1905 in sports
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- 2.1 January to April
- 2.2 from May to August
- 2.3 from September to December
Events
Badminton
- All England 1905
- Irish Open 1905
Football
- Newcastle United is English football champions for the first time.
Weightlifting
- The International Weightlifting Federation, based in Budapest, is founded.
Hockey
- November 5: The Berlin Hockey Club is founded.
Athletics
Athletics records
- Helen Kempton, USA, jump in the triple jump of 8.22 m ladies.
Cycling
- Tour de France 1905
- UCI Track World Championships 1905
- The Tour of Lombardy is first performed.
Motorsport
- Motorsport 1905
Rowing
- Oxford defeated Cambridge in the Boat Race.
Wrestling
- April 8: In Berlin, the World Championships will be held in rings.
- JUNE 11: Duisburg will host an "unofficial" world championship tournament.
Rugby
Swimming
Swimming Records
- December 3: Zoltán of Halmay, Hungary, swims in Vienna, the 100 meters freestyle in 01:05,8. This first swimming record will have nearly three years inventory.
Gymnastics
- 22-23. April: In Bordeaux, the second gymnastics world championships take place. There are only five competitions held for Men: More fighting, horizontal bar, parallel bars, pommel horse, and a team competition. The dominant nation is France, which can secure almost all the medals.
Winter sports
- January: The Austrian ski pioneer Mathias Zdarsky performs the first steep descent.
- January 22: The Austrian Max Bohatsch wins the European Figure Skating Championship 1905 in Bonn.
- 4 to 12 February: In Stockholm and Östersund comparable four-year cycle will be performed for the second time in a Nordic Games the Olympic Games.
- 5/6 February: The study conducted in the framework of the Nordic Games World Figure Skating Championships 1905 in Stockholm is the last in which there is only one Lord competition. World Champion Ulrich Salchow of Sweden against European champion Max Bohatsch.
- MARCH 19: Mathias Zdarsky organized by his invention of a new Skischwungs at Lilienfeld the first door action of skiing history.
- The Ottawa Senators win the Stanley Cup.
Others
- MAY 24: During a session of the House of Commons, the British Olympic Association is founded.
Born
January to April
- JANUARY 23: Erich Borchmeyer, German athlete († 2000)
- JANUARY 30: Antonio Brivio, Italian race car driver, bobsledder and motor sports official († 1995)
- January 31: Jack London, British athlete († 1966)
- February 9: David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, British athlete and longtime IAAF president († 1981)
- FEBRUARY 14: Frank Hussey, American track and field athlete and Olympic champion († 1974)
- FEBRUARY 17: Eric Fernihough, British motorcycle racer († 1938)
- FEBRUARY 23: Richard Czaya, German official chess and chess players († 1978)
May to August
- May 6: René Dreyfus, a French racing driver († 1993)
- MAY 16: Ken Doherty, American decathlete († 1996)
- MAY 28: Stefan Auer, Romanian - Hungarian footballer († 1977)
- May 27: Signe Johansson, Swedish swimmer († 2010)
- June 7: Jim Braddock, American boxer († 1974)
- June 12: Ray Barbuti, American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist († 1988)
- 21 June: Jacques Goddet, French sports journalist († 2000)
- July 3: Richard Corts, German athlete († 1974)
- July 7: Baldur Hönlinger, Austrian chess master († 1990)
- July 17: Abraham Patusca da Silveira, Brazilian footballer († 1990)
- JULY 24: Omobono Tenni, Italian motorcycle racer († 1948)
- JULY 25: Georges Grignard, French race car driver († 1977)
September to December
- October 5: Karl Gall, Austrian footballer († 1943)
- October 6: Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player († 1998)
- OCTOBER 15: Ivan Eklind, Swedish football referee († 1981)
- OCTOBER 15: Angelo Schiavio, Italian footballer († 1990)
- October 16: Ernst Kuzorra, German footballer († 1990)
- October 22: Manuel " Nolo " Ferreira, Argentine footballer († 1983)
- NOVEMBER 5: Louis Rosier, French automobile and motorcycle racer († 1956)
- November 14: Giordano Aldrighetti, Italian motorcycle and race car driver († 1939)
- NOVEMBER 19: Isaac Kashdan, American Chess grandmaster and author in († 1985)
- November 20: Friedl cattle, German chess player († 2001)
- November 23: Carlos Torre Repetto, mexican chess player († 1978)
- NOVEMBER 27: Gottfried Hürtgen, German cyclists ( † unbek )