1980 in sports

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Births

• January 27 - Marat Safin, Russian tennis player
• February 10 - Gordon D'Arcy, Irish international rugby player
• February 12 - Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
• February 20 - Imanol Harinordoquy, French international rugby player
• March 21 - Ronaldinho, Brazilian international footballer
• March 27 - Toni Cronk, Australian field hockey goalkeeper
• May 14 - Joe van Niekerk, South Africa international rugby player
• June 9 - Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
• June 17 - Venus Williams, American tennis player
• June 23 - Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer
• July 6 - Pau Gasol, Catalan NBA star
• July 8 - Robbie Keane, Irish international footballer
• July 10 - Adam Petty, fourth-generation NASCAR driver (d. 2000)
• August 29 - Perdita Felicien, world champion track and field star
• September 1 - Dawn Holden, English cricketer
• September 12 - Yao Ming, Chinese NBA star
• September 18 - Wendy Alcorn, Australian field hockey international
• September 30 - Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
• October 3 - Sarah Collyer, English cricketer
• October 10 - Megan Rivers, Australian field hockey international
• October 13 - Scott Parker, English football player
• October 20 - Denise Durajski, Australian field hockey international
• October 21 - Mike Danton, Canadian ice hockey player, accused of murder