1980 in sport

Chronology of the sport

1979 in sport - 1980 in sport - 1981 in sport

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Automobile

Alan Jones gains the Championnat of the world of Formula 1 at the wheel of a Williams - Ford.

Baseball

the Philadelphia Phillies gain the World Series vis-a-vis the Kansas City Royals
George Brett striking 0,390; the best average since 1941. It gains also MVP. Mike Schmidt gains the MVP in the National league
Finale of the championship of France: Paris CPU beats Nice CPU

Basketball

NBA : Victoire of the Los Angeles Lakers vis-a-vis the Philadelphia Sixers 4 handles with 2
Turns champion of France.

Cycling

Joop Zoetemelk gains the Tour de France
Bernard Hinault gains the Turn of Italy and is world champion with Sallanches
Faustino Ruperez gains the Turn of Spain
Francesco Moser gains for the 3rd consecutive year Paris-Roubaix

Football

FC Nantes gains the Championnat of France of football
the Germany gains the Championnat of Europe of football.

Leitartikel : Championship of Europe of football 1980

American football

January 20th: Super Bowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers 31, Los Angeles Rams 19. detailed Article: Season NFL 1979

Hockey

the New York Islanders gain the Coupe Stanley.
Cut Magnus: ASG Turns champion of France.
Swiss Arosa champion of .
the E. - U. gains the championship of the world.
the players Peter and Anton Stastny unite with the Nordiques of Quebec after having fled the Czechoslovakia.

Olympic Games

Olympic Games of summer to Moscow (Soviet Union) of which the competitions are held between the July 19th and the August 3rd.

Leitartikel : Olympic Games of summer of 1980.

Winter Olympics to Lake Placid (E. - U.) of which the competitions are held between the February 13rd and the February 24th.

Leitartikel : Winter Olympics of 1980.

Rugby with XIII

Villeneuve-sur-Lot champion of France.

Rugby with XV

the England gains the Tournoi by signing a Large Slam.

detailed Article: Five Nations tournament 1980

the ACE Béziers is champion of France.

Alpine skiing

World cup

Andreas Wenzel (Liechtenstein) gains the general classification of the World cup.
Hanni Wenzel (Liechtenstein) gains the general classification of the female World cup.

Tennis

Open of Australia

Brian Teacher gains the male tournament, Hana Mandlíková is essential at the female ones.

Tournoi of Roland-Garros

Björn Borg gains the male tournament, Chris Evert gains in the female table.

Tournoi of Wimbledon

Björn Borg gains the male tournament, Evonne Goolagong Cawley is essential at the female ones.

US Open

John McEnroe gains the male tournament, Chris Evert gains at the female ones.

December 7th: In the Sportovni Center of Prague, the Czechoslovakia beats finally the Italy 4-1 and gains the edition 1980 of the Coupe Davis.

Veil

Phil Weld gains OSTAR on board Moxie in 17j 23:12 '.

Births

January 12th: Akiko Morigami, tennis player Japan ease
January 19th: Jenson Button, British racing driver of Formula 1.
January 27th: Marat Safin, Russian tennis player .
February 7th: Diogo Mateus, player of Rugby to XV Portuguese.
February 21st: Yannick Lupien, Canadian swimmer .
February 24th: Romance Sludnov, Russian swimmer, specialist in the brews.
February 26th: Steve Blake, American player of Basketball evolving/moving in NBA.
March 19th: Johan Olsson, cross-country skier Swedish.
March 26th: Pascal Hens, Handball German or evolving/moving at the left station of back, world champion in 2007, champion of Europe in 2004.
April 25th: Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist
April 29th: Patrick Staudacher, alpine skier Italy N, world champion the Superone in 2007.
May 5th: Yossi Benayoun, Football Israeli or .
May 18th: Michael Llodra, tennis player French.
May 30th: Steven Gerrard, Football English or
June 7th: ED Moses, swimmer states-unien, specialist in the brews
June 13rd: Florent Malouda, Football or French.
June 17th: Venus Williams, American tennis player
June 23rd: Francesca Schiavone, tennis player Italy.
July 7th: Michelle Kwan, American skater, 9 times champion of the United States, 5 times world champion and twice Olympic medal-holder (Money in 1998 and Bronze in 2002).
July 19th: Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennis player.
July 29th: Fernando González, tennis player Chile in.
July 31st: Mikko Hirvonen, racing driver (rally) Finnish.
August 18th :

Esteban Cambiasso, Argentinian player of Football.
Jeremy Shockey, American player of football U.S.

September 11th: Antonio Pizzonia, racing driver Brazil IEN of Formula 1, having disputed 20 Grands Prix of 2003 with 2005.
September 12th: Matthew Savoy, American artistic skater
September 21st: Yao Ming, basketball player Chinese of 2,29 m evolving/moving at the station of pivot in the championship NBA.
September 23rd: Leonardo Morsut, player of Volley ball Italy N.
September 24th: Daniele Bennati, racing cyclist Italy N.
September 27th: Akinori Asashoryu, fighter Mongolian Sumo , 68e Yokozuna of the history of the sumo.
September 30th :

Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
Stefan Lindemann, German artistic skater

October 4th :

Sarah Fisher, American racing driver running in IndyCars series
Tomáš Rosický, Czech player of Football.
Ludivine Furnon, gymnaste French, bronze medal on the ground at the time of the championships of the world in 1995, champion of Europe in 2000 on the ground.

October 7th: Jean-Marc Gaillard, cross-country skier French.
October 13rd: Marcel Marcilloux, Fencing ur French world champion with the foil by teams in 2006.
October 27th: Ondřej Bank, alpine skier Czech.
November 12th: Benoit Pedretti, football player French.
November 18th: Christian Zeitz, Handball German or , world champion in 2007, champion of Europe in 2004.
November 20th: Marek Krejčí, Slovak footballer . († May 26th 2007).
November 25th: John-Michael Lilles, American player of Hockey evolving/moving in LNH.
December 8th: Solomon Olembe, Football or Cameroun board.

Principal deaths

1 {{er}} February: Gastone Nencini, 49 years, racing cyclist Italy N. (° 1 {{er}} March 1930).
March 15th: Emile Pladner, 74 years, boxer French. (° September 2nd 1906).
March 31st: Jesse Owens, 66 years, American athlete (° September 12th 1913)
May 2nd: Clarrie Grimmett, 88 years, cricketer Australia N. (° December 25th 1891).
1 {{er}} August: Patrick To strip of straw, 35 years, racing driver French (° August 9th 1944)

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