1982 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1983 ,
1984 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- March 12 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England. England beat West Germany 3-2.
- ---All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork
- ---National Camogie League: Dublin
- ---All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
- ---National Football League: Kerry
Men's Golf
- - $426,668
- - $237,571
- won 14 1/2 - 13 1/2 over Europe in world team golf.
Women's Golf
- Alan Bond and his team from Australia defeated Dennis Conner and his team from the United States to capture the America's Cup of yacht racing. For 132 years, from 1850 - 1980 , and through 25 challenges, the America's Cup had been held by the United States.
- 61 year old potato farmer Cliff Young wins Sydney-Melbourne Foot Race
- won 3-2 over Sweden in world tennis.
- January 7 — Marc Burns , Trinidad and Tobago athlete
- January 13 — Marsha Marescia , South African field hockey player
- January 16 — Marta Marrero , Spanish tennis player
- January 25 — Brian Mayanja , Ugandan boxer
- February 2 — Bridget McKeever , Irish field hockey player
- February 11 — Rafael Van Der Vaart , Dutch football (soccer) player
- February 13 — Santi Freixa , Spanish field hockey striker
- February 13 — Bradley Shaw , New Zealand field hockey player
- February 18 — Roberta Vinci , Italian tennis player
- February 23 — Mido , Egyptian football (soccer) player
- February 26 — Floris Evers , Dutch field hockey player
- February 27 — Duje Draganja , Croatian swimmer
- March 10 — Elena Bovina , Russian tennis player
- March 13 — Kaitlin Sandeno , American swimmer
- March 14 — Bakhtiyar Artayev , Kazakh boxer
- March 15 — Carlos José Tamara , Colombian boxer
- April 12 — Jelena Dokic , Serbian tennis player
- April 13 — Schalk Burger , South African rugby player
- April 15 — Ilya Kovalchuk , Russian NHL player
- April 17 — Miguel Cabrera , Major League Baseball player
- April 23 — Daniela Hantuchova , Slovak tennis player
- May 5 — Matt Naylor , Australian field hockey player
- May 6 — Connor Grimes , Canadian field hockey player
- May 7 — Marco Galiazzo , Italian archer
- May 17 — Nicky Hofs , Dutch football player
- May 17 — Danko Lazović , Serbian football player
- May 21 — Diego Camacho , Bolivian tennis player
- May 24 — Thomas Felten , Dutch swimmer
- May 27 — Bobby Convey , American football player
- June 6 — Joe Rokocoko , New Zealand rugby player
- June 8 — Kim Clijsters , Belgian tennis player
- June 12 — Christine Sinclair , Canadian soccer player
- June 13 — Gerson Magraõ , Brazilian football player
- July 5 — Jie Zheng , Chinese tennis player
- July 14 — Igor Andreev , Russian tennis player
- July 23 — Aaron Peirsol , American swimmer
- July 26 — Naomi Van As , Dutch field hockey player
- July 26 — Jessika Dubuc , Canadian synchronized swimmer
- August 6 — Robin Van Persie , Dutch football player
- August 12 — Klaas Jan Huntelaar , Dutch football player
- August 18 — Georgina Bardach , Argentine swimmer
- August 20 — Leonoor Voskamp , Dutch field hockey player
- August 22 — Theo Bos , Dutch track cyclist
- August 31 — Alex Blackwell , Australian cricketer
- August 31 — Kate Blackwell , Australian cricketer
- September 16 — Kirsty Coventry , Zimbabwean swimmer
- September 22 — Glenn Loovens , Dutch football player
- September 23 — Carly Piper , American swimmer
- September 24 — Lyndon Ferns , South African swimmer
- September 29 — Ricardo Quaresma , Portuguese football player
- September 30 — Andreea Răducan , Romanian gymnast
- October 2 — Prakash Amritraj , Indian tennis player
- October 5 — Florian Mayer , German tennis player from
- October 7 — José David Mosquera , Colombian boxer
- October 11 — Ruslan Ponomariov , Ukrianian chess player
- October 16 — Philipp Kohlschreiber , German tennis player
- October 16 — Ramaz Nozadze , Georgian wrestler
- October 24 — Brian Vickers , NASCAR driver
- November 15 — John Heitinga , Dutch football player
- November 15 — Fernando Verdasco , Spanish tennis player
- November 17 — Jodie Henry , Australian swimmer
- November 24 — André Bahia , Brazilian football player
- December 6 — Bryan Habana , South African rugby player
- December 13 — Otylia Jędrzejczak , Polish swimmer
- December 21 — Niels Scheuneman , Dutch cyclist
- Adios Butler — Harness Racing Horse
- January 24 — Juan Carlos Zabala , Argentine athlete (b. 1911 )
- January 26 — Del Rice , Major League Baseball player
- January 26 — Paul "Bear" Bryant college football coach at Alabama
- February 1 — Tullio Campagnolo , Italian bicycle manufacturer
- February 14 — Lina Radke (79), German athlete (b. 1903 )
- February 22 — Romain Maes , Belgian cyclist
- March 13 — Louison Bobet , French cyclist
- April 23 — Buster Crabbe , U.S. Olympic swimming gold medalist turned actor
- April 24 — Rolf Stommelen , German racing driver, killed in an IMSA race
- April 28 — Ron James , Australian cricketer
- April 17 — Dutch Leonard , Major League Baseball player (b. 1909 )
- May 31 — Jack Dempsey , American world champion boxer
- June 27 — Don Ida , balloonist, killed during a race
- June 27 — Maxie Anderson , balloonist, killed during a race
- June 29 — Joe Delaney , football player, Kansas City Chiefs , a true hero, after rescuing one boy, he drowned while attempting to rescue 2 more
- July 7 — Vic Wertz , Major League Baseball player
- July 28 — Alec Marks , Australia n cricketer
- August 12 — Henry Gifford Vivian , New Zealand cricketer
- September 08 — Antonin Magne , French cylist
- October 31 — George Halas , National Football League coach, Chicago Bears
- November 15 — Charlie Grimm , Major League Baseball player
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