January 20th in sport
The January 20th (20th Day of the Year) in Sport.
Events
XIX {{E}} century
- 1892 ( Basketball ): First part of Basketball, invented by the professor of physical education James Naismith.
- 1981 ( Gymnastic ): Tom Robin Edelston, artist of flying trapezoid, carries out a double somersault with triple bores caught up with without problem by John Zimmermann.
XX {{E}} century: 1901 - 1950
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XX {{E}} century: 1951 - 2000
- 1981 ( automobile Sport ): Metge and Giroux gains their third Paris-Dakar in Range Rover whereas Hubert Auriol gains the race motor bike over BMW.
- 1983 ( automobile Sport ): Jacky Ickx and Claude Brasseur gains the fifth Paris-Dakar.
- 1984 ( automobile Sport ): Victoire of Rene Metge at the time of the sixth Paris-Dakar. Gaston Rahier, in motor bike, as much.
- 2000 ( Handball ): The Sweden, taken along by Magnus Wislander, finally preserves its European title by beating Championnat of Europe, disputed in Croatia, the team of Russia on the very tight score of 32-31 after two prolongations.
XXI {{E}} century
- 2007 ( automobile Sport ): At the conclusion of the third stage, and before the last test of the 75e Rally Monte Carlo, super-special of 2,8 km, envisaged Sunday morning on the wearing of Monaco, Sebastien Loeb ( Citroen C4 ) and his Spanish fellow-member Dani Sordo have almost assured the victory a Citroen C4 for its first participation in a test of the championship of the world. Triple world champion precedes his fellow-member of 31" 1 and the Finnish Marcus Grönholm ( Ford Focus RS ) of 1 ' 23" 6.
Births
- 1874 : Hjalmar Johansson, plunger Swedish, Olympic champion (high-flight men) with the Plays of London in 1908. († September 30th 1957).
- 1910 : Martha Norelius, swimmer states-unienne († September 23rd 1955).
- 1934 : Giorgio Bassi, racing driver Italy N.
- 1944 : Isao Okano, judoka Japanese, Olympic champion (welter-weight) with the Plays of Tokyo in 1964.
- 1952 : Raymond Domenech, French footballer, selector of the team of France.
- 1960 : Greg Louganis, plunger American.
- 1975 : Norberto Fontana, racing driver Argentinian.
- 1984 : Christophe Alidor, Football French or.
Death
- 1983 : Garrincha, Football Brazilian or, world champion 1958 and 1962. (° October 28th 1933).
- 1984 : Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer. (° June 2nd 1904)
- 2007 :
- Ali de Vries, 92 years, athlete Dutchwoman. (° August 9th 1914).
- Eric Aubijoux, 42 years, pilot motor bike French (° December 8th 1964).
See too
- the January 20th in all the fields.
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