kacperczyk , Poland , ran the women's 400 meter hurdles in 56.51 seconds.
- August 28 - Karin Krebs , GDR , ran the women's 1000 meters in 2: 35.0 minutes.
- October 3rd - Ruth Fuchs , GDR , reached 67.22 meters in the women's javelin.
Motorcycling
Formula 750
- The title in as the price of FIM discharged Formula 750 of the 30-year-old secures Australian John Dodds on Yamaha before the Frenchman Patrick Pons (also Yamaha) and his compatriot Jack Findlay ( Suzuki ).
Details: 1974 Formula 750 season
Table tennis
- European table tennis championship 1974 April in Novi Sad (Yugoslavia)
- Internationals of Germany (friendlies)
- February 5: Berlin: D. - Japan 5: 4 (men)
- February 5: Berlin: D. - Japan 1: 3 (women)
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European League
- January 10: Dietzenbach: D. - ČSSR 1: 6 (women + men)
- February 20: Konz: D. - USSR 2: 5 (women + men)
- March 14th: Horn: D. - Austria 7-0 (women + men)
- October 17th: Saarlouis: D. - France 4: 3 (women + men)
- November 5: Moscow: D. - USSR 3: 4 (women + men)
- December 12: Lübeck: D. - Sweden 1: 6 (women + men)
Born
January
- January 2nd : Torsten Abel , German triathlete
- January 2nd : Jean Nuttli , Swiss cyclist
- January 2nd : Anika Ziercke , German handball player
- January 3rd : Alessandro Petacchi , Italian cyclist
- January 4th : Ottaviano Andriani , Italian long-distance runner
- January 4th : Danilo Hondo , German cyclist
- January 4th : Armin Zöggeler , Italian toboggan runner
- January 8th : Jürg Grünenfelder , Swiss ski racer
- January 10 : Steve Marlet , French football player
- January 11th : Jens Nowotny , German soccer player
- January 12th : Tor Arne Hetland , Norwegian cross-country skier
- January 13 : Sergei Brylin , Russian ice hockey player
- January 15 : Adam Ledwoń , Polish football player († 2008 )
- January 16 : Kati Winkler , German figure skater
- January 18 : Marco Geisler , German rower
- January 20 : Komlan Assignon , Togolese football player
- January 20 : Alvin Harrison , American athlete and Olympic champion
- January 21 : Alexandre Sperafico , Brazilian racing driver
- January 22nd : Jörg Böhme , German soccer player
- January 22nd : Olga Markowa , Russian figure skater
- January 23 : Alla Bastert-Tkachenko , Russian professional dancer
- January 24th : Tanja Hart , German volleyball player
- January 25 : Marek Mastič , Slovak ice hockey player
- January 27 : Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Norwegian biathlete and Olympic champion
- January 29th : Achim Schürmann , German handball player and handball trainer
- January 30th : Abdel Zaher El-Saqua , Egyptian soccer player
February
- February 1st : Roberto Heras , Spanish cyclist
- February 3rd : Florian Rousseau , French cyclist
- February 5th : Nadine Ernsting-Krienke , German field hockey player
- February 6 : Jan Thomas Lauritzen , Norwegian handball player
- February 7 : Steve Nash , Canadian basketball player
- February 7th : Sergei Volkov , Russian chess grandmaster
- February 8 : Gennady Mikhailov , Russian cyclist
- February 11 : Sébastien Hinault , French cyclist
- February 12th : Martin Annen , Swiss bobsledder
- February 12th : Toranosuke Takagi , Japanese racing car driver
- February 14 : Philippe Léonard , Belgian football player
- February 14 : Gürkan Sermeter , Swiss football player
- February 14th : Valentina Vezzali , Italian fencer
- February 15 : James Anderson , English badminton player
- February 15 : Alexander Wurz , Austrian Formula 1 driver
- February 16 : Jamie Davies , British racing car driver
- February 16 : José Dominguez , Portuguese soccer player
- February 18 : Urška Hrovat , Slovenian ski racer
- February 18 : Yevgeny Kafelnikow , Russian tennis player and Olympic champion
- February 20 : Wera Ilyina , Russian water diver and Olympic champion
- February 21 : Andreas Abel , German soccer player
- February 21 : Gilbert Agius , Maltese soccer player
- February 22nd : Markus Schopp , Austrian soccer player
- February 24th : Michael Angerschmid , Austrian soccer player
- February 24th : Takuma Aoki , Japanese motorcycle racer
- February 24 : Anjanette Kirkland , American athlete
- February 26th : Stefano d'Aste , Italian racing car driver
- February 26th : Martina Zellner , German biathlete
- February 26th : Sébastien Loeb , French rally driver
- February 27 : Colin Edwards , American motorcycle racer
- February 28 : Christine Adams , German pole vaulter
- February 28 : Natalia Karimova , Russian track cyclist
- February 28 : Alexander Zickler , German soccer player
March
- March 1st : Marija Manakova , Russian-Serbian women's grandmaster in chess
- March 2nd : Marcel Jenni , Swiss ice hockey player
- March 2 : Ante Razov , American football player
- March 3rd : Tomáš Kraus , Czech skier
- March 4th : Indra Angad-Gaur , Dutch foil fencer
- March 4th : Karol Kučera , Slovak tennis player
- March 4th : Ariel Ortega , Argentinian soccer player
- March 9 : Armen Nazarjan , Bulgarian wrestler of Armenian origin and two-time Olympic champion
- March 12 : Charles Akonnor , Ghanaian and German soccer player
- March 13 : Maxim Galanov , Russian ice hockey player
- March 13 : Franziska Schenk , German speed skater and presenter
- March 15 : Anders Andersson , Swedish football player
- March 15th : Dmitri Sautin , Russian water diver and Olympic champion
- March 16 : Anthony Tieku , Ghanaian soccer player
- March 17th : Miloš Jirovský , Czech chess player
- March 17th : Tõnis Kasemets , Estonian-American racing driver
- March 18 : Nik Berger , Austrian beach volleyball player
- March 19 : Hanka Kupfernagel , German cyclist
- March 20 : Mattias Asper , Swedish football goalkeeper
- March 20 : Manuela Lutze , German rowing athlete, two-time Olympic champion
- March 20 : Carsten Ramelow , German soccer player
- March 21 : Søren Hansen , Danish professional golfer
- March 21 : Regina Schleicher , German cyclist
- March 22nd : Lucimar Aparecida de Moura , Brazilian sprinter
- March 23 : Patricio Muente , Argentinian show jumper
- March 24th : Sergei Kljugin , Russian high jumper and Olympic champion
- March 26 : Søren Haagen , Danish handball goalkeeper and handball coach
- March 26th : Mike Rietpietsch , German soccer player
- March 27 : Gaizka Mendieta , Spanish soccer player
- March 28th : Mark King , English snooker player
- March 28th : Johanna Paasikangas-Tella , Finnish chess player
- March 30 : Tomislav Butina , Croatian football player
April
- April 1st : René Andrle , Czech cyclist
- April 1 : Vladimir Bestzhastnych , Russian football player
- April 1st : Paolo Bettini , Italian cyclist
- April 1st : Sandra Völker , German swimmer
- April 3rd : Klavs Bruun Jørgensen , Danish handball player and coach
- April 3 : Dmitri Tschelowenko , Russian ski jumper
- April 4th : Ante Milicic , Australian soccer player
- April 4 : Dave Mirra , American BMX athlete and racing car driver († 2016 )
- April 4 : Daniel Stendel , German soccer player
- April 5 : Oleg Khodkov , Russian handball player
- April 6 : Robert Kovač , Croatian football player
- April 6 : Joseph Merszei , Macau racing car driver
- April 7th : Ronny Ostwald , German athlete
- April 8 : Sergei Klimovich , Russian ice hockey player
- April 9 : Kostjantyn Rurak , Ukrainian sprinter
- April 10th : Martin Albertsen , Danish handball coach
- April 10 : Andreas Andersson , Swedish football player
- April 11th : Mario Cantaluppi , Swiss football player
- April 11th : Thomas Häberli , Swiss football player
- April 11th : Àlex Corretja , Spanish tennis player
- April 12th : Silvio Mendes Campos Júnior, known as Sylvinho , Brazilian soccer player
- April 13 : Sergei Abdukarov , Kazakh biathlete
- April 13 : Sergei Gonchar , Russian ice hockey player
- April 13th : Martin Höllwarth , Austrian ski jumper
- April 13th : Konstantin Sakajew , Russian chess master
- April 13 : David Zdrilic , Australian soccer player
- April 14th : Oksana Dorodnowa , Russian rower
- April 15 : Oleg Kuleschow , Russian handball player
- April 16 : Zali Steggall , Australian skier
- April 17th : Ekaterina Kovalevskaya , Russian chess player
- April 19 : Marcus Ehning , German show jumper
- April 19 : David Szlezak , Austrian handball player
- April 20 : Karl Muggeridge , Australian motorcycle racer
- April 21 : Diana Gustilina , Russian basketball player
- April 22nd : Teddy Nordling , Finnish handball player
- April 27 : Edgardo Adinolfi , Uruguayan soccer player
- April 27 : Richard Johnson , Australian soccer player
- April 27 : Henning Wiechers , German handball goalkeeper
- April 28th : Emile Magellan Abraham , cyclist from Trinidad and Tobago
- April 28th : Emanuele Negrini , Italian cyclist
- April 29 : Pascal Cygan , French football player
May
- May 1st : Marc Seliger , German ice hockey goalkeeper
- May 3 : Jukka Hentunen , Finnish ice hockey player
- May 5th : Seiji Ara , Japanese racing car driver
- May 7 : Ben Bostrom , American motorcycle racer
- May 10 : Sylvain Wiltord , French soccer player
- May 11 : Simon Aspelin , Swedish tennis player
- May 12 : Paweł Niedźwiecki , Polish cyclist
- May 20th : Marko Tratar , Slovenian chess player
- May 21 : Claudia Müller , German soccer player
- May 22nd : Andrei Nazarov , Russian ice hockey player and coach
- May 22nd : Stefan Strauch , German handball player
- May 25 : Oka Nikolov , Macedonian football player
- May 26 : Sílvio Antônio , Brazilian soccer player
- May 26 : Oleg Saitow , Russian boxer and Olympic champion
- May 28 : Hans Jörg Butt , German football player
- May 29 : Vladislav Otmachow , Russian ice hockey player
- May 30th : Marco Jakobs , German athlete and bobsleigh driver (Olympic champion)
- May 30th : Nikolai Spinjow , Russian rower and Olympic champion
- May 30th : Peter Wrolich , Austrian cyclist
June
- June 1st : Michael Rasmussen , Danish cyclist
- June 2nd : Gata Kamsky , American chess grandmaster of Russian-Tatar origin
- June 2 : Sergei Pogorelow , Russian handball player († 2019 )
- June 2 : Henning Siemens , German handball player
- June 3 : Serhiy Rebrov , Ukrainian football player
- June 4th : Alexander Mierzwa , German handball player
- June 5 : Jelena Miroschina , Russian water diver († 1995 )
- June 6th : Barbara Niedernhuber , German toboggan runner
- June 7th : Mahesh Bhupathi , Indian tennis player
- June 8th : Anfilogino Guarisi , Brazilian-Italian soccer player
- June 9th : Alexander Aeschbach , Swiss cyclist
- June 10 : Mohamed Emara , Egyptian soccer player
- June 12th : Markus Anfang , German soccer player
- June 12th : Christine Francke , German soccer player
- June 13 : Valery Bure , Russian ice hockey player
- June 15 : Andrejs Vlascenko , German figure skater and coach
- June 17th : Marina Chalturina , Kazakh figure skater
- June 18 : Vincenzo Montella , Italian football player
- June 18 : Sergei Sharikov , Russian saber fencer, two-time Olympic champion and three-time world champion († 2015 )
- June 19 : Marina Jakuschewa , Russian badminton player
- June 20 : Christian Hagemann , Belgian handball player
- June 20 : Lorenzo Squizzi , Italian football player
- June 21 : Tina Schüßler , German professional boxer, kickboxer and bodybuilder
- June 22 : Ruslan Ajindjal , Russian-Abkhaz football player
- June 25 : Julia Vorobyova , Russian figure skater
- June 26th : Dieter Kalt , Austrian ice hockey player
- June 30th : Hezekiél Sepeng , South African middle distance runner
July
- July 1st : Jefferson Pérez , Ecuadorian athlete and Olympic champion
- July 1 : Maxim Sushinsky , Russian ice hockey player
- July 4th : Jakob Larsen , Greenlandic handball player and coach
- July 4th : Denis Pankratow , Russian swimmer and 1996 Olympic champion
- July 5th : Márcio Amoroso , Brazilian soccer player
- July 5th : Roberto Locatelli , Italian motorcycle racer
- July 6 : Diego Klimowicz , Argentinian soccer player
- July 6 : Zé Roberto , Brazilian soccer player
- July 7th : Liv Grete Poirée , Norwegian biathlete
- July 8 : Elvir Baljić , Bosnian football player
- July 8th : Thierry van den Bosch , French motorcycle racer
- July 8 : Marco Fortin , Italian football goalkeeper
- July 8th : Andrei Mesin , Belarusian-Russian ice hockey goalkeeper
- July 10 : Daniele Adani , Italian soccer player
- July 10th : Andrea Nuyt , Dutch speed skater
- July 11 : Robert Arnesen , Norwegian bandy player
- July 11th : Michael Hartmann , German soccer player
- July 13th : Oriol Servià , Spanish racing driver
- July 13 : Jarno Trulli , Italian Formula 1 racing driver
- July 16 : Jens Scharping , German soccer player
- July 17th : Claudio López , Argentinian soccer player
- July 18 : Derek Anderson , American basketball player
- July 19 : Ole Martin Årst , Norwegian football player
- July 19 : Francisco Copado , Spanish soccer player
- July 21 : Rajko Tavčar , Slovenian football player
- July 22nd : Magomed Ibragimov , Azerbaijani wrestler
- July 23 : Maurice Greene , American athlete
- July 23 : Martin Amerhauser , Austrian soccer player
- July 23 : Frode Hagen , Norwegian handball player
- July 23 : Rik Verbrugghe , Belgian cyclist
- July 24th : Pedro Arreitunandia , Spanish cyclist
- July 25 : Gareth Thomas , British rugby player
- July 27 : Alfons Sánchez , Andorran football player
- July 29th : Maja Sommerlund , Danish handball player
August
- August 4th : Kily González , Argentine soccer player
- August 5th : Christian Vann , British racing car driver
- August 8 : David Juříček , Czech handball player
- August 9 : Raphaël Poirée , French biathlete
- August 10th : Alexander Zubkov , Russian bobsleigh pilot and Olympic champion
- August 13 : Andreas Larsson , Swedish handball player
- August 14th : Christopher Koskei , Kenyan obstacle and long distance runner
- August 16 : Iván Hurtado , Ecuadorian soccer player
- August 16 : Didier Cuche , Swiss ski racer
- August 16 : Krisztina Egerszegi , Hungarian swimmer
- August 16 : Elton Julian , American racing car driver and racing team owner
- August 17th : Niclas Jensen , Danish football player
- August 17th : Daniel Schröteler , German jazz drummer
- August 18 : Andrej Klimovets , German-Belarusian handball player
- August 25 : Tatjana Logwin , Austrian handball player and trainer
- August 28 : Carsten Jancker , German soccer player
- August 29 : Nicola Amoruso , Italian football player
- August 30th : Dennis Weiland , German soccer player
- August 31 : Cəmil Ağamalıyev , Azerbaijani chess player and coach
- August 31 : Andrij Medvedev , Ukrainian tennis player
- August 31 : Raimund Hedl , Austrian football player
September
- September 3rd : Didier André , French racing car driver
- September 3 : Attila Árvai , Hungarian cyclist
- September 3rd : Martin Gerber , Swiss ice hockey goalkeeper
- September 6th : Tim Henman , British tennis player
- September 7th : Mario Frick , soccer player from Liechtenstein
- September 8 : Alexei Petrov , Russian weightlifter and 1996 Olympic champion
- September 10 : Markus Bähr , German soccer player
- September 10 : Stefano Perugini , Italian motorcycle racer
- September 10 : Valery Popov , Russian chess player and coach
- September 12 : Emebet Abossa , Ethiopian marathon runner
- September 12 : Nuno Valente , Portuguese football player
- September 14th : Hicham El Guerrouj , Moroccan athlete
- September 14 : Sunday Oliseh , Nigerian soccer player
- September 15 : Murat Yakin , Swiss football player of Turkish origin
- September 17 : Rasheed Wallace , American basketball player
- September 19 : Janosch Dziwior , German football player
- September 20 : Karina Asnawurjan , Russian sword fencer and two-time Olympic champion
- September 21 : Katharine Merry , British athlete and Olympian
- September 21 : Henning Fritz , German handball player
- September 21 : Daniel Bogusz , Polish football player
- September 22nd : Thomas Hengen , German soccer player
- September 23 : Matt Hardy , American wrestler
- September 23 : Félix Mantilla , Spanish tennis player
- September 23 : Jan-Pieter Martens , Belgian football player and football official
- September 25th : Arnim Kahofer , Austrian carom player and European champion
- September 25 : Alexei Proschin , Russian speed skater
- September 26 : Emerson Newton-John , American racing car driver
- September 28 : Muhammad al-Jahani , Saudi Arabian soccer player
- September 28th : Marija Kisseljowa , Russian synchronized swimmer
- September 30th : Liisa Anttila , Finnish orienteer and cross-country skier
October
- October 1st : Martin Ančička , German-Czech ice hockey player
- October 1st : Alexander Awerbuch , Israeli athlete of Russian origin
- October 2nd : René Sommerfeldt , German cross-country skier
- October 4th : Tom Askey , American ice hockey goalkeeper
- October 5th : Robert Mateja , Polish ski jumper and ski jumping trainer
- October 5th : Jeff Strasser , Luxembourg soccer player
- October 7th : Ruslan Nigmatullin , Russian football goalkeeper of Tatar origin
- October 8 : Kevyn Adams , American ice hockey player
- October 8 : Didier Angibeaud , Cameroonian football player
- October 8th : Kōji Murofushi , Japanese hammer thrower and Olympic champion
- October 9 : Antonio Arias , Chilean football player
- October 9 : Nicole Brandebusemeyer , German soccer player
- October 9th : Mauro Gerosa , Italian cyclist
- October 10 : Ade Akinbiyi , Nigerian soccer player
- October 10 : Jelena Antonowa , Russian synchronized swimmer
- October 10 : Julio Cruz , Argentinian soccer player
- October 10 : Chris Pronger , Canadian ice hockey player
- October 11 : Jason Arnott , Canadian ice hockey player
- October 11 : Dmitrijus Bernatavičius , Lithuanian ice hockey player
- October 12 : Lucas Arnold Ker , Argentine tennis player
- October 13 : Fabio Fabiani , Italian racing driver
- October 14 : Christina Benecke , German volleyball player
- October 16 : Paul Kariya , Canadian ice hockey player
- October 17th : Savatheda Fynes , Bahamian sprinter and Olympic champion
- October 18 : Michael Aničić , German-Serbian football player and coach
- October 19 : Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira Silva , Brazilian soccer player († 2004 )
- October 22 : Timo Uster , German-Gambian football player
- October 23 : María Abel , Spanish long distance runner
- October 24 : César Aparecido Rodrigues , Brazilian soccer player
- October 27th : Torben Hoffmann , German soccer player
- October 29 : Ronald Bahr , German handball player
- October 31 : Ingrida Radzevičiūtė , German handball player
November
- November 1st : Emma George , Australian pole vaulter
- November 3rd : Tariq Abdul-Wahad , French basketball player
- November 3rd : Benedict Akwuegbu , Nigerian soccer player
- November 5th : Jane Saville , Australian athlete, Olympian
- November 5th : Dado Pršo , Croatian football player
- November 5 : Jerry Stackhouse , American basketball player
- November 6th : Frank Vandenbroucke , Belgian racing cyclist († 2009 )
- November 9th : Sven Hannawald , German ski jumper
- November 9 : Alessandro Del Piero , Italian football player
- November 12th : Alessandro Birindelli , Italian soccer player
- November 13 : Christian Giménez , Argentine soccer player
- November 14 : Karsten Wöhler , German handball player and official
- November 15 : Oleksiy Ajdarow , Ukrainian biathlete
- November 15th : Roland Schmaltz , German chess player
- November 16 : Rob Barff , British racing car driver
- November 17th : Eunice Barber , French athlete
- November 18th : Petter Solberg , Norwegian rally driver
- November 19th : July Fernández , Andorran football player
- November 20 : Marina Andrievskaya , Swedish badminton player of Russian origin
- November 20 : Daniela Anschütz-Thoms , German speed skater
- November 20 : Claudio Husaín , Argentinian football player
- November 21 : Gabi Müller , Swiss canoeist
- November 22nd : Meike Babel , German tennis player
- November 22nd : Finian Maynard , Irish windsurfer
- November 23 : Saku Koivu , Finnish ice hockey player
- November 26th : Roman Šebrle , Czech athlete
- November 29th : Olga Novokschtschenowa , Russian synchronized swimmer
- November 29th : Susanne Petersen , German handball player
- November 29th : Melanie Hoffmann , German soccer player
- November 30th : Arnaud Vincent , French motorcycle racer
December
- December 1st : Costinha , Portuguese football player
- December 2nd : Martyn Ashton , British trial bike rider
- December 2nd : Dario Cioni , Italian cyclist
- December 3 : Albena Denkowa , Bulgarian figure skater
- December 4th : Txema García , Andorran football player
- December 4th : Manuela Henkel , German cross-country skier
- December 4th : Anke Huber , German tennis player
- December 6th : Gustaf Andersson , Swedish football player
- December 6th : Stéphane Augé , French cyclist
- December 7th : Gerardo García León , Spanish football player
- December 8th : Marco Abreu , Angolan football player
- December 8th : Irina Nikultschina , Bulgarian biathlete
- December 9 : David Akers , American football player
- December 10th : Tadahiro Nomura , Japanese judoka, Olympic champion
- December 11th : Rey Mysterio , American wrestler
- December 11th : Julien Robert , French biathlete
- December 11th : Gete Wami , Ethiopian athlete and Olympian
- December 11th : Wang Pin , Chinese chess player
- December 12th : Tomas Behrend , Brazilian-German tennis player
- December 12th : Bernard Lagat , Kenyan athlete and Olympian
- December 13 : Mika Ahola , Finnish enduro athlete († 2012 )
- December 13 : Gerit Winnen , German handball player
- December 16 : Salim Aribi , Algerian football player
- December 17th : Christian Ahlmann , German show jumper
- December 20th : Carlos Da Cruz , French cyclist
- December 20th : Pietro Piller Cottrer , Italian cross-country skier
- December 22nd : Christian Hoffmann , Austrian cross-country skier
- December 22nd : Dagmar Mair under the Eggen , Italian snowboarder
- December 23 : Agustín Delgado , Ecuadorian soccer player
- December 24th : César García Calvo , Spanish cyclist
- December 24th : Marcelo Salas , Chilean football player
- December 29th : Andrine Flemmen , Norwegian ski racer
- December 29th : Enrico Kulovits , Austrian soccer player
- December 30th : Alex Alves , Brazilian soccer player († 2012 )
- December 31 : Mario Aerts , Belgian cyclist
- December 31 : Tony Kanaan , Brazilian racing driver
Died
- January 24th : Antonio Roldán , Mexican boxer and Olympic featherweight champion from 1968 (* 1946 )
- February 4 : Max zu Schaumburg-Lippe , German-Austrian racing driver (* 1898 )
- March 12 : Nikolai Koroljow , Soviet boxer (* 1917 )
- May 26 : Edouard Probst , Swiss automobile racing driver (* 1898 )
- June 27th : Anton Cargnelli , Austrian football player and coach (* 1889 )
- July 8 : Louis Rigal , French racing car driver (* 1887 )
- August 25 : Caberto Conelli , Italian racing car driver and nobleman (* 1889 )
Date unknown
- Terzo Bandini , Italian motorcycle racer (* 1898 )
See also
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