1985 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1986 ,
1987 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- ---All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Kilkenny
- ---National Camogie League: Cork
- ---All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
- ---National Football League: Wexford
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- won 3-2 over Sweden in world tennis.
- January 8 — Shuai Peng , Chinese tennis player
- January 16 — Marta Domachowska , Polish professional tennis player
- February 6 — Mathew Tait , English rugby union player
- February 26 — Katia Pisetsky , Ukraine-born gymnast from Israel
- March 11 — Amanda Weir , American swimmer
- March 28 — Barbora Strýcová , Czech female tennis player
- April 1 — Ireen Wüst , Dutch long track speed skater
- April 2 — Ibrahim Afellay , Moroccan-born football player from Holland
- April 4 — Richard Petherick , New Zealand field hockey player
- April 15 — Quincy Owusu-Abeyie , Dutch football player
- April 23 — Sven Kramer , Dutch speed skater
- May 12 — Im Dong-hyun , South Korean archer
- May 23 — Alice Mills , Australian swimmer
- June 3 — Rafael Nadal , Spanish tennis player
- June 9 — Caroline Bruce , US swimmer
- July 23 — Muhammet Kızılarslan , Turkish cross-country skier
- August 7 — Juan De La Rosa , Mexican boxer
- September 1 — Gaël Monfils , French tennis player
- September 3 — Shaun White , American snow- and skateboarder
- October 9 — Laure Manaudou , French swimmer
- November 15 — Sania Mirza , Indian tennis player
- November 19 — Jessicah Schipper , Australian swimmer
- November 27 — Suresh Raina , Indian cricketer
- November 30 — Evgenia Linetskaya , Russian tennis player
- December 8 — Amir Khan , British boxer
- December 14 — Atagün Yalçınkaya , Turkish boxer
- January 1 — Alfredo Binda , Italian cyclist
- February 17 — Red Ruffing , Major League Baseball pitcher (1924-1947)
- February 27 — Jacques Plante , NHL Ice Hockey star
- April 6 — Bill Cook , NHL star, New York Rangers
- June 19 — Len Bias , top draft pick of the Boston Celtics , cocaine-induced seizure
- June 27 — Don Rogers , football player, Cleveland Browns , cocaine poisoning
- July 2 — Peanuts Lowrey , Major League Baseball player (1942-1955)
- July 15 — Billy Haughton , Hall of Fame harness-racing driver
- July 25 — Ted Lyons , Major League Baseball pitcher (1923-1946)
- September 4 — Hank Greenberg , Detroit Tigers baseball great (1930-1947)
- October 12 — Norm Cash , Detroit Tigers baseball great (1958-1974)
- December 1 — Bobby Layne , football player, Detroit Lions
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