Sports year 2000
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American football
- January 30 - The St. Louis Rams win Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta , Georgia , beating the Tennessee Titans 11:16.
- February 4 - The AFC wins the Pro Bowl 2000 in Honolulu against the NFC with 38:17.
- August 20 - The Orlando Predators win the ArenaBowl XIV in Orlando , Florida , beating the Nashville Kats 41:38.
- October 7th - The Cologne Crocodiles win the German Bowl XXII in the Eintracht Stadium , Braunschweig , against the Braunschweig Lions with 31:29.
badminton
The highlights of the badminton year 2000 were the Olympic badminton tournament , the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup .
World Badminton Grand Prix
athletics
- February 23 - Stacy Dragila , USA , reached 4.63 meters in the women's pole vault.
- July 23 - Stacy Dragila , USA , jumped 4.63 meters in the women's pole vault.
- July 28 - Trine Hattestad , Norway , reached 69.48 meters in the women's javelin.
- August 7th - Christina Iloc-Casandra , Romania , ran the women's 3000 meter obstacle in 9: 43.6 minutes.
- August 30th - Christina Iloc-Casandra , Romania , ran the women's 3000 meter obstacle in 9: 40.2 minutes.
Motorcycling
Motorcycle world championship
500 cc class
- In the last 500 cm³ class, the 27-year-old American Kenny Roberts jr. on Suzuki the world title. He prevails against the Italians Valentino Rossi ( Honda ) and Max Biaggi ( Yamaha ). In the constructors' championship, Yamaha wins ahead of Honda and Suzuki.
250 cc class
- In the 250 cm³ class, the 27-year-old Frenchman Olivier Jacque won the title on a Yamaha ahead of the Japanese Shin'ya Nakano (also Yamaha) and Daijirō Katō ( Honda ). In the constructors' championship, Yamaha prevailed against Honda and Aprilia.
125 cc class
- The 26-year-old Italian Roberto Locatelli won the world title in the eight-liter class on an Aprilia . Second is the Japanese Yōichi Ui ( Derbi ), third is the Spaniard Emilio Alzamora on Honda . In the constructors' championship, Honda wins ahead of Aprilia and Derbi.
Superbike World Championship
- The 26-year-old American Colin Edwards Australian wins the drivers' championship on a Honda ahead of the Japanese Noriyuki Haga ( Yamaha ) and the Australian Troy Corser ( Aprilia ). In the constructors' championship, Ducati prevailed ahead of Honda and Yamaha.
Details: Superbike World Championship 2000
World Supersport Championship
- The 30-year-old German Jörg Teuchert wins the drivers' championship on a Yamaha ahead of the Italian Paolo Casoli ( Ducati ) and the French Stéphane Chambon ( Suzuki ). In the constructors' championship, Yamaha prevailed against Ducati and Suzuki.
Details: Supersport World Championship 2000
rugby
Rugby league
- January 22nd - The Melbourne Storm win the World Club Challenge in Wigan against St Helens RLFC 44-6 .
- April 21 - Australia wins the ANZAC Test Match in Sydney against New Zealand 52-0.
- April 29 - The Bradford Bulls win the Challenge Cup final in London 24:18 against the Leeds Rhinos .
- September 27 - The Brisbane Broncos win the NRL Grand Final in Sydney 14-6 against the Sydney Roosters .
- October 14th - The St Helens RLFC wins the Super League Grand Final at Trafford 29:16 against the Wigan Warriors .
- November 1st - Australia wins the 2000 Rugby League World Cup final in Trafford 40:12 against New Zealand .
Rugby union
- April 2 - England wins the Six Nations .
- May 27 - Northampton Saints win the Heineken Cup final in London 9-8 against Munster Rugby .
- May 27 - The Crusaders win the Super 12 final in Canberra 20:19 against the Brumbies .
- July 15 - Stade Français wins the final of the top 14 in Saint-Denis 28:23 against US Colomiers .
- August 26th - Australia wins the Tri Nations .
Table tennis
- Table tennis world championship 2000 February 19th to 26th in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
- Table tennis European championship 2000 April 21st to May 1st in Bremen
Born
- January 1st : Nicolas Kühn , German soccer player
- January 6th : Fiete Arp , German soccer player
- January 6th : Iker Lecuona , Spanish motorcycle racer
- January 14 : Marcel Żyłła , Polish-German football player
- February 28 : Moise Kean , Italian soccer player
- March 1 : Ahmed Kutucu , Turkish-German soccer player
- March 8 : Jonas David , German soccer player
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- March 19 : Gisella Bonomi , Argentine handball player
- March 25 : Jadon Sancho , English soccer player
- March 31 : Elias Abouchabaka , German soccer player
- April 27 : David Beckmann , German automobile racing driver
- May 16 : Tim Georgi , German motorcycle racer
- June 18 : Hans Nicolussi , Italian football player
- June 19 : Sydney Lohmann , German soccer player
- June 24th : Nehuén Pérez , Argentinian soccer player
- July 18 : Angelina Melnikowa , Russian gymnast
- July 28 : Emile Smith Rowe , English soccer player
- September 4th : Sergio Gómez , Spanish football player
- September 9 : Rabbi Matondo , Welsh football player
- September 20 : Mathias Jørgensen , Danish football player
- October 10 : Felix Nmecha , German-English soccer player
- November 29th : Yann Aurel Bisseck , German soccer player
- December 11th : Josha Vagnoman , German soccer player
- December 24th : Paulina Golla , German handball player
- December 29th : Sander Vossan Eriksen , Norwegian ski jumper
Died
- January 3 : Steffen Mauersberger , German enduro athlete (* 1953 )
- January 26th : Don Budge , American tennis player (born 1915 )
- July 2nd : Joey Dunlop , British motorcycle racer (* 1952 )
- July 30th : Hermann Gablenz , German motorcycle racer (* 1913 )
- August 20 : Siegfried Wünsche , German motorcycle racer (* 1916 )
- November 15 : Piero Pasinati , Italian football player and coach (* 1910 )
- November 21 : Emil Zátopek , Czech athlete (* 1922 )
See also
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