Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Mosc

Is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, she was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 500 m and the K-2 500 m events.

Is a Canadian water polo player, who was born in Slovakia. She is a student at McGill University. Sh

Is a Canadian water polo player, who was born in Slovakia. She is a student at McGill University. She was part of the 5th place women's water polo team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a member of the bronze medal winning Canada women's national water polo

Was a Czech cross country skier who competed from 1994 to 2003. Competing at the 1998 Winter Olympic

Was a Czech cross country skier who competed from 1994 to 2003. Competing at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, she finished sixth in the 4 × 5 km relay, 28th in the 5 km event, and 29th in the 15 km event.Šaldová's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 27th in the 5 km event at Trondheim in 1997. Her best World Cup finish was 33rd in a 5 km event in the Czech Republic in 2002.

Is a Czech-born, Spanish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. She won five medals at

Is a Czech-born, Spanish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. She won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers (K-2 200 m: 2005, K-4 200 m: 2003) and three bronzes (K-4 200 m: 2005, K-4 500 m: 2003, 2009).Smidakova also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fifth on two occasions (2004: K-4 500 m, 2008: K-4 500 m).

Is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. She won the

Is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. She won the medals at the international rowing competitions.

Is a German rower and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in Double sculls with her partner Kathr

Is a German rower and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in Double sculls with her partner Kathrin Boron at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.[1] She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[2] Jana has won six World Championships and nine German Championships.[3]

Is a retired female discus thrower from Germany. She set her personal best (62.31 metres) on May 12,

Is a retired female discus thrower from Germany. She set her personal best (62.31 metres) on May 12, 2007 at a meet in Leipzig.

Is a Russian ice dancer.

Is a Russian ice dancer.

Is an Czech professional basketball player in the WNBA. She also plays for Ros Casares Valencia. Ves

Is an Czech professional basketball player in the WNBA. She also plays for Ros Casares Valencia. Veselá helped the Seattle Storm win their second championship in 2010.

Is a Sri Lankan cricketer who played four ODIs in 1995.

Is a Sri Lankan cricketer who played four ODIs in 1995.

Is an Estonian professional basketball player. Talts' professional career started in 2001, when he s

Is an Estonian professional basketball player. Talts' professional career started in 2001, when he signed with KML team TTÜ-A.Le Coq. The following season he signed with the reigning Estonian champion Tallinna Kalev and won the national title in 2003. In

Is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Nõmme Kalju. He

Is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Nõmme Kalju. He plays the position of midfielder and is 1.87 m tall and weighs 70 kg. Former clubs include FC Flora Tallinn, JK Viljandi Tulevik and FC Valga.

To Navle goes the credit of facing the first ball for India in Test cricket. He opened in both innin

To Navle goes the credit of facing the first ball for India in Test cricket. He opened in both innings at Lord's in 1932 and also kept wickets. A small man, Wisden called him "a first-rate wicket-keeper, very quick in all that he did". He played for Indians against Arthur Gilligan's MCC team in 1926-27 and Jack Ryder's Australians nine years later. For many years he kept wickets for Hindus in the Bombay Quadrangular and Pentangular tournaments. He made his debut for Hindus at the age of 16.

Is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Janardhanan Ra

Is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Janardhanan Ramdas was considered as an all-rounder and was selected as the Captain of the U-19 team that toured Pakistan in 1988/89 season. During the 4 test series, he

Is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays at Botafogo. In January 2010 the 26-year old defender,

Is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays at Botafogo. In January 2010 the 26-year old defender, last year at Cruzeiro, has signed a two year deal with Botafogo. He played from 2005 to 2009 for São Paulo.

Is a South African first class cricketer for Griqualand West. A left-arm medium bowler, he made his

Is a South African first class cricketer for Griqualand West. A left-arm medium bowler, he made his first class debut in 2004/05 and in his 3 seasons has taken 92 wickets at 24.51 with best innings bowling figures of 7/42.

Is an American swimmer and olympic champion. She competed at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City,

Is an American swimmer and olympic champion. She competed at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, where she received a gold medal in 4×100 m freestyle, and a bronze medal in 200 m freestyle.

Was one of the top woman tennis players from the United States in the 1960s. During her career, she

Was one of the top woman tennis players from the United States in the 1960s. During her career, she was sometimes referred to as "Peaches Bartkowicz". Bartkowicz was a protege of Jean Hoxie and Jerry Hoxie. Among her many titles, Bartkowicz won both the s

S a Danish curler and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the the 1998 Winter Olympics

S a Danish curler and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[1] She was part of the bronze-team at the 1997 World Curling Championships.

Is a female field hockey midfielder from Scotland. She played club hockey for Giffnock Hutchesons La

Is a female field hockey midfielder from Scotland. She played club hockey for Giffnock Hutchesons Ladies, and made her debut for the Women's National Team in 1999. Burley works as a firefighter. Her mother played tennis for Lancashire.

Was an American breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1932 she finished

Was an American breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1932 she finished seventh the 200 metre breaststroke competition.

Was a freestyle swimmer, Olympic silver medalist and the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal winner from Sw

Was a freestyle swimmer, Olympic silver medalist and the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal winner from Sweden (1960, the youngest ever). She quit her career one year after the Olympics silver medal, at the age of 16.

Became the first officially licensed British female boxer in 1998. In a 14-year professional career,

Became the first officially licensed British female boxer in 1998. In a 14-year professional career, she has won five world titles and announced her retirement from boxing on 1 December 2008.Born in Fleetwood, Lancashire, Couch was expelled from her school in Blackpool and thereafter lived "a life of booze, drugs and street fighting".[1] At the age of 26 she saw a television documentary about women's boxing and decided to try it. In her first official fight, a Muay Thai match, she defeated a policewoman, about which she said "it was brilliant to flatten one [a police officer] and get paid for it".[1]

Is a female badminton player from Australia.Crabtree competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympi

Is a female badminton player from Australia.Crabtree competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Kate Wilson-Smith. They were defeated by Pernille Harder and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark in the round of 32.

Was an American heiress, philanthropist, and an owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses. A sixth ge

Was an American heiress, philanthropist, and an owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses. A sixth generation member of Delaware's prominent Du Pont family, her father, Philip Francis du Pont, was a major benefactor to the University of Virginia.