Events in Sport
- 2004-08-27 German kayaker Birgit Fischer wins gold in K-4 500m & silver in K-2 500m in Athens; first woman in any sport to win gold medals at 6 different Olympics, gold 24 years apart, and 1st person to win 2 or more medals in 5 different Games
Birthdays in Sport
- 1914-11-12 Sylvi Saimo, Finnish kayaker (Olympic gold 1952, 1st female summer Olympic champion), born in Jaakkima, Finland (d. 2004)
Gert Fredriksson (1919-2006)
1919-12-21 Swedish canoeist (6 Olympic gold 1948, 52, 56, 60), born in Nyköping, Sweden
- 1936-01-14 Ludmila Pinayeva, Russian kayaker (Olympic gold 500m 1964, 1968, 1972), born in Krasnoye Selo, Russia
- 1939-11-15 Erik Hansen, Danish canoeist (Olympic gold K-1 1000m 1960; World C'ship gold 1963), born in Randers, Denmark (d. 2014)
- 1943-12-15 Mihály Hesz, Hungarian sprint canoeist (Olympic gold K-1 1000 1968; World C'ship gold K-1 10000 1966; K-1 4x500 1971), born in Nógrád, Hungary
- 1946-02-16 Aleksandr Shaparenko, Soviet 1K kayaker (Olympic gold 1972)
- 1958-06-07 Philippe Boccara, American kayaker (Olympics silver 1996; World C'ship gold 1985, 87, 90-91), born in Le Mans, France
- 1958-12-02 Vladimir Parfenovich, Soviet canoeist, Olympic gold K1-500, K-2 500, K-2 1,000 1980; 9 gold World C'ships 1979-83), born in Minsk, Belarus
- 1959-12-02 Greg Barton, American kayaker (Olympics gold K-1 1,000, K-2 1,000 1988), born in Jackson, Michigan
- 1961-05-27 John Lugbill, Wauseon Ohio, US canoeist/kayaker (Olympic-92)
- 1962-02-25 Birgit Fischer, German kayaker (Olympic 4 x gold GDR 1988; 5 x gold FRG 1992, 96, 2000, 04; World C'ship gold x 17 GDR, 10 x FRG), born in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
- 1962-07-12 Stein Jorgesen, American sprint canoer (Olympic gold K-2 200m 1996; World C'ship gold 1995), born in San Diego, California
- 1963-09-18 Richard Weiss, American slalom single kayaker (Olympic 6th 1996), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1997)
- 1963-12-27 Dana Chladek, Czech-American slalom kayaker (Olympic bronze 1992, silver 1996), born in Děčín, Czech Republic
- 1964-08-06 John Mooney, American kayaker (World C'ship gold K-2 200m 1995), born in Seattle, Washington
- 1966-03-06 Cliff Meidl, American sprint kayak (Olympics 1996 & 2000), born in Manhattan Beach, California
- 1968-12-04 Mike Barrowman, American swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1992, World C'ship gold 1991), born in Costa Mesa, California
- 1969-03-20 Caroline Brunet, Canadian kayaker (Olympic silver 1996), born in Quebec City, Québec
- 1971-03-07 Alison Herst, Canadian kayaker (Olympics-5-92, 96), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1972-11-02 Marie-Josée Gilbeau-Ouimet, Canadian kayaker (World C'ships 3 gold K-2 200m 1995, 98; K-4 200m 1995), born in Lachine, Quebec