See also:
2000 in sports,
other events of 2001,
2002 in sports and the
list of 'years in sports'.
See also
World Competitions
Regional Competitions
For fuller coverage, see: 2001 in football (soccer)
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
Deaths
- Cam Fella — harness racing horse
- February 12 — Tiberio Mitri (74), Italian boxer (b. 1926)
- February 18 — Dale Earnhardt, American NASCAR race car driver
- February 18 — Eddie Mathews, American baseball player, Baseball Hall of Famer
- February 25 — Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer, highest test match batting average; 99.94.
- April 10 — Willie Stargell, American baseball player, Baseball Hall of Famer.
- May 12 — Didi, Brazilian soccer player
- June 2 — Joey Maxim, American boxer
- July 22 — Maria Gorokhovskaya (79), Soviet gymnast (b. 1921)
- August 15 — Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete
- September 11 — Garnet Bailey, Canadian Boston Bruins ice hockey player and a pro scout for the Los Angeles Kings died in the crash of United Airlines Flight 175 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack
- October 18 — Micheline Ostermeyer (78), French athlete and pianist (b. 1922)
2001 in sports
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