Sports year 1991
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badminton
The highlights of the badminton year 1991 were the World Championship and the Sudirman Cup .
World Badminton Grand Prix
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athletics
- March 24th - Zhang Chunzen , China , jumped 4.00 meters in the women's category.
- April 30 - Mike Powell , USA , reached 8.95 meters in the men's long jump.
- May 18 - Elana Meyer , South Africa , ran the women's half marathon in 1:07:59 hours.
- June 6 - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 6.07 meters in the men's pole vault.
- June 10 - Inessa Krawez , Soviet Union , jumped 14.95 meters in the women's triple jump.
- June 14 - Leroy Burrell , USA , ran the men's 100 meters in 9.90 seconds.
- July 5 - Zhang Chunzhen , China , reached 4.00 meters in the women's pole vault.
- July 5 - Zhang Chunzhen , China , reached 4.02 meters in the women's pole vault.
- July 9 - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 6.08 meters in the men's pole vault.
- August 5th - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , jumped 6.10 meters in the men's pole vault.
- August 24 - Larissa Schtyrogrischnaja , Russia , reached 63.08 meters in the women's hammer throw.
- August 24 - Alla Fyodorova , Soviet Union , reached 64.44 meters in the women's hammer throw.
- August 25 - Carl Lewis , USA , ran the men's 100 meters in 9.86 seconds.
- August 30 - Mike Powell , USA , jumped 8.95 meters in the men's long jump.
Motorcycling
Superbike World Championship
- The 31-year-old American Doug Poland wins the drivers' championship on Ducati ahead of Frenchman Raymond Roche (also Ducati) and Australian Rob Phillis ( Kawasaki ). In the constructors' championship, Ducati prevailed ahead of Kawasaki and Yamaha .
Details: 1991 Superbike World Championship
Orienteering
- August 21st to August 25th - The 14th World Orienteering Championships are taking place in Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad) in Czechoslovakia . With the short distance race, a second individual race will be added to the program. Petr Kozák (Czechoslovakia), Jörgen Mårtensson (Sweden) and the Swiss relay win the men's competitions. Jana Cieslarová (Czechoslovakia), Katalin Oláh (Hungary) and the Swedish relay for women. Sweden becomes the most successful nation with 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.
Table tennis
- Table tennis world championship 1991 April 24th to May 6th in Chiba (Japan)
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European League
- January 12th: Karlsruhe: D. - Yugoslavia 6: 1 (women + men)
- February 5: Haninge: D. - Sweden 4: 3 (women + men)
- March 13: Hanover: D. - Sweden 5: 2 (women + men)
Born
January
- January 1st : Christoph Foth , German handball player
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- January 2nd : Davide Santon , Italian soccer player
- January 2nd : Marcel Schliedermann , German handball player
- January 3 : Andrew Agozzino , Canadian ice hockey player
- January 3 : Darius Morris , American basketball player
- January 3rd : Nina Schiffer , German swimmer
- January 4th : Pascal Bodmer , German ski jumper
- January 5th : Odile Ahouanwanou , Beninese athlete
- January 7th : Michelangelo Albertazzi , Italian football player
- January 7th : Danny Blum , German soccer player
- January 7th : Eden Hazard , Belgian football player
- January 7th : Roberto Pereyra , Argentine soccer player
- January 8 : David Hansen , German handball player
- January 8th : Taylor Worth , Australian archer
- January 9 : Lucas Albrecht , German football player
- January 9th : Josh Hill , British racing car driver
- January 9th : Thilo Leugers , German soccer player
- January 9 : Ken Noel , Austrian football player
- January 11th : Andrea Bertolacci , Italian soccer player
- January 12th : Robin Lässer , German motorcycle racer
- January 15th : Darja Klischina , Russian long jumper
- January 15 : Isabelle Linden , German soccer player
- January 18 : Lasse Sobiech , German soccer player
- January 20th : Jolyon Palmer , British racing car driver
- January 20th : Jacqueline Seifriedsberger , Austrian ski jumper
- January 21 : Xavier Quevedo , Venezuelan cyclist
- January 22nd : Yann Cunha , Brazilian racing car driver
- January 22nd : Alex MacDowall , British racing car driver
- January 22nd : Stefan Kolb , German soccer player
- January 22nd : Elizabeth Simmonds , British back swimmer
- January 22nd : Matwei Zubov , Russian track and road cyclist
- January 22nd : Felice Vecchione , Italian football player
- January 24th : Turid Knaak , German soccer player
- January 25th : Svenja Huth , German soccer player
- January 25 : Nigel Melker , Dutch racing car driver
- January 26th : Grégoire Demoustier , French racing driver
- January 26th : Pål Varhaug , Norwegian racing car driver
- January 27 : Aleksandar Ignjovski , Serbian football player
- January 27th : Markus Pommer , German automobile racing driver
- January 28th : Jacco Arends , Dutch badminton player
- January 31st : Ju Wenjun , Chinese chess player
February
- February 1 : Andrej Lebedseu , Belarusian football player
- February 1 : Nick Weber , German handball player
- February 3 : Elena Curtoni , Italian ski racer
- February 3rd : Stefan Hierländer , Austrian soccer player
- February 3rd : Nikola Hofmanova , Austrian tennis player
- February 3 : Viktor Noring , Swedish football player
- February 3 : Adrian Quaife-Hobbs , British racing car driver
- February 4th : Mathew Allan Leckie , Australian soccer player
- February 6 : Bruno Andrade , Brazilian racing car driver
- February 6th : Ida Njåtun , Norwegian speed skater
- February 6th : Anna Sidorowa , Russian curler
- February 6th : Max Stahr , German racing cyclist
- February 7th : Angelina Schuk-Krasnowa , Russian pole vaulter
- February 9 : Marco Stiepermann , German soccer player
- February 10 : Florian Schabereiter , Austrian ski jumper
- February 13 : Aljaksej Abromchyk , Belarusian biathlete
- February 14th : Andrius Gudžius , Lithuanian discus thrower
- February 15 : Alexander Langlitz , German soccer player
- February 16 : Tatiana Iwanowa , Russian luge athlete
- February 16 : Sami Niemi , Finnish ski jumper
- February 18 : Henry Surtees , British racing driver († 2009 )
- February 21 : Manfred Starke , Namibian soccer player
- February 24 : Tom Gladdis , British racing car driver
- February 25 : Arnor Angeli , Belgian football player
- February 25th : Adrien Tambay , French racing car driver
- February 25 : Gustavo Yacamán , Colombian racing car driver
- February 26 : Rhyan Bert Grant , Australian soccer player
March
- March 2nd : Kofi Danning , Australian soccer player
- March 2nd : Marc Hornschuh , German soccer player
- March 3rd : Jan Bühn , German motorcycle racer
- March 5th : Michael Hayböck , Austrian ski jumper
- March 7th : Ekaterina Ilyina , Russian handball player and 2016 Olympic champion
- March 8th : Stefanie Klaunig , German handball player
- March 8th : Krzysztof Miętus , Polish ski jumper
- March 10 : Artak Aleksanyan , Armenian football player
- March 11th : Alessandro Florenzi , Italian football player
- March 12 : Felix Kroos , German soccer player
- March 12 : Fabian Schomburg , German handball player
- March 13 : François Affolter , Swiss football player
- March 13 : Malou Ejdesgaard , Danish tennis player
- March 13 : Menasheh Idafar , British racing car driver
- March 14th : Jimmy Eriksson , Swedish racing car driver
- March 15 : Kevin Müller , German soccer player
- March 20 : Oliver Webb , British racing car driver
- March 21 : Antoine Griezmann , French football player
- March 22nd : Roberto Merhi , Spanish racing car driver
- March 22nd : Roland Putsche , Austrian soccer player
- March 24th : Tarık Çamdal , German football player
- March 25th : Jurswailly Luciano , Dutch handball player
- March 28th : Lisa-Maria Moser , Austrian tennis player
- March 30th : Patrick Schranner , German automobile racing driver
April
- April 1st : Anne Sauer , German foil fencer
- April 4th : Marlon Stöckinger , Filipino racing car driver
- April 5 : Bono , Moroccan-Canadian football goalkeeper
- April 5th : Lotte Grigel , Danish handball player
- April 5th : Nora Mørk , Norwegian handball player
- April 6 : Kim Naidzinavicius , German handball player
- April 6th : Alexandra Popp , German soccer player
- April 9th : Axel Pons , Spanish motorcycle racer
- April 11th : James Magnussen , Australian swimmer
- April 13 : Daniel Ginczek , German soccer player
- April 15 : Marco Terrazzino , German soccer player
- April 20 : Ondřej Kraják , Czech football player
- April 20 : Francesco Monterosso , Australian soccer player
- April 21 : Max Chilton , British racing car driver
- April 21 : Christian Klem , Austrian soccer player
- April 21 : Maximilian Kolditz , German handball player
- April 24th : Giulia Viola , Italian athlete
- April 25 : Olivier Lombard , French racing car driver
- April 27th : Lara Gut , Swiss ski racer
May
- May 2nd : Sebastian Hertner , German soccer player
- May 2nd : Ilya Sakharov , Russian water diver and Olympic champion
- May 3rd : Wael Jallouz , Tunisian handball player
- May 7th : Mercy Cherono , Kenyan long distance runner
- May 7th : Daniel Juncadella , Spanish racing car driver
- May 8th : Laurens Vanthoor , Belgian racing car driver
- May 9 : Ivan Lukashevich , Russian racing car driver
- May 13th : Anders Fannemel , Norwegian ski jumper
- May 14th : Lucía Fresco , Argentinian volleyball player
- May 14 : Muhammed Ildiz , Austrian football player of Turkish descent
- May 17 : Helen Ukaonu , Nigerian soccer player
- May 19 : Tamás Pál Kiss , Hungarian racing car driver
- May 22nd : Kentin Mahé , French handball player
- May 27 : Natalja Vorobjowa , Russian wrestler and Olympic champion
- May 29 : Layes Abdullayeva , Azerbaijani athlete
- May 29th : Nanna Vainio , Finnish badminton player
- May 31 : Alexandre Pasche , Swiss football player
June
- June 2nd : Pia Hildebrand , German handball player
- June 2nd : Ryan Tyack , Australian archer
- June 4th : Olga Girja , Russian chess player
- June 4th : Lorenzo Insigne , Italian football player
- June 9th : Maciej Kot , Polish ski jumper
- June 10 : Pol Espargaró , Spanish motorcycle racer
- June 13th : Aurimas Didžbalis , Lithuanian weightlifter
- June 13 : Katie Nageotte , American athlete
- June 14th : Jorge Goncalvez , Venezuelan racing car driver
- June 14th : Kostas Manolas , Greek football player
- June 14 : Robert Schulze , German handball player
- June 15th : Andrea Barlesi , Belgian racing car driver
- June 15 : Pascal Groß , German soccer player
- June 16 : Alexei Yegorov , Russian heavyweight boxer
- June 20 : Rasmus Lauge Schmidt , Danish handball player
- June 21 : Mario Fernandes , German handball player
- June 22nd : Filmore Beck , German basketball player
- June 22nd : Carlos Huertas , Colombian racing car driver
- June 22nd : Enzo Ide , Belgian racing driver
- June 22nd : Emil Larsen , Danish football player
- June 25 : Simone Zaza , Italian football player
- June 26 : Audrey Vaillancourt , Canadian biathlete
- June 27th : Jordy Clasie , Dutch football player
- June 28 : Kevin De Bruyne , Belgian football player
- June 28th : Stephan Rabitsch , Austrian road cyclist
- June 28th : Anselika Sidorova , Russian pole vaulter
- June 28th : Will Stevens , British racing car driver
- June 29 : Suk Hyun-jun , South Korean soccer player
July
- July 1 : Ivan Paurević , Croatian-German football player
- July 2nd : Hendrik Pekeler , German handball player
- July 9 : Lisa Vitting , German swimmer
- July 10 : Nikita Kazalapov , Russian figure skater and Olympic champion
- July 13 : MacKenzie Boyd-Clowes , Canadian ski jumper
- July 15th : Danilo , Brazilian soccer player
- July 15 : Cornelius Maas , German handball player
- July 15 : Yevgeny Tishchenko , Russian boxer and Olympic champion
- July 19 : Nathalie Hagman , Swedish handball player
- July 20 : Alec Burks , American basketball player
- July 20 : Jonas Erwig-Drüppel , German soccer player
- July 20 : Daley Mathison , British motorcycle racer († 2019 )
- July 21 : Andreas Wiegel , German soccer player
- July 25th : Amanda Kurtović , Norwegian handball player
- July 25th : Jules Lanclume , French cyclist
- July 27 : Klaus Bachler , Austrian automobile racing driver
- July 27 : Robin John , German handball player
- July 28th : Isabelle Jongenelen , Dutch handball player
August
- August 3rd : Philip Petermann , Austrian football goalkeeper
- August 5th : Esteban Gutiérrez , Mexican racing car driver
- August 7th : Robin Frijns , Dutch racing car driver
- August 7th : Luis Salom , Spanish motorcycle racer († 2016 )
- August 14th : Richard Freitag , German ski jumper
- August 17th : Richard Bradley , British-Singaporean racing car driver
- August 17th : Roberta D'Agostina , Italian ski jumper
- August 17th : Steven Zuber , Swiss football player
- August 21 : Kalifa Coulibaly , Malian football player
- August 21 : Lionel Miny , French cyclist
- August 23 : Jennifer Abel , Canadian water diver
- August 24th : Stefan Bell , German soccer player
- August 25 : Markus Fuchs , German handball player
- August 25 : Gershon Koffie , Ghanaian soccer player
- August 26th : Arnaud Démare , French cyclist
- August 28 : Jessica Oldenburg , German handball player
- August 29th : Anikó Kovacsics , Hungarian handball player
- August 30th : Jacqueline Cako , American tennis player
- August 31 : António Félix da Costa , Portuguese racing car driver
- August 31 : Moreno Hofland , Dutch cyclist
- August 31 : Artūrs Kļimovičs , Latvian football player
- August 31st : Shi Tingmao , Chinese water diver
September
- September 5th : Cristian Rossi , Italian cyclist
- September 15 : Jonathan Rafael da Silva , Brazilian soccer player
- September 19 : Alexandre Mabboux , French ski jumper
- September 22nd : Kamen Khadschiev , Bulgarian football player
- September 23 : Trevor Morrice , Canadian ski jumper
- September 23 : Melanie Oudin , American tennis player
- September 23 : Nick van der Lijke , Dutch cyclist
- September 25th : Stine Bredal Oftedal , Norwegian handball player
- September 25 : Alexander Rossi , American racing car driver
- September 26th : Regina Baresi , Italian soccer player
- September 29 : Rufat Dadashov , Azerbaijani football player
October
- October 2nd : Denni Djozic , German handball player
- October 2nd : Danila Isotov , Russian swimmer
- October 5th : Arthur Pic , French racing car driver
- October 7th : Simon Cho , American short tracker
- October 7 : Eyal Golasa , Israeli soccer player
- October 7th : Stefan Marinovic , New Zealand soccer player
- October 7 : Kevin Mirocha , German racing car driver
- October 8 : Florian Moll , German swimmer
- October 8 : Patric Niederhauser , Swiss automobile racing driver
- October 8 : David Ostella , Canadian racing car driver
- October 8 : Sebastian Owuya , Swedish ice hockey player
- October 12th : Thiemo Storz , German racing car driver
- October 16 : Kevin Pannewitz , German soccer player
- October 23 : Nikolai Oljunin , Russian snowboarder
- October 25 : Isabella Schinikowa , Bulgarian tennis player
- October 29th : Tom Devriendt , Belgian cyclist
- October 29 : Oscar Lindberg , Swedish ice hockey player
- October 29 : Ramón Piñeiro , Spanish racing car driver
- October 29 : Nikita Saizew , Russian ice hockey player
- October 29th : Harry Tincknell , British racing car driver
- October 30th : Danell Leyva , American gymnast
November
- November 1st : David Müller , German soccer player
- November 4th : Alon Day , Israeli racing car driver
- November 7th : Felix Rosenqvist , Swedish racing car driver
- November 9th : Čestmír Kožíšek , Czech ski jumper
- November 9th : Giovanni Venturini , Italian racing car driver
- November 13th : Jeffrey Bruma , Dutch soccer player
- November 14 : Mohammed Abu , Ghanaian soccer player
- November 15th : Christian Dissinger , German handball player
- November 16 : Sandro Zeller , Swiss racing driver
- November 21 : Marius Fartum , Norwegian badminton player
- November 22nd : Anthony Saux , French cyclist
- November 23 : Ruslan Mingazov , Turkmen soccer player
- November 23 : Facu Regalia , Argentinian-Spanish racing car driver
- November 24th : Richie Stanaway , New Zealand racing car driver
- November 25th : Niclas Dombrowski , German handball player
- November 28 : Pietro Fantin , Brazilian racing car driver
December
- December 1st : Sun Yang , Chinese swimmer
- December 6th : Milica Mandić , Serbian Taekwondoin
- December 10th : Thomas Michael "Tommy" Oar , Australian-Spanish soccer player
- December 14th : Samantha Peszek , American gymnast
- December 15 : Conor Daly , American racing car driver
- December 21 : Riccardo Saponara , Italian football player
- December 30th : Wietse Bosmans , Belgian cyclocross rider
- December 30th : Camila Giorgi , Italian tennis player
Died
- February: Hans-Hugo Hartmann , German automobile racing driver (* 1916 )
- March 7th : Werner Salevsky , German enduro athlete (* 1940 )
- October 16 : Giacomo Mari , Italian football player and coach (* 1924 )
Day unknown
- Lidija Boldyrewa , Soviet-Russian national volleyball player (* 1934 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Sports Year 1991 - collection of images, videos and audio files
