1996 Death Pat Smythe, show jumper, dies at 67 1994 Event Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge 1981 Birthday Hayden Christensen, born in Vancouver, Canada, actor, appeared in 'Jumper', famous role, Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader) in the second and third 'Star Wars' prequel trilogy 1975 Birthday Scott Ferrier, born in Australia, high jumper/decathlete 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Tim Forsyth, Australian high jumper, Olympics-bronze-92, 96 1973 Birthday Kareem Streete-Thompson, born in Ithaca, New York, 100m/long jumper 1972 Birthday Ivan Pedroso, Cuba, long jumper, Olympics-4th-92 1972 Birthday Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Gwendolyn Wentland, born in Flint, Michigan, high jumper 1972 Birthday Shana Williams, Bridgeton, New Jersey, long jumper and heptathlete 1971 Birthday Erick Walder, Mobile Alabama, triple jumper 1971 Birthday Laura Chapot, equestrian show jumper 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Roland McGhee, Flint Michigan, long jumper 1971 Birthday Allen Johnson, born in Washington, D.C., long jumper/110m hurdler, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Stephen Smith, Indianapolis Indiana, high jumper 1970 Birthday Chantal Brunner, Wellington, New Zealand, long jumper 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday LaMark Carter, Shreveport Louisiana, triple jumper 1970 Birthday Alison Inverarity, Australian high jumper, Olympics-8th-92, 96 1969 Birthday Andrew Murphy, Australian long jumper/triple jumper 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Rod Mapstone, Australian long jumper 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Carlette Guidry-White, 100m/long jumper 1968 Birthday Chris Anderson, Australian high jumper 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Javier Sotomayor, Cuban jumper, world record 1989 1967 Birthday Elexa Wills/Orrange, Orange Texas, long jumper/triple jumper 1967 Birthday Sheila Hudson, U.S. triple jumper, U.S. record 1992 1967 Birthday Nicole Boegman, Australian long jumper, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Leroy Russel Burrell, Philadelphia, long jumper 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Joseph Tilford Leigh Greene, born in Dayton, Ohio, long jumper, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Hollis Conway, born in Chicago, Illinois, high jumper, Olympics-silv/bronze-88, 92 1966 Birthday Inessa Kravets, Ukraine, long/triple jumper, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Jearl A Miles, born in Gainesville, Florida, 400m/long jumper, 1996 Olympics gold 1966 Birthday Clare Look-Jaeger, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, high jumper 1966 Birthday Jonathan Edwards, Britain, triple jumper, gold medal 2000 Olympics, silver medal 1996 Atlanta 1965 Birthday Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper, world record 1987 1965 Birthday Kenny Harrison, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, triple jumper 1964 Birthday Yolanda Henry, Houston Texas, high jumper 1964 Birthday Heike Henkel, born in West Germany, world record indoor high jumper 1992 1963 Birthday Michael Anthony Powell, Philadelphia, long jumper, world record 1991 1963 Birthday Mike Powell, long jumper, Silver Medals 1988, 1992 Olympics 1963 Birthday Carol Lewis, born in Willingboro, New Jersey, high jumper, Olympic-9th-1984 1963 Birthday Matti Nykanen, Finnish ski jumper, Gold Medals 1984, 1988 Olympics 1962 Birthday Michael Alexander Conley, Chic, triple jumper, Olympics gold 92, 96 1962 Birthday Mike Conley, born in Chicago, Illinois, triple jumper 1984 Olympics silver 1962 Birthday Beth Underhill, born in Guelph, Ontario, equestrian jumper, Olympics-26-92, 96 1962 Birthday Tina Lehtola, born in Finland, women's ski jumper, world's record holder 1962 Birthday Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper, world record 1988 1962 Birthday Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir, born in Romania, long jumper, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 1962 Birthday Gunde Svan, Swedish long jumper 1984,1988 Olympics gold 1962 Birthday Lisa Jacquin, equestrian show jumper 1996 Olympics 1961 Birthday Yolanda Chen, born in Moscow, Russia, triple jumper, indoor record 1961 Death Platt Adams, high jumper, Gold Medal 1912 Olympics, dies 1960 Birthday Alfrederick Joyner, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, triple jumper, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 1959 Birthday Anne Kursinski, equestrian show jumper, 1996 Olympics silver 1958 Birthday Nona Garson, equestrian show jumper 1996 Olympics 1958 Birthday Ramona Neubert, born in East Germany, long jumper/pentathlete, 1980 Olympics 1958 Birthday Anton Innauer, born in Bezau, Austria, 70m ski jumper, Gold 1980 Olympics 1957 Birthday Kathy McMillan, long jumper 1976 Olympics silver 1957 Birthday Keith Connor, Anguilla, British triple jumper 1984 Olympics bronze 1956 Birthday Leslie Burr-Howard, equestrian show jumper, 1996 Olympics silver 1956 Birthday Ulrike Meyfarth, Frankfurt, West Germany, high jumper, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1954 Birthday Joao Carlos De Oliveira, Brazil, triple jumper, Olympic-bronze-1976, 80 1954 Birthday Jouko Tormanen, born in Finland, 90m ski jumper, 1980 Olympics gold 1954 Birthday Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper, 1976 Olympic gold 1953 Birthday Sara Simeoni, Italy, high jumper, 1980 Olympics gold 1952 Birthday Mac Cone, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Canadian equestrian jumper 1996 Olympics 1952 Birthday Wojiech Fortuna, Poland, ski jumper, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1952 Birthday Rosemarie Ackermann, born in East Germany, high jumper 1976 Olympics gold 1951 Birthday Angela Voigt, born in East Germany, long jumper, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1951 Birthday Michael Matz, equestrian show jumper, 1996 Olympics silver 1950 Birthday James A. Butts, born in Los Angeles, California, triple jumper 1976 Olympics silver 1947 Birthday Ilona Gusenbauer, Austria, high jumper 1972 Olympics bronze 1947 Birthday Marion Coakes, born in England, equestrian show jumper, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Birthday Dick Fosbury, born in Portland, Oregon, high jumper, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Birthday Dick Fosbury, born in Portland Oregon, high jumper, won Olympic gold in 1968 1947 Birthday Heidemarie Rosendahl, born in West Germany, long jumper, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1946 Birthday Bob Beamon, born in Jamaica, New York, long jumper, Olympics gold 68, 29' 2 " 8.9m 1946 Birthday Jim Day, born in Canada, equestrian show jumper, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1946 Birthday Irina Kirszenstein Szewinska, Lenningrad, long jumper, Bronze Medal 1972 Olympics 1945 Birthday Viktor Saneyev, U.S.S.R., triple jumper, Olympic-3 gold/1 silv-1968-80 1945 Birthday Edward J. Caruthers, Jr., Troy Ala, high jumper, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1943 Birthday Giuseppi Gentile, Italy, triple jumper 1968 Olympics bronze 1943 Birthday Yukio Kasaya, Japan, 70m ski jumper, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1943 Birthday Liz Edgar, horse show jumper 1943 Birthday Peter Horak, jetboat jumper 1942 Birthday Ingrid Becker, born in West Germany, long jumper/relayer, Gold Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics 1942 Birthday Lynn Davies, born in Nantymoel, Wales, 'Lynn the Leap', long jumper, captain, Britain's Olympic long jump team 1964, won Olympic gold medal 1942 Birthday Rick Sylvester, parachute ski jumper, world record 3,300' 1940 Birthday David Broome, Show Jumper, world champion 1970 1940 Birthday Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey, England, long jumper 1964 Olympic gold 1939 Birthday Willye White, U.S. long jumper, Silver Medals 1956, 1964 Olympics 1939 Birthday Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania, long jumper, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1939 Birthday Ralph Boston, Laurel, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympic-gold/sil/brz-60, 64, 68 1937 Death Ray Ewry, jumper, 10 Gold Medals 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908 Olympics, dies at 63 1937 Birthday George Thoma, born in West Germany, cross country ski jumper 1960 Olympics gold 1937 Birthday Alwin Schockemohle, horse show jumper 1937 Birthday Tatyana Shchelkanova, U.S.S.R., long jumper 1964 Olympics bronze 1937 Birthday Charles Everett Dumas, Tulsa, Oklahoma, high jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1936 Birthday Iolanda Balas, Romania, high jumper 1960 Olympics gold 1936 Birthday Thelma Hopkins, born in England, high jumper, 1956 Olympics silver 1936 Birthday Alwin Schockemohle, born in Germany, equestrian jumper, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1936 Birthday Willye B White, U.S. jumper, Olympics-silver-1956 1934 Birthday Elzbieta Krzesinska, Poland, long jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1933 Birthday Mildred McDaniel, U.S. high jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1931 Birthday Jose Telles Da Conceicao, Brazil, high jumper 1952 Olympics bronze 1931 Birthday Walter Davis, U.S., running high jumper 1952 Olympics gold 1930 Birthday Gregory C Bell, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, long jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1929 Birthday Meredith C Gourdine, Newark, New Jersey, long jumper 1952 Olympics silver 1929 Birthday Yvette Williams, New Zealand, long jumper, Gold Medal 1952 Olympics 1928 Birthday Pat Smythe, England, equestrian jumper 1956 Olympics bronze 1928 Birthday Jerome Cousins Biffle, born in Denver,Colorado, long jumper, Gold Medal 1952 Olympics 1927 Birthday Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, born in Brazil, triple jumper, Gold Medals 1952, 1956 Olympics 1926 Birthday Hans-Gunther Winkler, Germany, equestrian jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1923 Birthday Alice [Davis] Coachman, born in Albany, Georgia, high jumper, Gold Medal 1948 Olympics 1923 Birthday Aleksandra Chudina, U.S.S.R., track jumper, Olympic-2 silver-1952 1923 Birthday Piero J d'Inzeo, born in France, equestrian show jumper, Olympic gold in 1952, 1964 1922 Birthday Herbert P. Douglas Jr., born in Pittsburgh, long jumper, 1948 Olympic bronze 1920 Birthday Dorothy Tyler-Odam, born in Great Britain, high jumper, Olympics silver 1936, 1948 1920 Birthday Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola, France, equest jumper, Gold Medal 1952, 1964 Olympics 1918 Birthday Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper, 1936 Olympics 1917 Birthday Simon Slattvik, Norway, cross country ski jumper 1952 Olympics gold 1913 Birthday Cornelius Johnson, born in Los Angeles, California, high jumper 1936 Olympics gold 1913 Birthday Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper 1928 Olympics silver 1913 Birthday David Donald Albritton, born in Danville, Alabama, high jumper 1936 Olympics silver 1911 Birthday Jean Shiley, U.S., high jumper 1932 Olympics gold 1911 Birthday Birger Ruud, Norway, 90m ski jumper, Gold Medals 1932, 1936 Olympics 1908 Birthday Oddbjorn Hagen, Norway, cross country jumper 1936 Olympics gold 1906 Birthday Edward Lansing Gordon, Jr., Jackson, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympics gold 32 1905 Birthday Mikio Oda, Japan, triple jumper, 1928 Olympics gold 1903 Birthday William Dehart Hubbard, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, long jumper 1924 Olympics gold 1900 Birthday Silvio Cator, Haiti, long jumper 1928 Olympics silver 1897 Birthday Edward Orval Gourdin, Jacksonville, long jumper 1924 Olympics silver 1873 Birthday Ray Ewry, born in Lafayette, Indiana, jumper, 10 Gold Medals 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908 Olympics 1872 Birthday Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper
