Athletics in History (Part 5)

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Birthdays 401 - 473 of 473

• 1975-01-25 Tim Montgomery, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 2000; BALCO scandal), born in Gaffney, South Carolina
• 1975-02-09 Viktor Chistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete
• 1975-07-20 Aimee Mullins, American Paralympic athlete/official (US Olympic Chef de Mission 2012), born in Allentown, Pennsylvania

• 1975-11-13 Tom Compernolle, Belgian athlete (d. 2008)
• 1976-03-30 Obadele Thompson, Barbadian sprinter (Olympic bronze 100m at Sydney 2000), born in Bridgetown, Barbados
• 1976-04-05 Kim Collins, Nevisian athlete (World C'ship gold men's 100m 2003), born in Saint Peter Basseterre Parish, Saint Kitts and Nevis
• 1976-06-01 Marlon Devonish, MBE, English athlete (Olympic gold GB 4x100m relay 2004; World Indoor C'ship gold 200m 2003), born in Coventry, England
• 1976-08-02 Reyes Estévez, Spanish athlete, born in Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
• 1976-11-19 Benny Vansteelant, Belgian duathlete, born in Torhout, Belgium (d. 2007)
• 1976-12-22 Katleen De Caluwé, Belgian athlete, born in Rumst, Belgium
• 1977-03-01 Rens Blom, Dutch athlete (World C'ships gold pole vault 2005), born in Munstergeleen, Netherlands
• 1977-03-04 Ana Gabriela Guevara, Mexican athlete
• 1977-05-27 Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian high jumper (Olympic Bronze in 2000) and politician, born in Dellys, Algeria
• 1977-10-31 Sylviane Félix, French athlete, born in Créteil, France
• 1978-02-16 Tia Hellebaut, Belgian athlete
• 1978-07-20 Tamsyn Lewis, Australian athlete
• 1978-11-19 Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech athlete, born in Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia
• 1978-12-02 Jason Collins, American NBA basketball center, 2001-14 (first openly gay athlete to play in any major North American pro sports league; New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks, and 5 other teams), born in Northridge, California
• 1979-02-02 Fani Chalkia, Greek athlete (Olympic gold 400m hurdles 2004), born in Larissa, Greece
• 1979-03-13 Cedric Van Branteghem, Belgian athlete, born in Ghent, Belgium
• 1979-03-24 Periklis Iakovakis, Greek athlete (400 meter hurdles)
• 1979-04-01 Ruth Beitia, Spanish athlete (Olympic gold women's high jump 2016), born in Santander, Spain
• 1979-05-28 Joeri Jansen, Belgian athlete
• 1979-08-02 Reuben Kosgei, Kenyan athlete, born in Kapsabet, Kenya
• 1979-08-14 Paul Burgess, Australian athlete, born in Perth, Australia
• 1979-08-16 Monder Rizki, Belgian athlete, born in Brussels, Belgium
• 1979-09-14 Jesse Marunde, American Strongman athlete (d. 2007)
• 1980-08-22 Nicolas Macrozonaris, French Canadian track-and-field athlete, born in Laval, Canada
• 1980-11-22 Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian athlete
• 1980-12-01 Mubarak Hassan Shami, Qatari athlete (Vienna 2005, Prague 2006, Paris 2007 marathons), born in Baringo, Kenya
• 1981-02-27 Elodie Ouédraogo, Belgian athlete, born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium
• 1982-04-01 Andreas Thorkildsen, Norwegian athlete (Olympic gold men's javelin 2004, 08; World C'ship gold 2009), born in Kristiansand, Norway
• 1982-05-15 Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican athlete (Olympic gold 200m 2004, 08; 4×100m relay 2004; silver 4×100m relay 2000, 12, 16; bronze 100m 2004, 12), born in Clarks Town, Jamaica
• 1982-05-16 Hanna Mariën, Belgian athlete
• 1982-06-03 Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian athlete (Olympic gold pole vault 2004, 08; WR 5.06 2009; World C'ship gold 2005, 07, 13), born in Volgograd, Russia

• 1982-08-05 LoLo Jones, American track and field athlete and bobsledder, born in Des Moines, Iowa
• 1982-11-16 Ronald Pognon, French athlete, born in La Lamentin, Martinique
• 1982-12-08 Dee Dee Trotter, American athlete, born in California, United States
• 1982-12-09 Nathalie De Vos, Belgian athlete, born in Ghent, Belgium
• 1982-12-19 Tero Pitkämäki, Finnish athlete (World C'ship gold javelin 2007; Olympic bronze 2008), born in Ilmajoki, Finland
• 1983-02-02 Carolina Klüft, Swedish athlete (Olympic gold heptathlon 2004; World C'ship gold 2003, 05, 07), born in Sandhult, Sweden
• 1983-03-01 Melaine Walker O.D, Jamaican athlete (Olympic gold 400m hurdles 2008; World C'ship gold 2009), born in Kingston, Jamaica
• 1983-07-13 Liu Xiang, Chinese athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 2004), born in Shanghai, China
• 1984-03-13 Pieter Custers, Dutch athlete, born in Weert, Netherlands
• 1985-03-16 Colin O'Brady, American athlete and adventurer, first to cross Antarctica solo unassisted, born in Olympia, Washington
• 1985-06-01 Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian athlete (5,000m WR 14:11.15 2008; Olympic gold 5000m, 10000m 2008; 10000m 2012), born in Bekoji, Arsi Province, Ethiopia
• 1985-11-18 Allyson Felix, American athlete (7 x Olympic gold 200m/400m/relays 2008, 12, 16, 20), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1986-01-28 Jessica Ennis, English athlete (Olympic gold heptathlon 2012; World C'ship gold 2009, 11, 15), born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
• 1986-11-22 Oscar Pistorius, South African paralympic athlete

• 1988-02-22 Kevin Borlée, Belgian athlete, born in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
• 1990-08-27 Tori Bowie, American athlete (Olympic gold 4×100 m relay, silver 100m, bronze 200m 2016; World C'ship gold 100m, 4x100m relay 2017), born in Sand Hill, Mississippi (d. 2023)
• 1991-01-07 Caster Semenya, South African athlete (Olympic gold women's 800m 2012, 16; World C'ship gold 2009, 11, 17; testosterone controversy), born in Polokwane, South Africa
• 1991-06-24 Mutaz Essa Barshim, Qatari athlete (Olympic gold high jump 2020; World C'ship gold 2017, 19), born in Doha, Qatar
• 1991-09-21 Jordan Hasay, American track and field athlete
• 1992-06-01 Gianmarco Tamberi, Italian athlete (Olympic gold high jump 2020), born in Civitanova Marche, Italy

• 1992-08-27 Daniel Ståhl, Swedish athlete (Olympic gold discus 2020; World C'ship gold 2019), born in Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden
• 1993-01-01 Sifan Hassan, Oromo-Dutch athlete (Olympic gold 5,000m/10,000m 2020; World C'ship gold 1500, 10,000m 2019), born in Adama, Ethiopia
• 1993-04-02 Keshorn Walcott ORTT, Trinidadian athlete (Olympic gold javelin 2012, bronze 2016), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
• 1994-01-10 Faith Kipyegon, Kenyan athlete (Olympic gold women's 1,500m 2016, 20; World C'ship gold 2017), born in Bomet, Kenya
• 1994-02-20 Brigid Kosgei, Kenyan athlete (marathon world record 2019; Chicago Marathon 2018-9, London Marathon 2019), born in Kenya
• 1994-05-27 Shawn Barber, Canadian athlete (World C'ship gold pole vault 2019; World Indoor Tour 2016), born in Las Cruces, New Mexico (d. 2024)
• 1994-08-19 Nafissatou Thiam, Belgian athlete (Gold medal heptathlon 2016 & 2020), born in Brussels, Belgium
• 1994-09-26 Marcell Jacobs, Italian athlete (Olympic gold men's 100m, 4×100m relay 2020; first Italian to win the event), born in El Paso, Texas
• 1995-10-21 Yulimar Rojas, Venezuelan athlete (Olympic gold triple jump 2020 WR 15.67m), born in Caracas, Venezuela
• 1996-02-28 Karsten Warholm, Norwegian athlete (Olympic gold 400m hurdles WR 45.94 2021; World C'ship gold 2017, 19), born in Ulsteinvik, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
• 1997-12-24 Neeraj Chopra, Indian athlete (Olympic gold javelin 2020; first-ever Indian Olympic track & field gold), born in Panipat, Haryana, India
• 1998-03-18 Miltiadis Tentoglou, Greek athlete (Olympic gold long jump 2020), born in Grevena, Greece
• 1999-11-10 (Armand) "Mondo" Duplantis, American-Swedish athlete (Olympic gold pole vault 2020; World C'ship gold 2019; WR 6.18m), born in Lafayette, Louisiana
• 2000-01-20 Selemon Barega, Ethiopian athlete (Olympic gold 10,000m 2020), born in Gurage zone, Ethiopia

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