1967 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1968 ,
1969 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- March 9 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England. England beat the Netherlands 1-0.
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- The Open Era in tennis begins, as all the Grand Slam events open to professionals for the first time.
- January 1 — Davor Suker , Croatian football (soccer) player
- January 2 — Anky Van Grunsven , Dutch dressage champion
- January 3 — Kent Carlsson , Swedish tennis player
- January 14 — Michael Meldrum , Canadian medley swimmer
- January 17 — Stella De Heij , Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
- January 24 — Mary Lou Retton , American gymnast
- January 25 — Pauline Buck , tenpin bowling player
- January 26 — George Cosac , Romanian tennis player
- February 2 — Espen Bredesen , Norwegian ski jumper
- February 3 — Mark Koevermans , Dutch tennis player
- February 3 — Mary Onyali-Omagbemi , Nigerian sprinter
- February 5 — Regina Rajchrtova , Czech tennis player
- February 20 — Ted Hankey , English darts player
- February 27 — Matt Stairs , Major League Baseball player
- March 1 — Kunjarani Devi , Indian weightlifter
- March 3 — Vichairachanon Khadpo , Thai boxer
- March 5 — Marq Mellor , American field hockey forward
- March 11 — Sapphire Cooper , New Zealand field hockey player
- March 11 — Salvador Gómez , Spanish water polo player
- March 21 — Blagovest Stoyanov , Bulgarian canoer
- April 2 — Alfredo Duvergel , Cuban boxer
- April 4 — Bert Brinkman , Dutch water polo player
- April 4 — Jesús Miguel Rollán , Spanish water polo player
- April 7 — Duncan Armstrong , Australian freestyle swimmer
- April 20 — Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek , Polish pentathelete
- April 21 — Richard Igbineghu , Nigerian boxer
- April 23 — Wouter Van Pelt , Dutch field hockey player
- April 26 — Ahmed Elmaghraby , Egypt-born field hockey forward from the United States
- April 27 — Mandy Nicholson , English field hockey player
- May 5 — Jane Kerr , Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- May 9 — Masahiko Harada , Japanese ski jumper
- May 9 — Marie-José Perec , French athlete
- May 12 — Tony Hawk , skateboarding legend
- May 20 — Artur Wojdat , Polish swimmer
- May 27 — Jeff Bagwell , Major League Baseball player
- May 27 — Frank Thomas , Major League Baseball player
- June 5 — Hans Nieuwenburg , Dutch water polo defender
- June 8 — Torsten Gutsche , German flatwater canoer
- June 24 — Boris Gelfand , Israeli chess grandmaster
- July 8 — Christian Saceanu , Romanian-born tennis player from Germany
- July 9 — Elin Kristiansen , Norwegian biathlete
- July 16 — Barry Sanders , Pro Football Hall of Famer
- July 17 — Davis Kamoga , Ugandan athlete
- July 22 — Harry Taylor , Canadian freestyle swimmer
- July 23 — Tammy Van Wisse , Australian marathon swimmer
- July 27 — Samuel Matete , Zambian athlete
- July 27 — Adewale Olukoju , Nigerian discus thrower
- July 28 — Eoin Collins , Irish tennis player
- July 30 — Robert Korzeniowski , Polish racewalker
- August 7 — Leslie Lyness , American field hockey midfielder
- August 9 — Jay Stacy , Australian field hockey player
- August 15 — Sergio López , Spanish swimmer
- August 20 — Nuria Olivé , Spanish field hockey player
- August 22 — Henrik Holm , Swedish tennis player
- September 7 — Marcel Desailly , French football (soccer) player
- September 13 — Phajol Moolsan , Thai boxer
- October 2 — Sandy Goss , Canadian swimmer
- October 2 — Jana Novotná , Czech tennis player
- October 10 — Bart Brentjens , Dutch mountainbiker
- October 24 — Francisco Clavet , Spanish tennis player
- October 27 — Antoinette Lucas , US field hockey midfielder
- October 29 — Johann Olav Koss , Norwegian speed skater
- November 1 — Gisele Miro , Brazilian tennis player
- November 1 — Andrea Nugent , Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer
- November 12 — Sammy Sosa , Major League Baseball player
- December 1 — Anders Holmertz , Swedish swimmer
- December 2 — Darren Ward , US-born swimmer from Canada
- December 4 — Mike Barrowman , American swimmer
- December 23 — Olga Shishigina , Kazakhstani athlete
- December 24 — Xavier Daufresne , Belgian tennis player
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