World Championships 400m Hurdles High Jump Main competition this year: World Championships High Jump Long Jump Main competition this year: World Championships Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Main competition this year: World Championships Shot Put Javelin (old design) Main competition this year: World Championships Javelin Heptathlon Main competition this year: World Championships Heptathlon Births January 15 — Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper May 8 — Kalkidan Gezahegne, Ethiopian distance runner Deaths January 1 — Inga Gentzel (82), Swedish athlete (b. 1908) August 10 — Ellen Braumüller (80), German athlete (b. 1910) References Year Lists 1991 Year Rankings Association of Road Racing Statisticians Athletics (track and field) by year