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1980 in sports
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Athletics
For an extensive coverage see 1980 in athletics (track and field)
World Records
Marathon
Auto Racing
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Cycling
Field Hockey
March 8 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England. England beat Scotland 2-0.
Figure skating
Football (American)
Football (Australian rules football)
Football (Canadian)
Football (Soccer)
For an extensive coverage see 1980 in football (soccer)
Gaelic Athletic Association
Golf Men's Golf
January - the Senior PGA Tour (Champions Tour ) is founded.
Women's Golf
Horse racing
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Harness Racing
Ice Hockey See 1980 in ice hockey
Radiosport
Skiing January 12 - Canada’s Ken Read , the leader of the "Crazy Canucks " ski team, wins the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel , Austria, becoming the first North American to ever win the classic race.
Snooker
Swimming
Events
Records
Tennis
Yacht racing
Men's Competition
Women's Competition
General sporting events
Awards
Births
January
January 3 — Frauke Dirickx , Belgian volleyball playerJanuary 3 — Angela Ruggiero , American ice hockey defensemanJanuary 5 — Andréa Henriques , Brazilian water polo playerJanuary 11 — Mieke de Boer , Dutch darts playerJanuary 12 — Andriy Fedchuk , Ukrainian boxerJanuary 12 — Akiko Morigami , Japanese female tennis playerJanuary 14 — Taeke Taekema , Dutch field hockey playerJanuary 17 — Natalia Soutiagina , Russian butterfly swimmerJanuary 19 — Jenson Button , British Formula 1-driverJanuary 19 — Matic Osovnikar , Slovenian track and field athleteJanuary 24 — Yordanis Arencibia , Cuban judokaJanuary 25 — Xavi Hernández , Spanish football (soccer) playerJanuary 25 — Christian Olsson , Swedish athleteJanuary 27 — Sherzod Husanov , Uzbek boxerJanuary 27 — Marat Safin , Russian tennis playerJanuary 27 — Jiří Welsch , Czech basketball player
February
February 2 — Kyle Pontifex , New Zealand field hockey goalkeeperFebruary 3 — Craig Victory , Australian field hockey playerFebruary 6 — James Gibson , British breaststroke swimmerFebruary 8 — Miguel Angel Pichardo , Dominican Republic basketball playerFebruary 9 — Angelos Charisteas , Greek football (soccer) playerFebruary 10 — Gordon D'Arcy , Irish rugby playerFebruary 11 — Karin Ruckstuhl , Dutch athleteFebruary 12 — Juan Carlos Ferrero , Spanish tennis playerFebruary 13 — Tetyana Holovchenko , Ukrainian middle/long-distance runnerFebruary 16 — Miguel Espino , American professional boxerFebruary 19 — Ma Lin , Chinese table tennis playerFebruary 20 — Imanol Harinordoquy , French rugby playerFebruary 20 — Bram Som , Dutch track and field athlete
February 21 — Yannick Lupien , Canadian freestyle swimmerFebruary 22 — Erzsebet Viski , Hungarian canoerFebruary 23 — Diego Avila , Argentine field hockey midfielderFebruary 24 — Laurence Docherty , Dutch-Scottish field hockey playerFebruary 24 — Roman Sloudnov , Russian swimmer
February 26 — Alex Fong , Hong Kong swimmer and actorFebruary 28 — Pascal Bosschaart , Dutch football (soccer) player
March
March 1 — Shahid Afridi , Pakistani cricketerMarch 5 — Ágnes Primász , Hungarian water polo playerMarch 6 — Emma Igelström , Swedish swimmerMarch 9 — Sofia Konoukh , Russian water polo playerMarch 12 — California Molefe , Botswanan athleteMarch 13 — Erin Gammel , Canadian backstroke swimmerMarch 15 — Deidra Graham , American gymnastMarch 15 — Josefin Lillhage , Swedish swimmer
March 18 — Alexei Yagudin , Russian figure skaterMarch 21 — Ronaldinho , Brazilian football (soccer) playerMarch 25 — Eduardo Fischer , Brazilian breaststroke swimmerMarch 26 — Sérgio Paulinho , Portuguese road bicycle racerMarch 27 — Toni Cronk , Australian field hockey goalkeeperMarch 29 — Alexei Manziola , Russian-born swimmer from IsraelMarch 30 — Liriel Higa , American rhythmic gymnastMarch 31 — Jenny Smith , Australian gymnast
April
April 1 — Maartje Scheepstra , Dutch field hockey playerApril 2 — Suriya Prasathinphimai , Thai boxerApril 4 — Bekzat Sattarkhanov , Kazakhstani boxerApril 4 — Mark Tuitert , Dutch speed skaterApril 5 — Odlanier Solis , Cuban boxerApril 6 — Tanja Poutiainen , Finnish alpine skierApril 9 — Kristin Lee , American rhythmic gymnastApril 10 — Andy Ram , Israeli tennis playerApril 12 — Terence Parkin , South African swimmerApril 13 — Boštjan Buč , Slovenian track and field athleteApril 14 — Rita Drávucz , Hungarian water polo playerApril 15 — Fanny Rinne , German field hockey midfielderApril 18 — Michael Lee , Canadian field hockey playerApril 22 — Monica Flammer , American gymnastApril 25 — Phillip Burrows , New Zealand field hockey playerApril 25 — Dana Laframboise , Canadian lightweight boxer
May
May 6 — Brooke Bennett , American swimmerMay 6 — Kasumi Takahashi , Australian rhythmic gymnastMay 6 — Mario Stojic , Croatian basketball playerMay 7 — Johan Kenkhuis , Dutch swimmerMay 8 — Steven Ferguson , New Zealand swimmer and canoerMay 9 — Grant Hackett , Australian swimmerMay 9 — Angela Nikodinov , American figure skaterMay 10 — Kate Walsh , English field hockey playerMay 10 — Anatoly Polyakov , Russian butterfly swimmerMay 12 — Christian Minotti , Italian freestyle swimmerMay 14 — Joe van Niekerk , South African rugby playerMay 14 — Eugène Martineau , Dutch athleteMay 15 — Yvonne Hijgenaar , Dutch cyclistMay 16 — Artem Knyazev , Uzbekistani pairs skaterMay 16 — Nuria Llagostera Vives , Spanish tennis playerMay 18 — Michael Llodra , French tennis playerMay 18 — Sam Rukundo , Ugandan boxerMay 21 — Mayla Siracusa , Brazilian water polo playerMay 23 — Sarah Catherwood , New Zealand swimmerMay 27 — Jessica Deglau , Canadian swimmerMay 28 — Mickael Bourgain , French track cyclistMay 28 — Adam Whitehead , English breaststroke swimmerMay 31 — Edith Bosch , Dutch judoka
June
June 1 — Aghasi Mammadov , Azerbaijani boxerJune 2 — Sylvain Cros , French freestyle swimmerJune 2 — Shingo Suetsugu , Japanese track and field athleteJune 4 — Thor Kristensen , Danish rowerJune 7 — Ed Moses , American swimmerJune 9 — Anthony Geslin , French cyclistJune 9 — Udonis Haslem , American basketball playerJune 13 — Viviane Costa , Brazilian water polo playerJune 13 — Carlos Jayme , Brazilian freestyle swimmerJune 13 — Maja Matevžič , Slovenian tennis playerJune 15 — Benjamin Varonian , French gymnastJune 16 — Thijs Al , Dutch mountain bikerJune 17 — Brittney McConn , American figure skaterJune 17 — Andee Pickens , American gymnastJune 17 — Venus Williams , American tennis playerJune 19 — Sanjay Ayre , Jamaican athleteJune 23 — Manus Boonjumnong , Thai boxerJune 23 — Ramnaresh Sarwan , Guyanese cricketerJune 29 — Monique Ferreira , Brazilian freestyle swimmerJune 30 — Nourdin Boukhari , Moroccan-born football (soccer) player from HollandJune 30 — Fabian Wegmann , German cyclist
July
July 1 — Matthijs Brouwer , Dutch field hockey playerJuly 2 — Baffour Gyan , Ghanaian football (soccer) playerJuly 3 — Roland Schoeman , South African swimmerJuly 6 — Pau Gasol , Catalan basketball (NBA ( playerJuly 7 — Michelle Kwan , American figure skaterJuly 8 — Robbie Keane , Irish football playerJuly 10 — Adam Petty , fourth-generation NASCAR driver (d. 2000 )July 16 — Lindsey Berg , American volleyball playerJuly 16 — Travis Brooks , Australian field hockey playerJuly 16 — Matthew Peck , Canadian field hockey goalkeeperJuly 17 — Rashid Ramzi , Moroccan-born athleteJuly 19 — Xavier Malisse , Belgian tennis playerJuly 20 — Ivan Mladina , Croatian freestyle swimmerJuly 21 — Tom Soetaers , Belgian football playerJuly 22 — Dirk Kuijt , Dutch football playerJuly 23 — Javier Noriega , Spanish swimmerJuly 24 — Wilfred Bungei , Kenyan middle distance runnerJuly 27 — Allan Davis , Australian road cyclistJuly 29 — Fernando González , Chilean tennis player
August
August 1 — Grant Schubert , Australian field hockey playerAugust 1 — Jeroen Trommel , Dutch volleyball playerAugust 8 — Sabine Klaschka , German tennis playerAugust 12 — Blair Hopping , New Zealand field hockey playerAugust 13 — Justus Scharowsky , German field hockey playerAugust 14 — Prabjoth Singh , Indian field hockey forwardAugust 16 — Julien Absalon , French mountain bikerAugust 29 — Perdita Felicien , Canadian track and field athleteAugust 29 — Corina Ungureanu , Romanian gymnastAugust 30 — Michael Boyce , Australian field hockey playerAugust 31 — Fernanda Lissoni , Brazilian water polo playerAugust 31 — Hayden Shaw , New Zealand field hockey player
September
September 1 — Ryan Archibald , New Zealand field hockey playerSeptember 1 — Toshiaki Fukuda , Japanese field hockey playerSeptember 1 — Dawn Holden , English cricketerSeptember 4 — Daniele Bennati , Italian road racing cyclistSeptember 6 — Samuel Peter , Nigerian heavyweight boxerSeptember 8 — Mbulaeni Mulaudzi , South African middle distance runnerSeptember 10 — Timothy Goebel , American figure skaterSeptember 10 — Tahar Tamsamani , Moroccan boxerSeptember 12 — Yao Ming , Chinese NBA playerSeptember 13 — Daisuke Matsuzaka , Japanese baseball playerSeptember 13 — Viren Rasquinha , Indian field hockey playerSeptember 14 — Luis Horna , Peruvian tennis playerSeptember 18 — Wendy Alcorn , Australian field hockey playerSeptember 19 — Dimitri Yachvili , French rugby union playerSeptember 20 — Vladimir Karpets , Russian cyclistSeptember 27 — Carlos Luis Campos , Venezuelan boxerSeptember 28 — Maurice Smith , Jamaican decathleteSeptember 29 — Răzvan Florea , Romanian swimmerSeptember 30 — Martina Hingis , Swiss tennis playerSeptember 30 — Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz , Cuban boxer
October
October 2 — Amy Tran , American field hockey goalkeeperOctober 3 — Sarah Collyer , English cricketerOctober 3 — Mariana Roriz , Brazilian water polo playerOctober 4 — Andrea Tóth , Hungarian water polo playerOctober 6 — Michelle Guerette , American rowerOctober 7 — Andrey Kapralov , Russian swimmerOctober 7 — Olesya Zykina , Russian track and field athleteOctober 8 — Kasper Bøgelund , Danish football (soccer) playerOctober 10 — Camilo Becerra , Colombian freestyle swimmerOctober 10 — Megan Rivers , Australian field hockey playerOctober 13 — Scott Parker , English football playerOctober 15 — Tom Boonen , Belgian cyclistOctober 16 — Dragoş Coman , Romanian freestyle swimmerOctober 19 — Anna-Karin Kammerling , Swedish swimmerOctober 20 — Denise Durajski , Australian field hockey playerOctober 21 — Mike Danton , Canadian ice hockey playerOctober 21 — Mari Piuva , Finnish archerOctober 25 — Alex Fábregas , Spanish field hockey playerOctober 26 — Christian Chivu , Romanian football (soccer) playerOctober 28 — Alfonso Gomez , Mexican boxerOctober 31 — Geert-Jan Derikx , Dutch field hockey player
November
December
December 2 — Nathan Eglington , Australian field hockey playerDecember 4 — Hicham Mesbahi , Moroccan boxerDecember 4 — Sergio Mora , American boxerDecember 5 — Gülden Kayalar , Turkish volleyball playerDecember 6 — Carlos Takam , Cameroonian heavyweight boxerDecember 9 — Gagan Ajit Singh , Indian field hockey strikerDecember 17 — Arjun Halappa , Indian field hockey strikerDecember 18 — Marian Drăgulescu , Romanian gymnastDecember 20 — Sebastian Halgasch , German backstroke swimmerDecember 28 — Lomana LuaLua , Congolese football (soccer) playerDecember 28 — Deepak Thakur , Indian field hockey forwardDecember 29 — Andrea Lenders , Dutch gymnastDecember 29 — Patapol Ngernsrisuk , Thai badminton playerDecember 31 — Richie McCaw , New Zealand rugby player
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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