1983 in sports

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Births

• February 23 - Mido, Egyptian international footballer
• April 13 - Schalk Burger, South African rugby player
• April 15 - Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian NHL player
• April 17 - Miguel Cabrera, Major League Baseball All-Star
• April 23 - Daniela Hantuchova - Slovak tennis player
• May 27 - Bobby Convey, American soccer player
• June 6 - Joe Rokocoko, New Zealand rugby player
• June 8 - Kim Clijsters - Belgian tennis player
• July 5 - Jie Zheng - Chinese tennis player
• July 23 - Aaron Peirsol, American swimmer
• August 31 - Alex Blackwell, Australian cricketer
• August 31 - Kate Blackwell, Australian cricketer
• October 24 - Brian Vickers, NASCAR driver
• December 6 - Bryan Habana, South African rugby player