1953 in sports

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Badminton

The highlight of the Badminton 1953 were the All England, the Denmark Open, Irish Open, the Scottish Open, the Dutch Open and the French Open. In Germany, Pakistan and Sri Lanka first national championships were held.

International events

Athletics

April 27 - Nina Otkalenko, Soviet Union, ran the 800 meters of the Ladies in 2:07,3 min.
May 5 - Sverre Strandli, Norway, reached 62.36 meters in the hammer throw of Lords.
May 9 - Parry O'Brien, USA, came in the Shot Put Men's 18 meters.
May 20 - Yuri Litujew, Soviet Union, the 400 -meter hurdles of the men ran in 50.4 s
June 1 - Emil Zatopek, Czechoslovakia, the 10,000 m men ran into 29:01,6 min.
June 13 - Jim Peters, the UK, the Marathon of the men ran in 2:18:41 h
June 27 - Walter Davis, USA, jumped in the high jump of 2.12m Men.
July 5 - Parry O'Brien, USA, reached 18.04 meters in the shot put of the men.
July 9 - Parry O'Brien, USA, reached 18.00 meters in the shot put of the men.
July 19 - Leonid Shcherbakov, Soviet Union, reached 16.23 m in the triple jump of Lords.
July 20 - Sam Iness, USA, reached 57.93 meters in the discus of Lords.
July 27 - Walter Davis, USA, reached 2.12m in the high jump of the men.
August 8 - Bud Held, USA, threw the javelin 80.41 m of Lords.
August 11 - Fortune Gordien, USA, reached 58.1 m in the discus of Lords.
August 17 - Mal Whitfield, USA, the 800 meters of the men ran in 1:48,6 min.
August 22 - Fortune Gordien, USA, threw the discus in the discipline of Men 59.28 m.
September 7 - Bud Held, USA, reached 80.41 meters in the javelin of Lords.
September 20 - Yuri Litujew, Soviet Union, the 400-meter hurdles of men ran in 50.4 s
September 21 - Fortune Gordien, USA, reached 59.28 meters in the discus of Lords.
October 9 - Galina Zybina, Soviet Union, came in the shot put the ladies 16.2 m.

Josef Dolezal, Czechoslovakia, the 50,000 meters walking the men went in 4:23:14 h

Born

March 4: Reinhold Roth, German motorcycle racer
APRIL 27: Pat Hennen, American motorcycle racer
MAY 15: Jacques Cornu, Swiss motorcycle racer
MAY 15: Franco Selvaggi, Italian footballer
MAY 25: Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer († 1989)
{ 4 June: Walter Novellino, Italian footballer and coach
June 13: Gustav Reiner, German motorcycle racer († 2007)
October 14: Aldo Maldera Italian footballer († 2012)
December 28: Steffen Mauersberger, German Enduro athletes († 2000)

Died

FEBRUARY 4: Antonio Conte, Italian fencer (* 1867)
June 12: Leslie Graham, British motorcycle racer (* 1911)

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