deaths
January 26, 2003
Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (born 1942)
Valeriy Brumel
Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel was a Soviet-Russian high jumper. The 1964 Olympic champion and multiple world record holder, he is regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the high jump. His international career was ended by a motorcycle crash in 1965.
January 26
January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 339 days remain until the end of the year.