1959 in sports
Men's professional
Men's amateur
Women's professional
Awards
Births
January
January 2 — Bettina Blumenberg , German field hockey playerJanuary 4 — Kim Gordon , British field hockey playerJanuary 8 — Josef Reiter , Austrian judokaJanuary 8 — Bill Sawchuk , Canadian swimmerJanuary 10 — Chandra Cheeseborough , American athleteJanuary 23 — Eustorgio Sánchez , Venezuelan footballerJanuary 26 — Mircea Fulger , Romanian boxerJanuary 26 — Wanda Panfil , Polish long-distance runnerJanuary 28 — Patrizio Oliva , Italian boxerJanuary 31 — Santos Laciar , Argentinian boxerJanuary 31 — Arto Härkönen , Finnish javelin thrower
February
March
March 1 — Julie Vollertson , American volleyball player March 10 — Avital Selinger , Israeli-Dutch volleyball player and coachMarch 12 — Robyn Blackman , New Zealand field hockey playerMarch 15 — Eliot Teltscher , American tennis playerMarch 17 — Danny Ainge , American basketball player, coach and baseball playerMarch 18 — Yvonne Buter , Dutch field hockey goalkeeperMarch 21 — Heinz Günthardt , Swiss tennis playerMarch 21 — Eric Pierik , Dutch field hockey playerMarch 24 — Emmit King , American track and field sprinter March 27 — Aleksandr Goncharov , Soviet field hockey player
April
May
May 1 — Jouko Vesterlund , Finnish ice speed skaterMay 3 — Carlos De Leon , Puerto Rican boxerMay 3 — Johann Lindner , Austrian hammer thrower and bobsledderMay 7 — Georgiy Kolnootchenko , Soviet discus throwerMay 8 — Aleksandr Miasnikov , Soviet field hockey playerMay 16 — Henk Hille , Dutch ice hockey playerMay 17 — Marcelo Loffreda , Argentine rugby player and coachMay 18 — Sergey Lovachov , Uzbekistani track and field sprinterMay 21 — Orlando Maldonado , Puerto Rican boxerMay 25 — Greet Hellemans , Dutch rowerMay 25 — Nilmaris Santini , Puerto Rican judokaMay 26 — Brett Austin , New Zealand breaststroke swimmer (d. 1990 )May 26 — Brian Peaker , Canadian rowerMay 28 — Vladimir Zinchenko , Ukrainian discus throwerMay 31 — Aurora Cunha , Portuguese long-distance runner
June
June 3 — Gyula Borka , Hungarian long-distance runnerJune 3 — Becky Smith , Canadian medley and butterfly swimmerJune 7 — Randy Ragan , Canadian football (soccer) playerJune 9 — Elly van Hulst , Dutch middle distance runnerJune 11 — Tomás González , Cuban track and field sprinterJune 12 — Steve Bauer , Canadian cyclistJune 12 — Desai Williams , St. Kitts and Nevis-born Canadian athleteJune 13 — Aleksandr Koshkyn , Soviet boxerJune 23 — Olivier Borios , French breaststroke swimmerJune 25 — Evgueni Ignatov , Bulgarian long-distance runnerJune 28 — Ed van Es , Dutch water polo player
July
July 2 — Stefan Fernholm , Swedish discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1997 )July 4 — Jan Brittin , English women's cricketerJuly 6 — Richard Dacoury , French basketball playerJuly 7 — Oleg Zagorodnev , Soviet field hockey playerJuly 9 — Juan Coghen , Spanish field hockey playerJuly 10 — Davis Phinney , American road bicycle racerJuly 18 — Mel Purcell , American tennis player July 19 — Jud Logan , American hammer throwerJuly 26 — Gary Honey , Australian long jumperJuly 26 — Anne Jardin , Canadian freestyle swimmerJuly 28 — Cheryl Gibson , Canadian swimmerJuly 28 — Tineke Hidding , Dutch heptathlete
August
August 3 — Janusz Zarenkiewicz , Polish heavyweight boxerAugust 4 — Mark Kerry , Australian backstroke swimmer August 5 — Vickey Dixon , British field hockey internationalAugust 8 — Ronald Weigel , German track and field athlete August 13 — Thomas Ravelli , Swedish football (soccer) goalkeeperAugust 14 — Magic Johnson , US basketball playerAugust 15 — Han Kulker , Dutch middle distance runnerAugust 21 — Ronald Lanzoni , Costa Rican long-distance runnerAugust 21 — Jim McMahon , American football playerAugust 23 — George Kalovelonis , Greek tennis playerAugust 27 — Zdzis?aw Hoffmann , Polish triple jumperAugust 28 — Sjaak Troost , Dutch football (soccer) defender
September
September 10 — Jason Grimes , American long jumperSeptember 11 — Jim Howard , American high jumperSeptember 12 — Sos Airapetian , Armenian field hockey player September 13 — Kathy Johnson , American artistic gymnastSeptember 15 — Michele Rüfenacht , Swiss decathleteSeptember 15 — Catherine Suire , French tennis playerSeptember 17 — José Antonio Hernando , Spanish boxerSeptember 24 — Els Vader , Dutch track and field athleteSeptember 30 — Elsemiek Hillen , Dutch field hockey forwardSeptember 30 — Werner Jäger , Austrian ice speed skaterSeptember 30 — Ettore Messina , Italian basketball coach
October
October 4 — Maarten van Grimbergen , Dutch field hockey player October 6 — Robyn Maher , Australian basketball player October 10 — Kevin Barry , New Zealand boxerOctober 10 — Serik Konakbayev , Soviet boxerOctober 10 — Aleksandr Sychyov , Soviet field hockey player October 11 — Michiel Schapers , Dutch tennis player and coachOctober 19 — María Trujillo , Mexican-American long-distance runnerOctober 20 — Eriko Asai , Japanese long-distance runnerOctober 20 — Sandra Le Poole , Dutch field hockey forwardOctober 25 — César Mercado , Puerto Rican marathon runnerOctober 30 — Marc Alexandre , French judokaOctober 31 — Sergey Rusin , Soviet freestyle swimmer
November
November 7 — Billy Gillispie , American basketball coach November 10 — Linda Cohn , American sports reporter November 12 — Regina Buggy , American field hockey player November 14 — Dave Steen , Canadian decathlon athleteNovember 15 — Dhawee Umponmaha , Thai boxerNovember 21 — Jan Martin , New Zealand field hockey playerNovember 22 — Douglas Fernández , Venezuelan decathleteNovember 24 — Juan Laporte , Puerto Rican boxer November 24 — Sandra Mackie , New Zealand field hockey player November 28 — Pedro Acosta , Venezuelan football (soccer) defenderNovember 29 — Nikolay Chernetskiy , Soviet track and field sprinterNovember 30 — Sylvia Hanika , German tennis player
December
Deaths
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