Athletes and Sports Stars Born in July 1961

Carl Lewis (62 years old)

Jul 1 American sprinter and long jumper (9 Olympic gold 1984, 88, 92, 96), born in Birmingham, Alabama

Jul 1 Malcolm Elliott, British road cyclist (Tour of Britain 1988), born in Sheffield, England
Jul 4 Connie Paraskevin-Young, American sprint cyclist (Olymp-br-88, 92, 96), born in Detroit, Michigan
Jul 5 Zlatko Saračević, Croatian handball player (145 caps Yugoslavia, 75 Croatia; Olympic gold 1996 Croatia), born in Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina (d. 2021)
Jul 6 Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, American 100m hurdler (Olympic gold 1984), born in Warrenton, Virginia
Jul 13 Anders Jarryd, Lidkoping Sweden, tennis star
Jul 13 Stelios Manolas, Greek soccer defender (71 caps; AEK Athens 447 games) and manager (Niki Volos, AEK Athens), born in Naxos, Greece
Jul 19 Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast (Olympic 1976, 80 Gold), born in Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
Jul 21 Don Wilson, American CFL football linebacker, 1987-98 (Edmonton Eskimos; Toronto Argonauts, British Columbia Lions), born in Washington, DC
Jul 21 Henry Ellard, American NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins), born in Fresno, California
Jul 22 Calvin Fish, English racing driver
Jul 24 Kerry Dixon, English footballer, 1979-97, and manager, born in Luton, England
Jul 26 Dimitris Saravakos, Greek footballer (Panathinaikos F.C), born in Athens, Greece
Jul 26 Yolanda Chen, Russian triple jumper (indoor record), born in Moscow, Russia
Jul 27 Ed Orgeron, American College football coach (NCAA National C'ship 2019, Louisiana State University), born in Larose, Louisiana
Jul 28 Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter, born in Grodno, Soviet Union
Jul 30 Reggie Roby, American football punter (3 × Pro Bowl; All-Pro 1984, 94; NFL 1980s All-Decade Team; Miami Dolphins), born in Waterloo, Iowa (d. 2005)
Jul 31 Chris Hinton, American NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts), born in Chicago, Illinois