1996 Pat Smythe, show jumper, dies at 67
1994 Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge
1975 Scott Ferrier, born in Australia, high jumper/decathlete 1996 Olympics
1973 Tim Forsyth, Australian high jumper, Olympics-bronze-92, 96
1973 Kareem Streete-Thompson, born in Ithaca, New York, 100m/long jumper
1972 Ivan Pedroso, Cuba, long jumper, Olympics-4th-92
1972 Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper 1996 Olympics
1972 Gwendolyn Wentland, born in Flint, Michigan, high jumper
1972 Shana Williams, Bridgeton, New Jersey, long jumper and heptathlete
1971 Erick Walder, Mobile Alabama, triple jumper
1971 Laura Chapot, equestrian show jumper 1996 Olympics
1971 Roland McGhee, Flint Michigan, long jumper
1971 Allen Johnson, Washington D.C., long jumper/110m hurdler, 1996 Olympics gold
1971 Stephen Smith, Indianapolis Indiana, high jumper
1970 Chantal Brunner, Wellington, New Zealand, long jumper 1996 Olympics
1970 LaMark Carter, Shreveport Louisiana, triple jumper
1970 Alison Inverarity, Australian high jumper, Olympics-8th-92, 96
1969 Andrew Murphy, Australian long jumper/triple jumper 1996 Olympics
1969 Rod Mapstone, Australian long jumper 1996 Olympics
1968 Carlette Guidry-White, 100m/long jumper
1968 Chris Anderson, Australian high jumper 1996 Olympics
1967 Javier Sotomayor, Cuban jumper, world record 1989
1967 Elexa Wills/Orrange, Orange Texas, long jumper/triple jumper
1967 Sheila Hudson, U.S. triple jumper, U.S. record 1992
1967 Nicole Boegman, Australian long jumper, Olympics-88, 92, 96
1967 Leroy Russel Burrell, Philadelphia, long jumper 1996 Olympics
1967 Joseph Tilford Leigh Greene, Dayton Ohio, long jumper, Oly-br-92, 96
1967 Hollis Conway, born in Chicago, Illinois, high jumper, Olympics-silv/bronze-88, 92
1966 Inessa Kravets, Ukraine, long/triple jumper, Oly-silv/gold-92, 96
1966 Jearl A Miles, born in Gainesville, Florida, 400m/long jumper, 1996 Olympics gold
1966 Clare Look-Jaeger, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, high jumper
1966 Jonathan Edwards, Britain, triple jumper, Olympics-gold/silver-92, 96
1965 Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper, world record 1987
1965 Kenny Harrison, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, triple jumper
1964 Yolanda Henry, Houston Texas, high jumper
1964 Karen Straker, horse show jumper
1964 Heike Henkel, German FR, world record indoor high jumper 1992
1963 Michael Anthony Powell, Philadelphia, long jumper, world record 1991
1963 Mike Powell, long jumper, Olympic-silver-88, 92
1963 Carol Lewis, born in Willingboro, New Jersey, high jumper, Olympic-9th-1984
1963 Matti Nykanen, Finnish ski jumper, Olympics gold 1984, 88
1962 Michael Alexander Conley, Chic, triple jumper, Olympics gold 92, 96
1962 Mike Conley, born in Chicago, Illinois, triple jumper 1984 Olympics silver
1962 Beth Underhill, born in Guelph, Ontario, equestrian jumper, Olympics-26-92, 96
1962 Tina Lehtola, born in Finland, women's ski jumper, world's record holder
1962 Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper, world record 1988
1962 Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir, born in Romania, long jumper 1984 Olympics gold
1962 Gunde Svan, Swedish long jumper 1984,1988 Olympics gold
1962 Lisa Jacquin, equestrian show jumper 1996 Olympics
1961 Yolanda Chen, born in Moscow, Russia, triple jumper, indoor record
1961 Platt Adams, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1912), dies
1960 Alfrederick Joyner, E St. Louis, Illinois, triple jumper 1984 Olympics gold
1959 Anne Kursinski, equestrian show jumper, 1996 Olympics silver
1958 Nona Garson, equestrian show jumper 1996 Olympics
1958 Ramona Neubert, German DR, long jumper/pentathlete, Oly-4th-80
1958 Anton Innauer, born in Austria, 70m ski jumper, 1980 Olympics gold
1957 Kathy McMillan, long jumper 1976 Olympics silver
1957 Keith Connor, Anguilla, British triple jumper 1984 Olympics bronze
1956 Leslie Burr-Howard, equestrian show jumper, 1996 Olympics silver
1956 Ulrike Meyfarth, Frankfurt, West Germany, high jumper, Olympics gold 1972
1954 Joao Carlos De Oliveira, Brazil, triple jumper, Oly-bronze-1976, 80
1954 Jouko Tormanen, born in Finland, 90m ski jumper, 1980 Olympics gold
1954 Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper, 1976 Olympic gold
1953 Sara Simeoni, Italy, high jumper, 1980 Olympics gold
1953 Susie Hutchison, Flintridge California, equestrian show jumper, Olymp-96
1952 Mac Cone, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Canadian equestrian jumper 1996 Olympics
1952 Wojiech Fortuna, Poland, ski jumper, Olympics gold 1972
1952 Rosemarie Ackermann, German DR, high jumper 1976 Olympics gold
1951 Angela Voigt, German DR, long jumper, Olympics gold 76
1951 Michael Matz, equestrian show jumper, 1996 Olympics silver
1950 James A. Butts, born in Los Angeles, California, triple jumper 1976 Olympics silver
1947 Ilona Gusenbauer, Austria, high jumper 1972 Olympics bronze
1947 Marion Coakes, born in England, equestrian show jumper, 1968 Olympics silver
1947 Richard "Dick" Fosbury, Portland, Oregon, high jumper, Oly-gold-68
1947 Dick Fosbury, born in Portland Oregon, high jumper, won Olympic gold in 1968
1947 Heidemarie Rosendahl, German FR, long jumper, Olympics gold 1972
1946 Bob Beamon, born in Jamaica, New York, high jumper, Olympics gold 68, 29' 2 " 8.9m
1946 Jim Day, born in Canada, equestrian show jumper, 1968 Olympics gold
1946 Irina Kirszenstein Szewinska, Lenningrad, long jumper, Oly-bron-1972
1945 Viktor Saneyev, U.S.S.R., triple jumper, Olympic-3 gold/1 silv-1968-80
1945 Edward J. Caruthers, Jr., Troy Ala, high jumper, 1968 Olympics silver
1943 Giuseppi Gentile, Italy, triple jumper 1968 Olympics bronze
1943 Yukio Kasaya, Japan, 70m ski jumper, Olympics gold 1972
1943 Liz Edgar, horse show jumper
1943 Peter Horak, jetboat jumper
1942 Ingrid Mickler-Becker, German FR, long jumper/relayer, Oly-gold-72
1942 Lynn Davies, long jumper
1942 Rick Sylvester, parachute ski jumper, world record 3,300'
1940 David Broome, Show Jumper, world champion 1970
1940 Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey, England, long jumper 1964 Olympic gold
1939 Willye White, U.S. long jumper, Oly-silver-56, appeared in 5 Olympics
1939 Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania, long jumper, Oly-gold-68
1939 Ralph Boston, Laurel, Mississippi, long jumper, Oly-gold/sil/brz-60, 64, 68
1937 Ray Ewry, jumper (Olympics-10 gold-1900, 04, 06, 08), dies at 63
1937 George Thoma, German FR, cross country ski jumper 1960 Olympics gold
1937 Alwin Schockemohle, horse show jumper
1937 Tatyana Shchelkanova, U.S.S.R., long jumper 1964 Olympics bronze
1937 Charles Everett Dumas, Tulsa, Oklahoma, high jumper 1956 Olympics gold
1936 Iolanda Balas, Romania, high jumper 1960 Olympics gold
1936 Thelma Hopkins, born in England, high jumper, 1956 Olympics silver
1936 Alwin Schockemohle, Germany, equestrian jumper 1976 Olympics gold
1936 Willye B White, U.S. jumper, Olympics-silver-1956
1934 Elzbieta Krzesinska, Poland, long jumper 1956 Olympics gold
1933 Mildred McDaniel, U.S. high jumper 1956 Olympics gold
1931 Jose Telles Da Conceicao, Brazil, high jumper 1952 Olympics bronze
1931 Walter Davis, U.S., running high jumper 1952 Olympics gold
1930 Gregory C Bell, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, long jumper 1956 Olympics gold
1929 Meredith C Gourdine, Newark, New Jersey, long jumper 1952 Olympics silver
1929 Yvette Williams, NZ, long jumper, Oly-gold-52
1928 Pat Smythe, England, equestrian jumper 1956 Olympics bronze
1928 Jerome Cousins Biffle, born in Denver,Colorado, long jumper, Olympics gold 1952
1927 Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Brazil, triple jumper, Olympics gold 52, 56
1926 Hans-Gunther Winkler, Germany, equestrian jumper 1956 Olympics gold
1923 Alice [Davis] Coachman, Albany, Georgia, high jumper 1948 Olympics gold
1923 Aleksandra Chudina, U.S.S.R., track jumper, Olympic-2 silver-1952
1923 Piero J d'Inzeo, born in France, equestrian show jumper, Olympic gold in 1952, 1964
1922 Herbert P. Douglas Jr., born in Pittsburgh, long jumper, 1948 Olympic bronze
1920 Dorothy Tyler-Odam, born in Great Britain, high jumper, Olympics silver 1936, 1948
1920 Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola, France, equest jumper, Oly-gold-1952, 64
1918 Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper, Oly-4th-1936
1917 Simon Slattvik, Norway, cross country ski jumper 1952 Olympics gold
1913 Cornelius Johnson, born in Los Angeles, California, high jumper 1936 Olympics gold
1913 Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper 1928 Olympics silver
1913 David Donald Albritton, born in Danville, Alabama, high jumper 1936 Olympics silver
1911 Jean Shiley, U.S., high jumper 1932 Olympics gold
1911 Birger Ruud, Norway, 90m ski jumper, Olympics gold 1932, 36
1908 Oddbjorn Hagen, Norway, cross country jumper 1936 Olympics gold
1906 Edward Lansing Gordon, Jr., Jackson, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympics gold 32
1905 Mikio Oda, Japan, triple jumper, 1928 Olympics gold
1903 William Dehart Hubbard, Cin Ohio, long jumper 1924 Olympics gold
1900 Silvio Cator, Haiti, long jumper 1928 Olympics silver
1897 Edward Orval Gourdin, Jacksonville, long jumper 1924 Olympics silver
1873 Ray Ewry, Lafayette, Indiana, jumper, Olympics-10 gold-1900, 04, 06, 08
1872 Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper
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