Sports year 2003
◄◄ | ◄ | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Sports year 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ► | ►►
Other events
American football
- January 26: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers win Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego , California , beating the Oakland Raiders 48:21.
- June 14th: The Carlstad Crusaders win the final of the EFAF Cup 2003 against the Tyrolean Raiders with 28: 7.
- July 5th: The Braunschweig Lions win Eurobowl XVII against the Vienna Vikings with 21:14.
- October 11: The Hamburg Blue Devils win German Bowl XXV in the Volkswagen Arena , Wolfsburg , against the Braunschweig Lions with 37:36 a.d.
badminton
The highlights of the badminton year 2003 were the World Championship and the Sudirman Cup .
World Badminton Grand Prix
athletics
- August 13 - Jelena Isinbayeva , Russia , reached 4.82 meters in the women's pole vault.
- August 22 - Svetlana Feofanova , Russia , reached 4.85 meters in the women's pole vault.
- September 12 - Paula Radcliffe , UK , ran the women's marathon in 2:15:25 hours.
- September 28 - Paul Tergat , Kenya , ran the men's marathon in Berlin , Germany in 2:04:55 hours.
Motorcycling
Honda RC211V in the design with which Valentino Rossi contested the last race of the season in Valencia .
Motorcycle world championship
The season is overshadowed by the death of the Japanese Daijirō Katō , who died on April 6 at the MotoGP race for the Japanese Grand Prix and died of his injuries on April 20.
MotoGP class (990 cm³)
- In the MotoGP class, the 24-year-old Italian Valentino Rossi won the fifth world title of his career on a Honda and the second in a row in this category. He prevails against the Spaniard Sete Gibernau and his compatriot Max Biaggi (both also Honda). In the constructors' championship, Honda wins ahead of Ducati and Yamaha .
250 cc class
- In the 250 cc class, the 20-year-old San Marinese Manuel Poggiali won the second world championship title of his career on Aprilia, ahead of Italian Roberto Rolfo ( Honda ) and Spaniard Toni Elías (Aprilia). In the constructors' championship Aprilia prevailed against Honda and Yamaha .
125 cc class
- The 18-year-old Spaniard Dani Pedrosa won the world title in the eight-liter class on a Honda . San-Marinese Alex De Angelis came in second, while Spaniard Héctor Barberá came third , both on Aprilia . In the constructors' championship, Aprilia wins ahead of Honda and Derbi .
Superbike World Championship
- The 29-year-old Briton Neil Hodgson wins the drivers' championship on Ducati ahead of the Spaniard Rubén Xaus and the Briton James Toseland (both also Ducati). In the constructors' championship Ducati prevailed ahead of Suzuki and Kawasaki .
Details: 2003 Superbike World Championship
World Supersport Championship
- 21-year-old Australian Chris Vermeulen wins the drivers' championship on a Honda ahead of Frenchman Stéphane Chambon ( Suzuki ) and Dutchman Jürgen van den Goorbergh ( Yamaha ). In the constructors' championship, Honda beats Suzuki and Yamaha.
Details: 2003 Supersport World Championship
Table tennis
- European table tennis championship 2003 March 29th to April 6th in Courmayeur (Italy)
- Table tennis world championship 2003 May 19 to May 25 in Paris-Bercy (France)
Born
- April 4 : Harvey Elliott , English soccer player
- July 26th : Can Öncü , Turkish motorcycle racer
Died
- February 5 : Manfred von Brauchitsch , German racing car driver and sports official (* 1905 )
- February 7 : Lidija Selichowa , Soviet-Russian speed skater (* 1922 )
- April 25 : Viktor Buschujew , Soviet-Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion 1960 (* 1933 )
- June 9 : German Svezhnikov , Soviet-Russian fencer, two-time Olympic champion and nine-time world champion with the foil (* 1937 )
- June 26 : Marc-Vivien Foé , Cameroonian football player (* 1975 )
- July 30th : Steve Hislop , British motorcycle racer (born 1962 )
- September 14th : Fred Willamowski , German motorcycle racer (* 1935 )
- October 16 : László Papp , Hungarian boxer (* 1926 )
- October 19 : Nello Pagani , Italian motorcycle and automobile racing driver (* 1911 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Sports Year 2003 - collection of images, videos and audio files
