1959 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1960 ,
1961 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
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Women's Golf
- The American Olympic men's ice-hockey team won the United States' first Olympic hockey gold medal with a record of 7–0–0 during the tournament.
- wins 4-1 over Italy in world tennis.
- January 6 — Howie Long , American football player
- January 29 — Sean Kerly , English field hockey striker
- January 29 — Greg Louganis , American gold medalist in Diving
- January 30 — Chris Brown , New Zealand field hockey player
- February 2 — Sadiq Abdullahi , Nigerian tennis player
- February 9 — Bernardo José Pinango , Venezuelan boxer
- February 13 — Pierluigi Collina , Italian football referee
- February 21 — Wendy Banks , British field hockey goalkeeper
- February 21 — Rolf Falk-Larssen , Norwegian speed skater
- February 25 — Stefan Blöcher , German field hockey player
- March 2 — Roald Van Noort , Dutch water polo player
- March 3 — Orlando Romero , Peruvian boxer
- March 4 — John Mugabi , Ugandan boxer
- March 8 — Max Metzker , Australian long distance swimmer
- March 14 — Kirby Puckett , American baseball player (d. 2006 )
- March 21 — Ayrton Senna , Brazilian automobile racer (d. 1994 )
- March 26 — Marcus Allen , American football player
- March 26 — Damir Keretic , Yugoslavian-German tennis player
- March 30 — Peter Maher , Canadian marathon runner
- April 1 — Frank Leistra , Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
- April 6 — Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova , Bulgarian canoer
- April 21 — Eric Noordegraaf , Dutch water polo player
- May 8 — Mary Clinton , New Zealand field hockey player
- May 11 — Jürgen Schult , German track and field athlete
- May 26 — Dean Lukin , Australian weightlifter
- May 26 — Romas Ubartas , Lithuanian discus thrower
- May 31 — Greg C. Adams , Canadian ice hockey forward
- June 12 — Hagen Stamm , German water polo player
- June 23 — Andy Tenbult , Canada-born ice hockey player and coach from The Netherlands
- June 28 — John Elway , American football player
- July 4 — Anton Heiden , Dutch water polo player
- July 8 — Susanne Nielsson , Danish swimmer
- July 12 — Ismail Mustafov , Bulgarian boxer
- July 18 — Peter Daji , New Zealand field hockey player
- August 2 — Wilfredo Vázquez , Puerto Rican boxer
- August 13 — Phil Taylor , English darts player
- September 26 — Lesley Elliott , New Zealand field hockey player
- September 27 — Leonardo David , Italian alpine skier (d. 1985 )
- October 30 — Diego Maradona , Argentine football player
- November 3 — Karch Kiraly , US volleyball player
- November 28 — Andrew Ritchie , English footballer
- December 12 — Val Hallam , British field hockey goalkeeper
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