4 — Laura Douglas, Welsh hammer thrower January 7 — Marc Burns, Trinidad and Tobago athlete January 7 — Stéphanie Falzon, French hammer thrower January 11 — Cui Zhide, Chinese race walker January 16 — Trevell Quinley, American long jumper January 26 — Arturo Casado, Spanish middle distance runner January 28 — Chiara Rosa, Italian shot putter February 1 — Alice Timbilili, Kenyan distance runner February 2 — Athanasia Perra, Greek triple jumper March 10 — Yelena Bolsun, Russian sprinter March 14 — Jiang Qiuyan, Chinese race walker March 21 — Martina Hrašnová, Slovak hammer thrower March 21 — Jussi Heikkilä, Finnish hurdler March 22 — André Pollmächer, German long-distance runner March 23 — Mo Farah, Somali-British distance runner March 28 — Jurica Grabušić, Croatian hurdler April 25 — Nick Willis, New Zealand middle distance runner May 5 — Mabel Gay, Cuban triple jumper June 4 — Satoshi Osaki, Japanese long-distance runner July 12 — Yarelis Barrios, Cuban discus thrower July 18 — Mikk Pahapill, Estonian decathlete July 20 — Ignisious Gaisah, Ghanaian athlete August 2 — Zuzana Malíková, Slovak race walker August 4 — Fábio Gomes da Silva, Brazilian pole vaulter September 2 — Tatyana Kozlova, Russian race walker September 11 — Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenyan distance runner September 14 — Mestawet Tufa, Ethiopian distance runner October 2 — Michael Kipyego, Kenyan runner October 5 — Hamid Ezzine, Moroccan long-distance runner October 6 — Leonid Andreev, Uzbekistani decathlete and pole vaulter October 8 — Mihkel Kukk, Estonian javelin thrower October 10 — Dong Jimin, Chinese race walker October 22 — Mika Vasara, Finnish shot putter October 22 — Li Zhuhong, Chinese long-distance runner November 19 — Meseret Defar, Ethiopian distance runner December 2 — Yelena Priyma, Russian hammer thrower December 6 — Urszula Piwnicka, Polish javelin thrower December 8 — Aliaksandr Kazulka, Belarusian hammer thrower December 9 — Diana Pickler, American heptathlete December 13 — Janeth Jepkosgei, Kenyan middle distance runner December 22 — Viola Kibiwot, Kenyan middle distance runner December 27 — Tomo Morimoto, Japanese long-distance runner Deaths January 21 — Antonio Siddi (59), Italian athlete (b. 1923) January 24 — Juan Carlos Zabala (71), Argentine athlete (b. 1911) February 14 — Lina Radke (79), German athlete (b. 1903) September 12 — Sabin Carr (79), American pole vaulter (b. 1904) References Association of Road Racing Statisticians Year Rankings Athletics (track and field) by year