Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Danish professional football defender, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side Esbjer

Is a Danish professional football defender, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side Esbjerg fB.

Is a former professional road bicycle racer from the Czech Republic, who turned professional in 1996

Is a former professional road bicycle racer from the Czech Republic, who turned professional in 1996.

Is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the Netherlands. He had his best year in 1962 when

Is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the Netherlands. He had his best year in 1962 when he won two Grand Prix races and finished the season in third place behind Ernst Degner and Hans-Georg Anscheidt.[1]

Is a Canadian alpine skier. On February 11, 2007, he won the silver medal in downhill at the 2007 Wo

Is a Canadian alpine skier. On February 11, 2007, he won the silver medal in downhill at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. In the November of the same year he won his first World cup victory, a downhill in Lake Louise. In January 2008, he suffe

Is a retired Polish long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon.

Is a retired Polish long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon.

Is a Swedish former skier, active during the 1970s and 1980s. He is regarded as one of the most prom

Is a Swedish former skier, active during the 1970s and 1980s. He is regarded as one of the most prominent Swedish sportsmen, and as the greatest slalom and giant slalom specialist of all time. He competed for Fjällvinden Tärnaby.

Is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in sixth position with the Dutch te

Is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in sixth position with the Dutch team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch National Team th

Is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch National Team that finished sixth in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Eight years earlier he was also on the Holland squad, that ended up fourth at the

Is a Norwegian cross country skier who competed from 1994 to 2002. His only World Cup victory was in

Is a Norwegian cross country skier who competed from 1994 to 2002. His only World Cup victory was in a sprint event at Engelberg, Switzerland in 2000. Verdenius's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was tenth in the sprint event at Lahti

A retired Polish football player. He was perhaps the best right-back of the eighties in Poland.He pl

A retired Polish football player. He was perhaps the best right-back of the eighties in Poland.He played mostly for Wisla Kraków. He played for that club, from 1969 to 1986, 215 first league matches and scored 19 goals.He played for the Polish national team (28 matches/1 goal) and was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal. He was injured in the match with Peru and was replaced in the first squad by Marek Dziuba.

A Swedish former footballer.He played for Östers and participated in the 1992 UEFA European Footbal

A Swedish former footballer.He played for Östers and participated in the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship. Jansson also played for IFK Norrkoping and Port Vale in English Division One (now the Championship). He originally signed for Vale on loan in late 1996 and was involved in the clubs most successful season since the 1930s as the Valiants finished 8th in the 2nd tier. Jansson signed permanently during the summer of 1997 and remained at the club for just over 18 months in which time he became a firm fan favourite and scored some key goals in helping the club retain it's Division One status in 1997/98.

Is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecu

Is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. In 1988 (Calgary) he won the silver medal in the men's 500 metres.[1] A year later Ykema re

Is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Oly

Is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1960s. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,

Is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1960s. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he finished ninth in the C-1 1000 m event.

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national teams competing a

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national teams competing at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was born in Holland, just like his younger brother Arthur, who won the go

Is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s and the early 1970s. He won a gold medal

Is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s and the early 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City (with Steinar Amundsen, Tore Berger and Egil Søby), and obtained a bronze medal at the 1972 O

Was a football goalkeeper with the Netherlands national football team at the 1974 and 1978 FIFA Worl

Was a football goalkeeper with the Netherlands national football team at the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups, wearing the number 8 jersey.Jongbloed was known as a mobile goalkeeper who would often act as an extra defender, in the style of Gyula Grosics. In terms of clubs, he played with DWS (later FC Amsterdam), Roda JC and Go Ahead Eagles. The 707 games he played in the Eredivisie is still a record.Jongbloed made a total of 24 appearances for the Netherlands, winning his first cap in 1962 and last in the 1978 World Cup final.

A Swedish football coach and former player. He spent his playing career with Halmstads BK.Between 19

A Swedish football coach and former player. He spent his playing career with Halmstads BK.Between 1993 and 1994 he was inaugurated as the Sanfrecce Hiroshima assistant coach with Stuart Baxter manager who became acquainted in Halmstads BK. Then, he is inaugurated as a coach with the Baxter even in Vissel Kobe.

Was an archer from the Netherlands.

Was an archer from the Netherlands.

Is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He became Olympic champion in the 100km team time trial i

Is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He became Olympic champion in the 100km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Fedor den Hertog. He also won the 19th stage of the Tour de France in 1971 and the prologue of Paris-Nice in 19

Was a Dutch botanist, television presenter, and rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and i

Was a Dutch botanist, television presenter, and rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.From 1968 on he worked at his Wageningen University, becoming a faculty member of the department of plant systematics. He specia

A former Polish footballer.During his club career he played for Hutnik Kraków, Legia Warsaw, Lariss

A former Polish footballer.During his club career he played for Hutnik Kraków, Legia Warsaw, Larissa, Vaasan Palloseura, Polonia Warsaw, Bug Wyszków and Dolcan Zabki. He earned 16 caps for the Poland national football team and participated in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where Poland reached the second round.

Is a German footballer who plays for 1. FSV Mainz 05. He made his professional debut in the 2. Bunde

Is a German footballer who plays for 1. FSV Mainz 05. He made his professional debut in the 2. Bundesliga for 1. FSV Mainz 05 on 2 November 2008, when he started in a game against Rot Weiss Ahlen.

Was a Dutch football player who played for VVV-Venlo and Feyenoord, as well as the Netherlands natio

Was a Dutch football player who played for VVV-Venlo and Feyenoord, as well as the Netherlands national team.[1][2]

Was a Polish writer, art critic, journalist and chess master .Jan Kleczynski represented Poland in 1

Was a Polish writer, art critic, journalist and chess master .Jan Kleczynski represented Poland in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924.[2] He twice participated in Polish Championship; took 13th at Warsaw 1926 (the 1st POL-ch, Dawid Przepiórka won),[3] and tied for 14-15th at Lodz 1927 (the 2nd POL-ch, Rubinstein won).