1991 in sports
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- 5.1 January
- 5.2 in February
- 5.3 March
- 5.4 April
- 5.5 May
- 5.6 in June
- 5.7 in July
- 5.8 August
- 5.9 September
- 5:10 October
- 5:11 November
- 5:12 December
- 6.1 day unknown
Badminton
Highlights of Badminton 1991 were the World Cup and the Sudirman Cup.
World Badminton Grand Prix
Athletics
- March 24 - Zhang Chunzen, China, jumped into the women's category four meters.
- April 30 - Mike Powell, USA, in the long jump of 8.95 meters gentlemen reached.
- May 18 - Elana Meyer, South Africa, the half marathon of the ladies ran in 1:07:59 hours.
- 6 June - Serhiy Bubka, Soviet Union, in the pole vault the men reached 6.07 meters.
- June 10 - Inessa Krawez, Soviet Union, jumped in the triple jump of 14.95 meters ladies.
- June 14 - Leroy Burrell, USA, the 100 meters of the men ran in 9.9 seconds.
- July 5 - Zhang Chunzhen, China, in the pole vault of the ladies reached 4.00 meters.
- July 5 - Zhang Chunzhen, China, in the pole vault of 4.02 meters Ladies reached.
- July 9 - Serhiy Bubka, Soviet Union, in the pole vault the men reached 6.08 meters.
- August 5 - Serhiy Bubka, Soviet Union, jumped 6.10 meters in the pole vault of the Lords.
- August 24 - Larissa Schtyrogrischnaja, Russia, in the hammer throw of 63.08 meters Ladies reached.
- August 24 - Alla Fedorova, Soviet Union, in the hammer throw of 64.44 meters Ladies reached.
- August 25 - Carl Lewis, USA, the 100 meters of the men ran in 9.86 seconds.
- August 30 - Mike Powell, USA, jumped in the long jump of 8.95 meters gentlemen.
Motorcycle Racing
Superbike World Championship
- The 31- year-old American Doug Polen Ducati wins ahead of Frenchman Raymond Roche ( also Ducati) and the Australian Rob Phillis ( Kawasaki ) the drivers' standings. In the constructors' standings, Ducati continues through before Kawasaki and Yamaha.
Details: Superbike World Championship 1991
Orienteering
- August 21 to August 25 - In Marianske Lazne (Marienbad) in Czechoslovakia will be held the 14th World Orienteering Championships. With the short distance race a second single race is included in the program. Petr Kozák (Czechoslovakia), Jörgen Mårtensson (Sweden ) and the Swiss Season win the competitions of men. Jana Cieslarová (Czechoslovakia), Katalin Oláh (Hungary ) and the Swedish squadron that of women. Sweden is most successful with 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals nation.
Born
January
- January 02: Davide Santon, Italian footballer
- January 02: Marcel Schliedermann, German handball player
- January 03: Nina Schiffer, German swimmer
- January 04: Pascal Bodmer, German ski jumper
- January 07: Danny Blum, German football player
- January 07: Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer
- 09 January: Lucas Albrecht, German football player
- January 11: Andrea Bertolacci, Italian footballer
- JANUARY 12: Robin Lasser, German motorcycle racer
- JANUARY 15: Isabelle Linden, German football player
- JANUARY 18: Lasse Sobiech, German football player
- January 20: Jolyon Palmer, British racing driver
- January 20: Jacqueline Seifriedsberger, Austrian ski jumper
- JANUARY 21: Xavier Quevedo, Venezuelan cyclist
- JANUARY 22: Yann Cunha, Brazilian racing driver
- JANUARY 22: Alex MacDowall, British racing driver
- JANUARY 22: Stefan Kolb, German football player
- January 22: Elizabeth Simmonds, British swimmer back
- JANUARY 22: Matvey Zubov, Russian rail and road cyclist
- JANUARY 22: Felice Vecchione, Italian footballer
- JANUARY 24: Turid Knaak, German football player
- JANUARY 25: Svenja Huth, German football player
- JANUARY 25: Nigel Melker, Dutch racing driver
- JANUARY 26: Grégoire Demoustier, French race car driver
- JANUARY 26: Pål Varhaug, Norwegian race car driver
- January 27: Aleksandar Ignjovski, Serbian football player
- January 27: Markus Pommer, German race car driver
February
- February 01: Nick Weber, German handball player
- February 03: Elena Curtoni, Italian alpine skier
- 03 February: Stefan Hierländer, Austrian football player
- February 03: Nikola Hofmanova, Austrian tennis player
- February 03: Viktor Noring, Swedish footballer
- February 03: Adrian Quaife - Hobbs, British racing driver
- 04 February: Mathew Allan Leckie, Australian football player
- February 06: Bruno Andrade, Brazilian racing driver
- 06 February: Ida Njåtun, Norwegian speed skater
- February 06: Anna Vladimirovna Sidorowa, Russian curler
- 06 February: Max Stahr, German cyclist
- February 09: Marco Stiepermann, German football player
- FEBRUARY 10: Florian Schabereiter, Austrian ski jumper
- February 13: Aliaksei Abromchyk, Belarusian biathlete
- FEBRUARY 15: Alexander Langlitz, German football player
- FEBRUARY 16: Sami Niemi, a Finnish ski jumper
- FEBRUARY 18: Henry Surtees, British race car driver († 2009)
- FEBRUARY 21: Manfred Starke, Namibian football player
- FEBRUARY 24: Tom Gladdis, British racing driver
- FEBRUARY 25: Arnor Angeli, Belgian footballer
- FEBRUARY 25: Adrien Tambay, French race car driver
- FEBRUARY 25: Gustavo Yacaman, a Colombian race car driver
- FEBRUARY 26: Rhyan Bert Grant, Australian football player
March
- March 02: Kofi Danning, Australian football player
- March 02: Marc Horn Shoe, German football player
- March 05: Michael Hayböck, Austrian ski jumper
- March 08: Krzysztof miętus, Polish ski jumper
- March 08: Stefanie Schriever, German handball player
- March 10: Artak Aleksanyan, Armenian football player
- MARCH 11: Alessandro Florenzi, Italian footballer
- MARCH 12: Felix Kroos, German football player
- MARCH 12: Fabian Schomburg, German handball player
- MARCH 13: Francois Affolter, Swiss footballer
- MARCH 13: Menasheh Idafar, British racing driver
- March 14: Jimmy Eriksson, Swedish racing driver
- March 15: Kevin Müller, German football player
- MARCH 20: Oliver Webb, British racing driver
- MARCH 22: Roberto Merhi, Spanish racing driver
- MARCH 22: Roland coups, Austrian football player
- MARCH 24: Tarık Camdal, German football player
- March 25: Jurswailly Luciano, Dutch Women's Handball
- March 30: Patrick Schranner, German race car driver
April
- 04 April: Marlon Stöckinger, philippine racing driver
- April 05: Lotte Grigel, Danish handball player
- April 06: Kim Naidzinavicius, German handball player
- April 06: Alexandra Popp, German football player
- APRIL 11: James Magnussen, Australian swimmer
- April 13: Daniel Ginczek, German football player
- April 15: Marco Terrazzino, German football player
- April 20: Ondřej Kraják, Czech football player
- APRIL 20: Francesco Monterosso, Australian football player
- APRIL 21: Max Chilton, British racing driver
- APRIL 21: Christian Klem, an Austrian football player
- APRIL 21: Maximilian Kolditz, German handball player
- APRIL 25: Olivier Lombard, French race car driver
- APRIL 27: Lara Gut, Swiss alpine skier
May
- May 02: Sebastian Hertner, German football player
- May 03: Wael Jallouz, Tunisian handball player
- May 07: Daniel Juncadella, Spanish racing driver
- 08 May: Laurens Vanthoor, Belgian racing driver
- 09 May: Ivan Lukashevich, Russian racing driver
- MAY 13: Anders Fannemel, Norwegian ski jumper
- MAY 14: Muhammed Ildiz, Austrian footballer of Turkish descent
- MAY 19: Tamás Pál Kiss, Hungarian race car driver
- MAY 22: Kentin Mahé, French handball player
- MAY 29: Laye Abdullayeva, Azerbaijani athlete
- MAY 31: Alexandre Pasche, Swiss footballer
June
- June 02: Pia Hildebrand, German handball player
- June 04: Lorenzo Insignia, Italian footballer
- June 10: Pol Espargaró, Spanish motorcycle racer
- June 14: Jorge Goncalvez, Venezuelan race car driver
- June 14: Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer
- June 14: Robert Schulze, German handball player
- June 15: Andrea Barlesi, Belgian racing driver
- June 15: Pascal Large, German football player
- 20 June: Rasmus liquor Schmidt, Danish handball player
- 21 June: Mario Fernandes, German handball player
- June 22: Filmore Beck, German basketball player
- June 22: Carlos Huertas, a Colombian race car driver
- June 22: Emil Larsen, Danish football player
- JUNE 25: Simone Zaza, Italian footballer
- JUNE 27: Jordy Clasie, Dutch footballer
- JUNE 28: Kevin De Bruyne, the Belgian football player
- 28 June: Stephan Rabitsch, Austrian road racing cyclist
- 28 June: Will Stevens, a British race car driver
- June 29: Suk Hyun -jun, South Korean football player
July
- July 01: Ivan Paurevic, Croatian - German football player
- July 02: Hendrik Pekeler, German handball player
- 09 July: Maciej Kot, Polish ski jumper
- July 15: Cornelius Maas, German handball player
- JULY 20: Jonas Erwig - Drüppel, German football player
- July 21 Andreas Wiegel, German football player
- JULY 25: Amanda Kurtović, Norwegian Women's Handball
- JULY 25: Jules Lanclume, French cyclist
- July 27: Klaus Bachler, Austrian racing driver
- July 27: Robin John, German handball player
- JULY 28: Isabelle Jongenelen, Dutch Women's Handball
August
- 03 August: Philip Petermann, Austrian football goalkeeper
- August 05: Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican race car driver
- 07 August: Robin Frijns, Dutch racing driver
- August 14: Richard Freitag, German ski jumper
- August 17: Richard Bradley, British- Singaporean racing driver
- August 17: Roberta D' Agostina, Italian ski jumper
- August 17: Steven Zuber, Swiss footballer
- AUGUST 21: Lionel Miny, French cyclist
- AUGUST 23: Jennifer Abel, Canadian water jumper
- August 24: Stefan Bell, German football player
- AUG 25: Markus Fuchs, German handball player
- August 25: Gershon Koffie, Ghanaian footballer
- AUGUST 26: Arnaud Démare, French cyclist
- August 28: Jessica Oldenburg, German handball player
- AUGUST 29: Anikó Kovacsics, Hungarian handball player
- August 31: António Félix da Costa, Portuguese racing driver
- August 31: Moreno Hofland, Dutch Cyclists
- August 31: Artūrs Kļimovičs, Latvian football player
- August 31: Shi Tingmao, Chinese water jumper
September
- September 05: Cristian Rossi, Italian cyclist
- SEPTEMBER 15: Jonathan Rafael da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- SEPTEMBER 19: Alexandre Mabboux, French ski jumper
- September 22: Kamen Chadschiew, Bulgarian football player
- SEPTEMBER 23: Trevor Morrice, Canadian ski jumper
- SEPTEMBER 23: Melanie Oudin, American Tennis Player
- SEPTEMBER 23: Nick van der Lijke, Dutch cyclist
- SEPTEMBER 25: Stine Bredal Oftedal, Norwegian Women's Handball
- SEPTEMBER 25: Alexander Rossi, American race car driver
October
- October 02: Denni Đozić, German handball player
- 05 October: Arthur Pic, French race car driver
- October 07: Simon Cho, American Shorttracker
- 07 October: Eyal Golasa, Israeli football player
- October 07: Stefan Marinovic, New Zealand football player
- October 07: Kevin Mirocha, German race car driver
- October 08: Florian Moll, German swimmer
- October 08: Patric Niederhauser, Swiss racing driver
- October 08: David Ostella, Canadian race car driver
- October 08: Sebastian Owuya, Swedish ice hockey player
- OCTOBER 12: Thiemo Storz, German race car driver
- October 16: Kevin Pannewitz, German football player
- October 29: Tom Devriendt, Belgian cyclist
- October 29: Oscar Lindberg, Swedish ice hockey player
- October 29: Ramón Piñeiro, Spanish racing driver
- October 29: Nikita Igorewitsch Zaitsev, Russian ice hockey player
- October 29: Harry Tincknell, British racing driver
- October 30: Danell Leyva, American gymnast
November
- November 01: David Müller, German football player
- November 04: Alon Day, Israeli racing driver
- 07 November: Felix Rosenqvist, Swedish racing driver
- 09 November: Čestmír Kožíšek, Czech ski jumper
- 09 November: Giovanni Venturini, Italian race car driver
- November 13: Jeffrey Bruma, Dutch footballer
- November 14: Mohammed Abu, Ghanaian footballer
- NOVEMBER 15: Christian Dissinger, German handball player
- November 16: Sandro Zeller, Swiss racing driver
- November 21: Marius Fartum, Norwegian badminton players
- November 22: Anthony Saux, French cyclist
- November 23: Ruslan Mingazov, Turkmen football player
- November 23: Facu Regalia, Argentine- Spanish racing driver
- November 24: Richie Stanaway, New Zealand racing driver
- NOVEMBER 25: Niclas Dombrowski, German handball player
- November 28: Pietro Fantin, Brazilian racing driver
December
- December 01: Sun Yang, Chinese swimmers
- December 10: Thomas Michael " Tommy" Oar, Australian and Spanish footballer
- December 15: Conor Daly, American race car driver
- December 21: Riccardo Saponara, Italian footballer
- December 30: Wietse Bosmans, Belgian cyclocross rider
Died
- March 7: Werner Salevsky, German enduro athlete ( b. 1940 )
- October 16: Giacomo Mari, Italian footballer and coach (* 1924)
Day unknown
- Hans- Hugo Hartmann, German race car driver (* 1916)