Sports year 1996
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badminton
The highlights of the badminton year 1996 were the Olympic badminton tournament , the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup .
World Badminton Grand Prix
athletics
- January 28 - Emma George , Australia , jumped 4.41 meters in the women's pole vault.
- February 17 - Olga Kusenkowa , Russia , reached 69.46 meters in the women's hammer throw.
- April 20 - Jelena Nikolajewa , Russia walked in the women's 10,000 meter walk in 41:04 minutes.
- April 23 - Salah Hissou , Morocco , ran the men's 10,000 meters in 26: 38.1 minutes.
- April 28 - Emma George , Australia , reached 4.30 meters in the women's pole vault.
- May 25 - Jan Železný , Czechoslovakia , reached 98.48 meters in the men's javelin throw.
- June 23 - Michael Johnson , USA , ran the men's 200 meters in 19.66 seconds.
- June 29 - Emma George , Australia , reached 4.42 meters in the women's pole vault.
- July 14th - Emma George , Australia , jumped 4.45 meters in the women's pole vault.
- July 23 - Michael Johnson , USA , ran the men's 200 meters in 19.66 seconds.
- July 27 - Donovan Bailey , Canada , ran the men's 100 meters in 9.84 seconds.
- August 1st - Michael Johnson , USA , ran the men's 200 meters in 19.32 seconds.
- August 17 - Olga Kusenkowa , Russia , reached 69.46 meters in the women's hammer throw.
- August 23 - Salah Hissou , Morocco , ran the men's 10,000 meters in 26: 38.1 minutes.
- August 23 - Svetlana Masterkowa , Russia , ran the women's 1000 meters in 2: 29.0 minutes.
- August 27 - Donovan Bailey , Canada , ran the men's 100 meters in 9.84 seconds.
- September 1st - Daniel Komen , Kenya , ran the men's 3000 meters in 7: 20.7 minutes.
Motorcycling
Superbike World Championship
- The 24-year-old Australian Troy Corser won the drivers' championship on Ducati ahead of New Zealander Aaron Slight ( Honda ) and the American John Kocinski (Ducati). In the constructors' championship, Ducati prevailed ahead of Honda and Kawasaki .
Table tennis
- European table tennis championship 1996 April 27th to May 7th 1996 in Bratislava
- Internationals of Germany (friendlies)
- April 29: Bratislava: D. - England 4-1 (women)
Born
January
- January 1st : Mahmoud Dahoud , German-Syrian soccer player
- January 1st : Andreas Pereira , Brazilian-Belgian soccer player
- January 6th : Mitsuru Maruoka , Japanese soccer player
- January 10 : Larissa Crummer , Australian soccer player
- January 11th : Leroy Sané , Franco-German soccer player
- January 15th : Romano Fenati , Italian motorcycle racer
- January 15 : Huang Kaixiang , Chinese badminton player
- January 20 : Franziska Jaser , German soccer player
- January 23 : Felix Schröter , German soccer player
- January 25 : Adama Traoré , Spanish soccer player
- January 26th : Zakaria Bakkali , Belgian football player
- January 26 : Igor Decraene , Belgian cyclist († 2014 )
February
- February 1st : Valmir Sulejmani , German-Albanian soccer player
- February 3rd : Jorge Navarro , Spanish motorcycle racer
- February 7 : Aaron Ekblad , Canadian ice hockey player
- February 7th : Pierre Gasly , French racing car driver
- February 9 : Alec Potts , Australian archer
- February 10 : Robert Vişoiu , Romanian racing car driver
- February 11 : Daniil Medvedev , Russian tennis player
- February 11th : Felix Platte , German soccer player
- February 11 : Jonathan Tah , German soccer player
- February 19 : Lærke Nolsøe , Danish handball player
- February 23 : Niccolò Antonelli , Italian motorcycle racer
- February 26 : Yelisaveta Malashenko , Russian handball player
- February 27 : Ahmet Bahçıvan , Turkish soccer player
March
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- March 1 : Alexei Gassilin , Russian football player
- March 1st : Ye Shiwen , Chinese swimmer and Olympic champion
- March 2nd : Lisa Zimmermann , German freestyle skier
- March 4th : Timo Baumgartl , German soccer player
- March 5th : Franco Acosta , Uruguayan soccer player
- March 6 : Timo Werner , German soccer player
- March 7th : Johannes Kreidl , Austrian football goalkeeper
- March 7th : Bart Nieuwkoop , Dutch football player
- March 10 : Aylin Bok , German handball player
- March 12th : Tom Booth-Amos , British motorcycle racer
- March 12th : Philo Paz Patrick Armand , Indonesian racing car driver
- March 12th : Cene Prevc , Slovenian ski jumper
- March 15 : Levin Öztunali , German soccer player
April
- April 1 : Dennis Lippert , German motorcycle racer († 2019 )
- April 3 : Fabián , Spanish soccer player
- April 6th : Tomáš Portyk , Czech Nordic combined skier
- April 12th : Yelisaveta Kulichkova , Russian tennis player
- April 15th : Boubacar Barry , German-Guinean football player
- April 15th : Kyra Lamberink , Dutch cyclist
- April 15th : İpek Soylu , Turkish tennis player
- April 16 : Alberto Cerri , Italian football player
- April 23 : Álex Márquez , Spanish motorcycle racer
- April 24th : Ashleigh Barty , Australian tennis player
- April 24th : Lena Overländer , German volleyball and beach volleyball player
- April 24th : Sarah Overländer , German volleyball and beach volleyball player
- April 25 : Liam Henderson , Scottish soccer player
- April 26th : Alexander Ursenbacher , Swiss snooker player
- April 30th : Florian Alt , German motorcycle racer
May
- May 2nd : Julian Brandt , German soccer player
- May 3 : Philipp Öttl , German motorcycle racer
- May 7th : Ingrid de Oliveira , Brazilian water diver
- May 8 : Tim Suton , German-Croatian handball player
- May 15th : Patrick Kujala , Finnish racing car driver
- May 18th : Lukas Kleckers , German snooker player
- May 19th : Pelle Clement , Dutch football player
- May 19 : Luca Waldschmidt , German soccer player
- May 23 : Katharina Althaus , German ski jumper
- May 30th : Christian Garín , Chilean tennis player
June
- June 3 : Lukas Klostermann , German soccer player
- June 13 : Kingsley Coman , French football player
- June 17th : Alicia Stolle , German handball player
- June 18 : Alen Halilović , Croatian football player
- June 20 : Sigtryggur Daði Rúnarsson , Icelandic handball player
- June 21 : Léa Lemare , French ski jumper
- June 22nd : Rodrigo , Spanish soccer player
- June 26th : Laura Lindemann , German triathlete
July
- July 1st : Adelina Sotnikowa , Russian figure skater and Olympic champion
- July 9 : Katarina Beton , Slovenian badminton player
- July 10 : Ozan Papaker , Turkish soccer player
- July 15 : Lisa Klein , German racing cyclist
August
- August 11th : Thomas Gradinger , Austrian motorcycle racer
- August 14 : Neal Maupay , French football player
- August 22nd : Doğan Erdoğan , Turkish football player
- August 22nd : Jenny Gaugigl , German soccer player
- August 22nd : Sascha Horvath , Austrian soccer player
- August 24 : Luca Amato , German motorcycle racer
September
- September 15th : Christina Niederer , Swiss figure skater and dancer with Russian roots
- September 17th : Esteban Ocon , French racing car driver
- September 25 : Max Christiansen , German football player
October
- October 7th : Hamidou Traoré , Malian football player
- October 9th : Sondre Ringen , Norwegian ski jumper
- October 23 : Ronaldo , Brazilian soccer player
- October 30th : Selina Hocke , German swimmer
November
- November 1st : Sean Gelael , Indonesian racing car driver
- November 6th : Lorenzo Baldassarri , Italian motorcycle racer
- November 10 : Sina Hinteregger , Austrian triathlete
- November 11th : Gianluca Gaudino , German soccer player
- November 19 : Diego Elías , Peruvian squash player
- November 19 : Yannik Oettl , German soccer player
- November 29th : Nicolas Abdat , German soccer player
- November 30th : Patrick Pflücke , German soccer player
December
- December 1st : Nico Dannowski , German badminton player
- December 12th : Mathéo Tuscher , Swiss racing driver
- December 30th : Moussa Koné , Senegalese soccer player
Died
- January 7th : Max Wiener , Austrian motorcycle racer (* 1947 )
- January 8 : Teobaldo Depetrini , Italian football player and coach (* 1913 )
- January 27 : Vyacheslav Lemeschew , Soviet boxer and Olympic champion 1972 (* 1952 )
- February 14 : Bob Paisley , English football player and coach (* 1919 )
- March 5 : Fritz Huschke von Hanstein , German automobile racing driver and Vice President of the Automobile Sports Commission (* 1911 )
- May 16 : Danilo Alvim , Brazilian soccer player (* 1920 )
- June 23 : Ray Lindwall , Australian cricket and rugby league player (* 1921 )
- June 26 : Max Klankermeier , German motorcycle and automobile racing driver (* 1909 )
- July 14th : Jeff Krosnoff , American racing driver (* 1964 )
- September 22nd : Arthur Dom , Dutch-German motorcycle racer and engineer (* 1903 )
- September 28 : Mennato Boffa , Italian racing car driver (* 1929 )
See also
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