| 2/7/2024 | 42-year-old former Olympian and high jump world champion Jacques Freitag, who was missing for 2 weeks, is found dead by multiple gunshot wounds in a field near a cemetery in the city of Pretoria, South Africa |
| 2/7/2023 | Maria Stratoudaki lifts 90 kg in the clean & jerk and 70 kg in the snatch competition of the 49 kgs category and wins three gold medals at the European Championship K15 and at the same time records three new European records. |
| 2/7/2022 | Anna Korakaki wins the gold medal (second gold in the Mediterranean Games, after 2018) in the 10 meters air pistol at the Mediterranean Games of Oran. Anna Dountounaki also wins the gold medal in the 50m butterfly women’s competition with 29.95. Sofia Georgopoulou wins the silver medal lifting 94 kgs in the 59 kg category in weight lifting. Vangelis Nanidjanian wins the bronze medal at the +91kg category in boxing and Giannis Rizos also wins the bronze medal in pole vault with 5.60 (personal best). |
| 2/7/2017 | Shipowner, founder and owner of ANT1 Group, former president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee and Panellinios AC, Minos Kyriakou, dies at the age of 75 |
| 2/7/2014 | American WWII veteran and Olympic distance runner Louis Zamperini dies aged 97. In 1941, he survived in a raft for 47 days after his bomber crash-landed in the ocean during the Second World War, before being captured by the Japanese and being sent to a series of prisoner of war camps. “Unbroken”, the film depicting his story, directed by Angelina Jolie, will released on 17/11/2014 in Sydney, Australia |
| 2/7/2008 | The 1st World Deaf Football Championships M/W open in Patras, Greece and will conclude on 12/7. In the men’s competition, Germany will defeat Turkey with 5-3 (pen) (3-3 regular) while in the women’s competition Russia will defeat Germany 0-1 in overtime. |
| 2/7/2001 | Legendary Liverpool coach Joe Fagan dies aged 80. In his first season (1983) he led Liverpool to the unprecedented treble of Championship, League Cup and European Cup |
| 2/7/2000 | David Trezeguet scores a sudden death golden goal to give France a 2-1 win over Italy in overtime at the Euro 2000 final in Rotterdam. France become the first to win a European championship right after the World Cup |
| 2/7/1994 | 27 year-old Colombian defender Andres Escobar is murdered in Medellin, 10 days after scoring a goal against his own team (USA - Colombia 2-1) in the World Cup |
| 2/7/1976 | North and South Vietnam unite in one nation with the flag, national anthem and currency of the first and with a new capital, Anoi |
| 2/7/1967 | Catherine Lacoste, daughter of Rene Lacoste and the French amateur golf champion, Simone Thion de la Chaume becomes the youngest (22), first foreigner (France) and first amateur to win the US Open golf tournament |
| 2/7/1961 | Ernest Hemingway kills himself in Ketchum, Idaho. In his younger years ''Papa'' was an amateur boxer (in Paris he taught Ezra Pound how to fight in exchange for writing lessons!). His athletic experience had a major influence on his writing |
| 2/7/1961 | Olympiacos creates a record in the history of the Greek football Cup by winning the 5th consecutive title after beating Panionios at the final with 3-0 |
| 2/7/1960 | American Donald Brag sets new pole vault world record with 4.80m in Stanford. A year later George Davis jumps 4.83m. The use of plastic poles will boost the records much higher |
| 2/7/1957 | The first historical speed race is run at the landing track of Tatoi airport. Konstantinos Spiliotakis is the winner driving an Alfa Romeo at an average speed of 102 km / hour. The 4 km circuit is adjusted with adjacent rural roads creating a mix of "special stages" and "speed race". The "Tatoi" will exist for 25 years with an audience of 20.000, although they will be forced to watch the straight runway standing on their feet for hours and sometimes even under adverse weather conditions. |
| 2/7/1935 | Britain's boxing team beats USA for the first International Golden Gloves |
| 2/7/1921 | Jack Dempsey knocks out French George Carpenter in round 4 for the heavyweight title in Jersey City. It is the first million dollar gate boxing match |
| 2/7/1904 | First recorded rally at Portman Road in Ipswich, England |
| 2/7/1900 | Airship “Zeppelin LZ1” flies above Lake Constance, near Friedrichshafen, in Southern Germany, in the first successful flight of an airship, as previous flights were performed with air-balloons. Its length is 128m, its diameter 11,7m, its weight is 13 tons and it is constructed using a cylindrical framework covered with smooth cotton cloth, filled with hydrogen gas. It carries two 6-meter aluminum gondolas with five passengers and flies a distance of 6km. |
