Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finish

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.McDonald made her international debut in 1971 and played 192 matches for New Zealand, inclu

Is an American athlete from Aspen, Colorado. Born in Davenport, Iowa, Figge is the daughter of opera

Is an American athlete from Aspen, Colorado. Born in Davenport, Iowa, Figge is the daughter of opera singer Margherita Roberti. In early 2009 for 24 days ending on February 5 she swam several sections of the Atlantic Ocean from the Cape Verde Islands off

Is a South African sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beij

Is a South African sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished seventh in the K-4 500 m event and eighth in the K-1 500 m event.

Is a US professional tennis player.She has won six International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Cir

Is a US professional tennis player.She has won six International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit titles in her career and nearly cracked the top 50. In 2003, she played some ITF Women's Circuit events, reaching the final in Atlanta and the semifinals at Dothan-USA. In 2005, she won her first doubles title at Strasbourg with Jelena Kostanic.

Is an American mixed martial artist.Howe is mainly known as a striker due to her boxing background,

Is an American mixed martial artist.Howe is mainly known as a striker due to her boxing background, but also has grappling skills from her time training in brazilian jiu jitsu under Walt Bayless. She began training at Bayless Jiu Jitsu in 1995, and says o

Is an Italian bobsledder who has competed since 1999. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin,

Is an Italian bobsledder who has competed since 1999. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin,

Is a Canadian hammer thrower.While growing up outside of Vancouver, Joyce excelled in multiple sport

Is a Canadian hammer thrower.While growing up outside of Vancouver, Joyce excelled in multiple sports as a child. In addition to athletics, she participated in soccer and volleyball, earning a spot on the British Columbia soccer provincial team in 1994. H

Is an American swimmer and Olympic champion.

Is an American swimmer and Olympic champion.

Is an Austrian retired competitive figure skater.She placed 32nd at the 2003 World Junior Figure Ska

Is an Austrian retired competitive figure skater.She placed 32nd at the 2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

Is an American professional poker player. Leigh was introduced to poker by Robert Boyd (Dutch Boyd's

Is an American professional poker player. Leigh was introduced to poker by Robert Boyd (Dutch Boyd's brother) years after they met each other on Internet Relay Chat.

An English cricketer and a member of the current England women's team. A medium pace bowler and lowe

An English cricketer and a member of the current England women's team. A medium pace bowler and lower middle order batsman, she is the daughter of former Nottingham Forest player Bryn Gunn. She plays for Nottinghamshire and Western Australia and made her Test debut at 17 against New Zealand at Scarborough in 2004.

Is an Australian medley swimmer.

Is an Australian medley swimmer.

Is the head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of San Francisco. Azzi is a forme

Is the head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of San Francisco. Azzi is a former collegiate and professional basketball player.

Is a former World No. 1 women's tennis player from the United States. She won three Grand Slam singl

Is a former World No. 1 women's tennis player from the United States. She won three Grand Slam singles titles (2001 and 2002 Australian Open, 2001 French Open), and the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.

Is a female footballer goalkeeper from Mexico. She competed for her native country at the 2004 Summe

Is a female footballer goalkeeper from Mexico. She competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished in 8th place with the Women's National Team. Molina was affiliated with the Colgate University.

Is a former American volleyball player.She was one of only four Division III four-time All-Americans

Is a former American volleyball player.She was one of only four Division III four-time All-Americans (three first-team selections). Martz graduated as Washington University's all time leader in kills (2,068), blocks (588) and games played (549) and finish

Was a British pair skater. She competed with brother John Nicks.

Was a British pair skater. She competed with brother John Nicks.

Is a German football striker. She currently plays for Djurgårdens IF Dam, and has been capped 7 tim

Is a German football striker. She currently plays for Djurgårdens IF Dam, and has been capped 7 times for the German national team.

Is an archer from the United States. Nichols started archery when she was twelve years old. At fifte

Is an archer from the United States. Nichols started archery when she was twelve years old. At fifteen, she won the National Youth Archery Competition.

Is a German heptathlete. Her first international championships was the 2002 World Junior Championshi

Is a German heptathlete. Her first international championships was the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics and she finished in eighth place with a score of 5405 points. She improved her personal best to 5901 points to win the gold medal at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships. Moving up to the senior ranks, she finished fourth in the heptathlon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and was seventh in the event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. Oeser was eleventh at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] She set a personal best of 6493 points to win the silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin. The following year she was at the Erdgas Meeting in Ratingen, Germany, holding off her domestic rival Lilli Schwarzkopf to win with a total of 6427.

Is a German footballer. She currently plays for FCR 2001 Duisburg.

Is a German footballer. She currently plays for FCR 2001 Duisburg.

Is a retired American collegiate and professional basketball player, and current Division I coach. S

Is a retired American collegiate and professional basketball player, and current Division I coach. She is the daughter of Tom Rizzotti and Carol Rizzotti. She began her career as a professional basketball player playing for the New England Blizzard, of th

Is a Cuban-American speed skater. She started her career as an artistic roller skater, winning multi

Is a Cuban-American speed skater. She started her career as an artistic roller skater, winning multiple national championships and placing second and third at world championships. Later she switched to inline speed skating and became world champion in 199

Is an American professional tennis player on the WTA Tour. Russell is ranked in top 50 for doubles i

Is an American professional tennis player on the WTA Tour. Russell is ranked in top 50 for doubles in Spring, 2009. Before joining the WTA tour she had won 13 titles on the International Tennis Federation Tour. She won her first WTA doubles title at the G

Is an Australian basketball player. Until 2005 she played for the Adelaide Lightning. Her position i

Is an Australian basketball player. Until 2005 she played for the Adelaide Lightning. Her position is Guard. She was on the silver medal winning team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.