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- For an extensive coverage see 1971 in athletics (track and field)
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- For an extensive coverage see 1971 in football (soccer)
- Arsenal are the English First Division champions
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
Records
- Sixteen year old Chris Evert makes her US Open debut reaching the semifinals where she is defeated by eventual champion Billie Jean King.
- First time in 16 years that Americans won both the men's and women's title at the US Open.
Awards
Births
January
- January 2 — Markus Baur, German handball player
- January 4 — Melanie Cremer, German field hockey player
- January 7 — Vladislav Kulikov, Russian butterfly swimmer
- January 11 — Gregg Clark, South African field hockey player
- January 14 — Bert Konterman, Dutch football player
- January 16 — Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player
- January 16 — Ulrich van Gobbel, Dutch football player
- January 16 — Scott Williams, US field hockey defender
- January 18 — Josep Guardiola, Spanish football player
- January 19 — Begoña Larzabal, Spanish field hockey midfielder
- January 20 — Henry "Donald" Martinez, Salvadoran bantamweight boxer
- January 22 — Ellen Elzerman, Dutch swimmer
- January 22 — Joaquín Fernández, Spanish swimmer
- January 26 — Karin Kienhuis, Dutch judoka
- January 26 — Lee Naylor, Australian track and field athlete
- January 28 — Orhan Delibas, Dutch-Turkish boxer
- January 28 — Lucrécia Jardim, Portuguese sprinter
- January 28 — Yelena Motalova, Russian long-distance runner
- January 29 — Sonja Pfeilschifter, German shooter
- January 30 — Hong Qian, Chinese butterfly swimmer
February
- February 1 — Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian football player
- February 6 — Antti Haapakoski, Finnish hurdler
- February 7 — Andrew Currey, Australian javelin thrower
- February 13 — Emese Antal, Romania-born ice speed skater from Austria
- February 13 — Lency Montelier, Cuban track and field athlete
- February 19 — Martin van der Spoel, Dutch swimmer
- February 20 — Jari Litmanen, Finnish football player
- February 20 — Margaret "Peggy" Storrar, American field hockey goalkeeper
- February 23 — Cornelia Pfohl, German archer
- February 24 — Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula 1-driver
- February 25 — Nelson Dieppa, Puerto Rican boxer
- February 25 — Nova Peris-Kneebone, Australian athlete and field hockey player
- February 28 — Koos Issard, Dutch waterpolo player
March
- March 1 — Atif Bashir, Pakistani field hockey player
- March 1 — Tyler Hamilton, American road bicycle racer
- March 1 — Dick Norman, Belgian tennis player
- March 2 — Vincenzo Modica, Italian long-distance runner
- March 4 — Adriana Fernández, Mexican long-distance runner
- March 5 — Karina Masotta, Argentine field hockey player
- March 5 — Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian cyclist
- March 6 — Servais Knaven, Dutch cyclist
- March 15 — Ralf Bißdorf, German fencer
- March 18 — Jerzy Brzęczek, Polish football (soccer) player
- March 18 — Mariaan de Swardt, South African tennis player
- March 19 — Sébastien Godefroid, Belgian sailor
- March 19 — Whitney Hedgepeth, American backstroke swimmer
- March 19 — Zé Marco de Melo, Brazilian beach volleyball player
- March 20 — Dmitriy Gaag, Kazakhstani triathlete
- March 20 — Janis Kelly, Canadian volleyball player
- March 27 — David Coulthard, Scottish Formula 1-driver
- March 29 — Arjen Teeuwissen, Dutch equestrian
- March 29 — Milton Wynants, Uruguayan cyclist
- March 30 — Carlton Myers, Italian basketball player
- March 31 — Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player
- March 31 — Ramón Garbey, Cuban boxer
April
- April 1 — Vladimir Selkov, Russian swimmer
- April 1 — Daniel Vacek, Czech tennis player
- April 2 — Conrad Leinemann, Canadian beach volleyball player
- April 2 — Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player
- April 3 — Picabo Street, American alpine skier
- April 6 — Tom Sorensen, American volleyball player
- April 8 — Ellen Kuipers, Dutch field hockey player
- April 9 — Rafał Szukała, Polish butterfly swimmer
- April 9 — Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian Formula 1-driver
- April 10 — Marcus Baur, German sailor
- April 10 — Helen Clarke, New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
- April 12 — Fernando Meligeni, Brazilian tennis player
- April 12 — Christophe Moreau, French cyclist
- April 12 — Gregory Russ, New Zealand field hockey player
- April 13 — Franck Esposito, French swimmer
- April 14 — Danja Müsch, German beachvolleyball player
- April 15 — Finidi George, Nigerian football player
- April 15 — Guivi Sissaouri, Georgia-born Canadian freestyle wrestler
- April 20 — Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer
- April 21 — Rachel Petrie, New Zealand field hockey defender
- April 21 — Indrek Pertelson, Estonian judoka
- April 22 — Nicklas Kulti, Swedish tennis player
- April 24 — Mike Fenner, German athlete
- April 24 — Phil Rogers, Australian swimmer
- April 28 — Markus Beyer, German boxer
May
- May 1 — Damon Diletti, Australian field hockey player
- May 8 — James Elmer, Australian field hockey player
- May 10 — Ådne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater
- May 12 — Ingrid van Lubek, Dutch triathlete
- May 14 — Martin Reim, Estonian football (soccer) player
- May 15 — Phil Pfister, American strength athlete
- May 18 — Janel Jorgensen, American butterfly swimmer
- May 19 — Lori Ann Mundt, Canadian volleyball player
- May 21 — Tom Nanne, Dutch baseball player
- May 25 — Stefano Baldini, Italian track and field athlete
- May 25 — Georg Totschnig, Austrian cyclist
- May 27 — Grant Stafford, South African tennis player
- May 28 — Manuel Beltrán, Spanish cyclist
- May 30 — Kyle Vander Kuyp, Australian indigenous athlete
- May 31 — Irene Dalby, Norwegian swimmer
- May 31 — Nicole Struse, German table tennis player
June
- June 2 — Dion Gosling, New Zealand field hockey defender
- June 9 — Jean Galfione, French athlete
- June 12 — Florencia Labat, Argentine tennis player
- June 12 — Adam Vella, Australian target shooter
- June 13 — Stefano Pescosolido, Italian tennis player
- June 16 — Christian Mayerhöfer, German field hockey player
- June 17 — Tripp Schwenk, American backstroke swimmer
- June 21 — Irene Van Dyk, New Zealand netball player
- June 22 – Kurt Warner, American football player
- June 24 — Thomas Helveg, Danish football (soccer) player
- June 24 — Nicole Livingstone, Australian swimmer and television sports commentator
- June 26 — Max Biaggi, Italian motorcyclist
- June 26 — Edward Parenti, Canadian swimmer
- June 28 — Fabien Barthez, French football (soccer) goalkeeper
- June 29 — Iván Pérez, Cuba-born water polo player from Spain
July
- July 6 — Jessica Gal, Dutch judoka
- July 9 — Hilary Rose, British field hockey goalkeeper
- July 12 — Joel Casamayor, Cuban boxer
- July 13 — Richard Groenendaal, Dutch cyclist
- July 14 — Bernardo Mota, Portuguese tennis player
- July 17 — Wilma van Hofwegen, Dutch swimmer
- July 17 — Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist
- July 19 — Erik Jazet, Dutch field hockey player
- July 19 — Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian heavyweight boxing champion
- July 23 — Kristin Wagner, German sailor
- July 26 — Mladen Rudonja, Slovenian footballer
- July 30 — Mzukisi Sikali, South African boxer (d. 2005)
August
- August 1 — Lisa Flood, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
- August 4 — Jeff Gordon, American NASCAR driver
- August 4 — Christophe Mendy, Senegal-born French boxer
- August 5 — Darren Lange, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 5 — Jude Menezes, Indian field hockey goalkeeper
- August 6 — Stéphane Lecat, French long-distance swimmer
- August 6 — Angela Postma, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- August 7 — Stephan Volkert, German rower
- August 8 — Johnny Balentina, Dutch baseball player
- August 8 — Ramón Sala, Spanish field hockey player
- August 8 — Ramandeep Singh, Indian field hockey midfielder
- August 9 — Davide Rebellin, Italian cyclist
- August 10 — Roy Keane, Irish footballer
- August 10 — Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Cuban amateur boxer
- August 12 — Svetlana Bondarenko, Ukrainian swimmer
- August 12 — Diana van der Plaats, Dutch swimmer
- August 12 — Pete Sampras, American tennis player
- August 14 — Andrea Peron, Italian cyclist
- August 15 — Umesh Parag, New Zealand field hockey player
- August 16 — Rulon Gardner, American wrestler
- August 18 — Jonathan Winter, New Zealand backstroke swimmer
- August 19 — Mary Joe Fernandez, American-Dominican tennis player
- August 21 — Jan Hempel, German diver
- August 23 — Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer
- August 24 — Antoaneta Frenkeva, Bulgarian breaststroke swimmer
- August 25 — Andrew Baildon, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 25 — Gilberto Simoni, Italian cyclist
- August 26 — Jeroen van Dijk, Dutch badminton player
- August 26 — Charles Friedek, German athlete
- August 26 — Lisa Keightley, Australian cricketer
- August 27 — Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer
- August 28 — Janet Evans, American Olympic swimming champion
- August 29 — Marco Sandy, Bolivian football (soccer) defender
- August 30 — Marianne Kriel, South African swimmer
- August 31 — Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer
September
- September 1 — Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
- September 2 — Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian alpine skier
- September 2 — Gregory Corbitt, Australian field hockey striker
- September 2 — Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
- September 3 — Paolo Montero, Uruguay football player
- September 4 — Bas van de Goor, Dutch volleyball player
- September 4 — Mark Knowles, Bahamian tennis player
- September 7 — Shane Mosley, American boxer
- September 8 — Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer
- September 9 — Glen Housman, Australian long-distance swimmer
- September 9 — Serge Kats, Dutch sailor
- September 9 — Magali Messmer, Swiss triathlete
- September 10 — Carlo Silipo, Italian water polo player
- September 12 — Julian Golley, British triple jumper
- September 12 — Chandra Sturrup, Bahamian sprint athlete
- September 12 — Perry Ubeda, Dutch martial artist
- September 13 — Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player
- September 13 — Katrin Kauschke, German field hockey player
- September 15 — Annamarie Thomas, Dutch speed skater
- September 16 — Karsten Kobs, German athlete
- September 17 — Jens Voigt, German cyclist
- September 18 — Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
- September 18 — Kate Starre, Australian field hockey midfielder
- September 19 — Mirnawan Nawawi, Malaysian field hockey player
- September 20 — Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer
- September 22 — Trinko Keen, Dutch table tennis player
- September 24 — Linda Moes, Dutch swimmer
- September 26 — Anke Feller, German athlete
- September 27 — Cédric Penicaud, French breaststroke swimmer
- September 27 — Clarisse Rasoarizay, Malagasy long-distance runner
- September 28 — Sven Meinhardt, German field hockey player
October
- October 5 — Carlos Espínola, Argentine sailor
- October 6 — Jorgelina Rimoldi, Argentine field hockey player
- October 13 — André Bergdølmo, Norwegian football player
- October 13 — Pyrros Dimas, Greek weightlifter
- October 20 — Kamiel Maase, Dutch long-distance runner
- October 22 — Amanda Coetzer, South African tennis player
- October 23 — Oliver Kurtz, German field hockey player
- October 23 — Suzanne Plesman, Dutch field hockey player
- October 25 — Pedro Martínez, Major League Baseball player
- October 25 — Geoffrey Prommayon, Dutch football player
- October 26 — Didier Martel, French football player
- October 30 — Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch field hockey player
November
- November 1 — Jorge Lombi, Argentinian field hockey player
- November 4 — Marco Büchel, Liechtensteiner alpine skier
- November 4 — Fred Mutuweta, Ugandan boxer
- November 6 — Laura Flessel-Colovic, French épée fencer
- November 11 — Ruslan Mashchenko, Russian hurdler
- November 12 — Linley Frame, Australian swimmer
- November 12 — Gert Thys, South African long-distance runner
- November 16 — Tanja Damaske, German javelin thrower
- November 16 — Alexander Popov, Russian swimming champion
- November 18 — Danny Heister, Dutch table tennis player
- November 18 — Bobby Julich, American cyclist
- November 19 — Michelle Andrews, Australian field hockey midfielder
- November 22 — Davidson and Osmond Ezinwa, Nigerian twins and sprinters
- November 23 — Christoph Bechmann, German field hockey player
- November 27 — Ingo Euler, German rower
- November 27 — Sam Smith, British tennis player
- November 30 — György Mizsei, Hungarian boxer
- November 30 — Gerard van Velde, Dutch speed skater
December
- December 3 — Henk Timmer, Dutch football player
- December 4 — Inge van den Broek, Dutch field hockey player
- December 6 — Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player who won Wimbledon (1996)
- December 6 — Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player
- December 7 — Spira Grujic, Serbian football player
- December 9 — Cosme Prenafeta, Spanish volleyball player
- December 12 — Philip Boit, Kenyan cross-county skier
- December 12 — Sammy Korir, Kenyan long-distance runner
- December 12 — Khassaraporn Suta, Thai weightlifter
- December 17 — Beth Barr, American backstroke swimmer
- December 17 — Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player
- December 18 — Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Spanish tennis player
- December 19 — Karen Pickering, British swimmer
- December 26 — Mika Nurmela, Finnish footbal player
- December 27 — Jonah Birir, Kenyan middle distance runner
- December 27 — Sabine Spitz, German mountainbiker
- December 27 — Falko Zandstra, Dutch speed skater
- December 28 — Sergi Barjuán, Spanish football player
- December 29 — Jeroen Blijlevens, Dutch cyclist
- December 30 — Kylie Foy, New Zealand field hockey striker
- December 31 — Jody Murphy, Port Stephens Pythons Cricket player
Deaths
- March 15 — Jean-Pierre Monser (22), Flemish cyclist
- April 4 — Carl Mays, Major League Baseball pitcher (1915-1929)
- April 13 — Michel Briere (21), star rookie ice-hockey player, Pittsburgh Penguins
- April 7 — Charles Pahud de Mortanges, Dutch two time Olympic equestrian gold medalist
- May 12 — Heinie Manush, Major League Baseball player (1923-1939)
- May 15 — Goose Goslin, Major League Baseball player (1921-1938)
- June 5 — Clare Dennis (55), Australian breaststroke swimmer (b. 1916)
- June 17 — Christopher Morris, American cricketer
- June 30 — Georgi Asparuhov (28), Bulgarian football (soccer) player, in a car crash
- October 24 — Chuck Hughes, Detroit Lions wide receiver, collapsed during a game
- December 14 — Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (b. 1929)de:Sportjahr 1971
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