29 april in sport

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29 April (day of the year or in case of leap year) in sport.

28 April in sport - in sport - 30 April in sport

Events

1849:
(Aviron): Cambridge wins The Boat Race.
1887:
(Hurling): The Tipperary GAA wins the final of the Irish championship.
1888:
(Athletics /Championnats de France): the French championship takes place at the Croix-Catelan in Paris with four disciplines: the 100 meters and 400 meters won by René Cavally, the 1,500 meters by Maurice Dezaux and the 110 meters hedged by Adolphe de Pallisseaux.
1899:
(Automobile): In Achères, Camille Jenatzy sets a new ground speed record on Never Contente: , first record above .

1901-1950
1906:
(Football)
Juventus is champion of Italy.
R.C. Roubaix is champion of France USFSA.
1912:
(Natation): German swimmer Otto Fahr improves the world back record in Magdeburg with a time of .
1950:
(Football/Coupe of England): In front of nearly 127,000 people gathered at the Wembley Stadium, Arsenal won the third England Cup in his history by winning 2 goals at 0 against Liverpool with a double of attacker Reg Lewis.

1951-2000
1963:
(Catch): creation of the WWE Championship.
1965:
(Cyclism):
Ardennes classics): Italian Roberto Poggiali won the Walloon Arrow after an effort to beat fellow countryman Felice Gimondi and Britishman Tom Simpson.
Tour of Spain): start of the twentieth edition of the Tour of Spain. Belgian rider Rik Van Looy wins the first stage.
1966:
(Cyclism / Ardennes Classics): The thirtieth edition of the Walloon Arrow is won by the Italian Michele Dancelli, ahead of the Frenchman Lucien Aimar and the West German Rudi Altig.
1967:
(Football/England Football Championship D2): Highfield Road record at Coventry City FC with a second division match against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
1973:
(Automobile competition / Formula 1): at the Spanish Grand Prix, raced on the Circuit de Montjuïc in Barcelona, victory of Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi over a Lotus-Ford.
1979:
(Automobile competition / Formula 1): at the Spanish Grand Prix raced on Circuit du Jarama near Madrid, victory of Frenchman Patrick Depailler over a Ligier-Ford.
1980:
(Athletics /Records): The world record for the women's javelin throw is brought to East German Ruth Fuchs in a competition in Split. She beats her own record of June 13, 1979, which was from a distance of
1981:
(Automotive Competition/Car Rally): Arrival of the Safari Rally and victory of the Ugando-Kenyan Shekhar Mehta and its co-driver Mike Doughty.
1984:
(Automobile competition / Formula 1): at the Belgian Grand Prix which took place on the Circuit de Zolder, victory of the Italian Michele Alboreto over a Ferrari.
1990:
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