Sports year 1999
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American football
- January 31 - The Denver Broncos win Super Bowl XXXIII in Miami , Florida , beating the Atlanta Falcons 34:19.
- February 7 - The AFC wins the 1999 Pro Bowl in Honolulu against the NFC by 11:10 pm.
- August 21 - The Albany Firebirds win the ArenaBowl XIII in Albany , New York , beating the Orlando Predators 59:48.
- October 9th - The Braunschweig Lions win the German Bowl XXI in Hamburg against the Hamburg Blue Devils with 25:24.
badminton
The highlights of the badminton year 1999 were the World Championships and the Sudirman Cup .
World Badminton Grand Prix
athletics
- February 7 - Nadezhda Ryashkina , Russia , walked 1:27:30 hours in the women's 20 km walk.
- February 20 - Emma George , Australia , reached 4.60 meters in the women's pole vault.
- May 13th - Mihaela Melinte , Romania , reached 75.29 meters in the women's hammer throw.
- May 13th - Mihaela Melinte , Romania , reached 75.97 meters in the women's hammer throw.
- June 8 - Julio Martínez , Guatemala , walked 1:17:46 in the men's 20,000-meter walk.
- June 16 - Maurice Greene , USA , ran the men's 100 meters in 9.79 seconds.
- July 4th - Tomáš Dvořák , Czech Republic , scored 8,994 points in the men's decathlon.
- August 1st - Jelena Motalwo , Russia , ran the women's 3000 meter obstacle in 9: 48.9 minutes.
- Aug 21 - Stacy Dragila , USA , jumped 4.60 meters in the women's pole vault.
- August 26 - Michael Johnson , USA , ran the men's 400 meters in 43.18 seconds.
- August 28 - Mirela Maniani , Greece , reached 67.09 meters in the women's javelin.
- August 29th - Mihaela Melinte , Romania , reached 76.07 meters in the women's hammer throw.
- September 5 - Noah Ngeny , Kenya , ran the men's 1000 meters in 2: 12.0 minutes.
- September 26 - Tegla Loroupe , Kenya , ran the women's marathon in 2:20:43 hours.
- October 24 - Khalid Khannouchi , Morocco , ran the men's marathon in 2:05:42 hours.
Motorcycling
Motorcycle world championship
500 cc class
- In the 500 cm³ class, 29-year-old Spaniard Àlex Crivillé wins the world title on a Honda . He is against the American Kenny Roberts jr. ( Suzuki ) and the Japanese Tadayuki Okada (Honda). In the constructors' championship, Honda wins ahead of Yamaha and Suzuki.
250 cc class
- In the 250 cm³ class, the 20-year-old Italian Valentino Rossi won the title on Aprilia ahead of the Japanese Tōru Ukawa ( Honda ) and his compatriot Loris Capirossi (Honda). In the constructors' championship Aprilia prevailed against Honda and Yamaha .
125 cc class
- The 26-year-old Spaniard Emilio Alzamora won the world title in the eight-liter class on a Honda . Second went to Italian Marco Melandri , third to Japanese Masao Azuma , both on Honda. In the constructors' championship, Honda wins ahead of Aprilia and Derbi .
Superbike World Championship
- The Briton Carl Fogarty wins the drivers' championship on Ducati ahead of the American Colin Edwards ( Honda ) and the Australian Troy Corser (Ducati). For the 34-year-old, this is the fourth title win of his career in this class. In the constructors' championship, Ducati prevailed ahead of Honda and Kawasaki .
Details: 1999 Superbike World Championship
World Supersport Championship
- In the first ever Supersport World Championship, the 34-year-old Frenchman Stéphane Chambon on a Suzuki wins the drivers' championship ahead of the British Iain MacPherson ( Kawasaki ) and the Italian Piergiorgio Bontempi ( Yamaha ). In the constructors' championship, Yamaha prevailed against Suzuki and Kawasaki.
Details: Supersport World Championship 1999
rugby
Rugby league
- April 23 - Australia wins the ANZAC Test Match in Sydney against New Zealand 20:14.
- May 1st - The Leeds Rhinos win the Challenge Cup final in London 52:16 against the London Broncos .
- September 26 - The Melbourne Storm win the NRL Grand Final in Sydney 8:18 pm against the St. George Illawarra Dragons .
- October 9 - The St Helens RLFC wins the Super League Grand Final at Trafford 8-6 against the Bradford Bulls .
- November 1st - Australia wins the Tri Nations final in Auckland at 10:20 pm against New Zealand .
Rugby union
- January 30 - Ulster Rugby wins the Heineken Cup Final in Dublin 21-6 against US Colomiers .
- February 11 - Scotland wins the Five Nations . These were the last Five Nations as the tournament expanded the next year with Italy joining the Six Nations.
- May 29th - Stade Toulousain wins the final of the top 14 in Saint-Denis 15:11 against AS Montferrandaise .
- May 30 - The Crusaders win the Super 12 final in Dunedin 24:19 against the Highlanders .
- August 28th - New Zealand wins the Tri Nations .
- November 6th - Australia wins the 1999 Rugby Union World Cup final in Cardiff 35:12 against France .
Table tennis
- Table tennis world championship 1999 August 2nd to 8th 1999 in Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Born
- January 1st : Benjamin Goller , German soccer player
- January 4th : Timothy Tillman , German soccer player
- January 6th : Jelena Radionova , Russian figure skater
- January 10 : Manuel Wintzheimer , German soccer player
- January 19 : Lucas Ribeiro , Brazilian soccer player
- February 25 : Gianluigi Donnarumma , Italian football goalkeeper
- March 4th : Bo Bendsneyder , Dutch motorcycle racer
- March 7 : Ronald Araújo , Uruguayan soccer player
- March 7th : Luca Pellegrini , Italian football player
- March 22nd : Mick Schumacher , German automobile racing driver
- March 28 : Aaron Opoku , German soccer player
- April 2 : Metehan Güçlü , Turkish-French soccer player
- April 12th : Anna Sergejewna Schukowa , Russian ski jumper
- April 20th : Fabio Quartararo , French motorcycle racer
- April 24th : Palkó Dárdai , German-Hungarian football player
- May 17th : Renat Dadashov , German-Azerbaijani football player
- June 4th : Domen Prevc , Slovenian ski jumper
- July 8 : Enrico Brignola , Italian football player
- July 22nd : Letizia Paternoster , Italian cyclist
- July 23 : Vitinho , Brazilian soccer player
- August 12th : Matthijs de Ligt , Dutch football player
- August 18 : Sofja Skomoroch , Russian rhythmic gymnast
- September 30th : Arón Canet , Spanish motorcycle racer
- October 16 : Nicolò Bulega , Spanish motorcycle racer
- November 19 : Yevgenia Medvedeva , Russian figure skater
Died
- February 14 : Nikolai Chlystow , Soviet-Russian ice hockey player and Olympic champion from 1956 (* 1932 )
- February 19 : Georg "Schorsch" Meier , German motorcycle and automobile racing driver (* 1910 )
- February 26 : Annibale Frossi , Italian football player and coach (* 1911 )
- March 8 : Conrad Dürr , German motorcycle racer (* 1907 )
- March 8 : Joe DiMaggio American baseball player (born 1914 )
- April 2 : Karl Bohmann , Austrian motorcycle racer (* 1909 )
- April 26 : Walter Reichert , German motorcycle racer (* 1933 )
- August 29 : Giuseppe Pattoni , Italian motorcycle racer, mechanic and entrepreneur (* 1926 )
- October 12 : Wilt Chamberlain , American basketball player (born 1936 )
- October 25 : Payne Stewart , American professional golfer (* 1957 )
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