1960 in sports
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For an extensive coverage see 1960 in association football Men's professional
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The American Olympic men's ice-hockey team won the United States' first Olympic hockey gold medal with a record of 7?0?0 during the tournament.
July 23 — Thirteen days after breaking his own world record in the men's 200m butterfly (long course) Troy once again betters the world's best time in that event, this time at a meet in Toledo, Ohio clocking 2:13.4 .
Awards
Births
January
January 5 — Sejad Krd?ali? , Yugoslav javelin throwerJanuary 5 — Wendy Watson , New Zealand cricketerJanuary 6 — Mark Gorski , American track cyclist and cycling managerJanuary 6 — Howie Long , American football playerJanuary 9 — Ursula Thielemann , German field hockey goalkeeperJanuary 10 — Martín Pitayo , Mexican long-distance runnerJanuary 11 — Waldo Kantor , Argentine volleyball player January 16 — Israel Machado , Brazilian basketball player January 16 — Aleksandr Troshchilo , Soviet track and field sprinterJanuary 17 — Hendrik Jan Kooijman , Dutch field hockey playerJanuary 23 — Patrick de Gayardon , French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (d. 1998 )January 24 — Manfred Zielonka , German boxerJanuary 25 — Huub van Boeckel , Dutch tennis playerJanuary 25 — Annelies Maas , Dutch freestyle swimmerJanuary 29 — Sean Kerly , English field hockey strikerJanuary 29 — Greg Louganis , American diverJanuary 30 — Chris Brown , New Zealand field hockey player
February
February 2 — Sadiq Abdullahi , Nigerian tennis playerFebruary 2 — Grant Main , Canadian rowerFebruary 9 — Bernardo José Pinango , Venezuelan boxerFebruary 13 — Pierluigi Collina , Italian football refereeFebruary 13 — Kelly McCormick , American diverFebruary 16 — Hisayo Fukumitsu , Japanese high jumperFebruary 16 — Milton Goode , American high jumperFebruary 16 — Luciano Zerbini , Italian discus thrower and shot putterFebruary 17 — Ma?gorzata Birbach , Polish long-distance runnerFebruary 20 — Paul Arpin , French long-distance runnerFebruary 21 — Wendy Banks , British field hockey goalkeeperFebruary 21 — Rolf Falk-Larssen , Norwegian speed skaterFebruary 22 — Jean-Louis Prianon , French long-distance runnerFebruary 23 — Laura Almaral , Mexican beach volleyball player February 25 — Stefan Blöcher , German field hockey player February 27 — Pär Arvidsson , Swedish butterfly swimmerFebruary 28 — David Lowe , British swimmer
March
March 2 — Roald van Noort , Dutch water polo player March 3 — Per Holmertz , Swedish freestyle swimmerMarch 3 — Orlando Romero , Peruvian boxer
March 4 — John Mugabi , Ugandan boxerMarch 5 — Kathleen McGahey , American field hockey player March 8 — Max Metzker , Australian long distance swimmer March 9 — Thierry Vigneron , French pole vaulterMarch 10 — Antonio Corgos , Spanish long jumperMarch 14 — Kirby Puckett , American baseball player (d. 2006 )March 15 — Carole Rouillard , Canadian long-distance runnerMarch 20 — Robertas ?ulpa , Lithuanian swimmer March 21 — Ayrton Senna , Brazilian automobile racer (d. 1994 )March 25 — Peter Seisenbacher , Austrian judokaMarch 26 — Marcus Allen , American football playerMarch 26 — Damir Keretic , Yugoslavian-German tennis player
March 26 — Judy Strong , American field hockey player
March 30 — Peter Maher , Canadian marathon runner
April
April 1 — Frank Leistra , Dutch field hockey goalkeeper April 6 — Ron Boudrie , Dutch volleyball player April 6 — Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova , Bulgarian canoerApril 6 — Colin Reitz , British long-distance runnerApril 10 — Rex Wilson , New Zealand long-distance runnerApril 12 — Agapius Masong , Tanzanian long-distance runnerApril 13 — Olaf Ludwig , East German racing cyclistApril 16 — Pierre Littbarski , German soccer player (footballer) and coachApril 21 — Eric Noordegraaf , Dutch water polo playerApril 29 — Kuruppu Karunaratne , Sri Lankan long-distance runner (d. 2008 )
May
May 6 — Lyudmila Andonova , Bulgarian high jumperMay 8 — Mary Clinton , New Zealand field hockey playerMay 11 — Vladimir Dolgov , Soviet backstroke swimmerMay 11 — Jürgen Schult , German track and field athleteMay 15 — Kip Hladky , Canadian field hockey player May 20 — Philippe Blain , French volleyball player and coachMay 20 — Elena Murgoci , Romanian long-distance runner (d. 1999 )May 26 — Dean Lukin , Australian weightlifterMay 26 — Romas Ubartas , Lithuanian discus throwerMay 31 — Greg C. Adams , Canadian ice hockey forward
June
June 1 — Einar Vilhjálmsson , Icelandic javelin throwerJune 3 — Anett Pötzsch , German figure skaterJune 6 — Coleen Sommer , American high jumperJune 12 — Diane Edelijn , Dutch backstroke swimmerJune 12 — Hagen Stamm , German water polo playerJune 15 — Didier Courrčges , French equestrianJune 15 — Marieke van Doorn , Dutch field hockey midfielderJune 16 — Alicia Boscatto , Argentine breaststroke swimmer June 23 — Andy Tenbult , Canada-born ice hockey player and coach from The NetherlandsJune 24 — René Temmink , Dutch football (soccer) refereeJune 25 — Rose Magers , American volleyball player June 28 — John Elway , American football playerJune 29 — Luis Onmura , Brazilian judoka
July
August
August 1 — Henry Tillman , American boxerAugust 2 — Wilfredo Vázquez , Puerto Rican boxerAugust 7 — Steven Rooks , Dutch road racing cyclistAugust 10 — Dario Badinelli , Italian triple jumperAugust 12 — Laurent Fignon , French road racing cyclistAugust 13 — Phil Taylor , English darts playerAugust 13 — Michael Richmond , Australian ice speed skaterAugust 14 — Igor Nikulin , Russian hammer throwerAugust 26 — Victor Caballero , Paraguayan tennis playerAugust 27 — Mike Mahovlich , Canadian javelin thrower
September
October
October 2 — Johan Lammerts , Dutch cyclistOctober 2 — Pedro van Raamsdonk , Dutch boxerOctober 11 — Anne van Schuppen , Dutch long-distance runnerOctober 13 — Nelson Vails , American road and track cyclist October 15 — Ivo Rodrígues , Brazilian marathon runner October 15 — Gene Samuel , Trinidad and Tobago road bicycle racer and track cyclistOctober 16 — Petra Pfaff , East German track and field hurdlerOctober 16 — Mauricio González , Mexican long-distance runnerOctober 18 — Marcus Mattioli , Brazilian swimmerOctober 19 — Dave Saunders , American volleyball playerOctober 30 — Diego Maradona , Argentine football player
November
November 3 — Karch Kiraly , US volleyball playerNovember 6 — Zdzis?aw Kwa?ny , Polish hammer throwerNovember 6 — Kevin Neufeld , Canadian rowerNovember 11 — Kozo Akutsu , Japanese long-distance runnerNovember 14 — Marianne Dickerson , American long-distance runnerNovember 18 — Ivans Klementjevs , Latvian flatwater canoerNovember 24 — Cameron Henning , Canadian backstroke swimmer November 26 — Vasiliy Bubka , Soviet pole vaulterNovember 27 — Akinobu Osako , Japanese judokaNovember 28 — Andy Ritchie , English footballerNovember 29 — Andrew Astbury , British swimmerNovember 30 — Gary Lineker , English footballer
December
Deaths
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