December 16th in sport
The December 16th (350e day of the year or 351e in the event of leap year) in Sport.
Events
XIX {{E}} century
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XX {{E}} century: 1901 - 1950
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XX {{E}} century: 1951 - 2000
- 1979 ( Tennis ): With the Civic Auditorium of San Francisco, the the United States beat finally the Italy 5-0 of the edition 1979 of the Coupe Davis.
XXI {{E}} century
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Births
- 1964 :
- Heike Drechsler , German athlete , Olympic champion of the Long jump with the Plays of Barcelona in 1992, world champion of the same speciality in 1983 and 1993.
- John Kirwan , player New Zealand of Rugby to XV ( three quarter wing ), victorious of the World cup of Rugby 1987, 63 selections with the All Blacks between 1984 and 1994.
- 1967 : Donovan Bailey , Canadian athlete , Olympic champion of the 100 meters and the Relay 4 X 100 meters with the Plays of Atlanta in 1996, world champion of the 100 meters in 1995 and of the Relay 4 X 100 meters in 1995 and 1997.
- 1969: Michelle Smith , Irish swimmer , Olympic champion on 400 m freestyle, 200 m 4 strokes and 400 m 4 strokes with the Plays of Atlanta in 1996.
- 1979 : Daniel Narcisse , player of handball French.
Death
See too
- the December 16th in all the fields.
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