Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an American sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich,

Is an American sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he was eliminted in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event.

Is a Dutch baseball player.Van Doornspeek represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

Is a Dutch baseball player.Van Doornspeek represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he and his team became sixth.

A Brazilian-Dutch offensive midfielder. He plays currently for FC Dordrecht on loan from Feyenoord.

A Brazilian-Dutch offensive midfielder. He plays currently for FC Dordrecht on loan from Feyenoord.

A Spanish football player plays as a defender. He currently plays for the Spanish team UE Lleida.[1]

A Spanish football player plays as a defender. He currently plays for the Spanish team UE Lleida.[1]

Is a boxer from the Dominican Republic, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympi

Is a boxer from the Dominican Republic, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the Men's 75 kg Division.

Is a professional soccer player. At the age of 14 he left his native country to attend school in the

Is a professional soccer player. At the age of 14 he left his native country to attend school in the United States. He graduated from Robert E Lee high school in Houston, Texas. He currently plays for the Atlanta Silverbacks of the USL First Division.

Is a Colombian defender as well as a defending midfielder. Possesses great ball dominion and an expe

Is a Colombian defender as well as a defending midfielder. Possesses great ball dominion and an experienced kicker in freekicks. Currently plays for América de Cali.González played for the Colombia national football team in the Copa América 2001 which they won. He also won the Colombian League with América de Cali in 1997 and 2000.

Is a Costa Rican football player, who currently plays defender for Deportivo Saprissa of the Costa R

Is a Costa Rican football player, who currently plays defender for Deportivo Saprissa of the Costa Rican first division. He is a cultured centre back or wing back renowned for his marking and skill on the ball. He can also play as a defensive midfielder.

Is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

Is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He plays the Power Forward position. Cruz was the 3rd youngest player in the 2009-10 PBA season at only 23 years

Is a Filipino professional basketball player in the in the Philippine Basketball Association who cur

Is a Filipino professional basketball player in the in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados. He is an undrafted player in the Philippine Basketball Association in 2005, and as such he never saw action

Is an American professional basketball player formerly in the National Basketball Association whose

Is an American professional basketball player formerly in the National Basketball Association whose most recent team was Bnei HaSharon of the Israeli basketball league.After graduating from Dallas's Justin F. Kimball High School, Sasser played college basketball at Southern Methodist University and was selected by the Orlando Magic as the 22nd pick in the 2001 NBA Draft. In two seasons for the Magic (his only in the NBA) he averaged 2.5 points per game.

A former Polish football player.On the national level he played for Poland national team (13 matches

A former Polish football player.On the national level he played for Poland national team (13 matches) and was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where his team won the gold medal.

Is a boxer from Poland.He competed for Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy where

Is a boxer from Poland.He competed for Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy where he finished in second place in the men's featherweight event .

Was a Polish soccer player, one of best forwards of interwar Poland.In the late 1930s Wostal played

Was a Polish soccer player, one of best forwards of interwar Poland.In the late 1930s Wostal played for AKS Chorzów. The best year in his career was 1937. His team then became vice-champions of Poland (after Cracovia Kraków), and he was the top scorer of the Polish Soccer League, with 12 goals.On the Polish National Team he played in 10 games, scoring 4 goals. Wostal’s debut took place on September 6, 1936, in Riga (Latvia - Poland 3-3). One of the best matches in his career occurred on October 10, 1937 in Warsaw. In a 1938 FIFA World Cup qualifier Poland beat Yugoslavia 4-0 and Wostal scored one of the goals.

A retired Polish footballer (striker) connected most of time with Szombierki Bytom. He played also f

A retired Polish footballer (striker) connected most of time with Szombierki Bytom. He played also for Górnik Zabrze and Stade Rennes. Wilim played 8 times in Poland national football team. (1963–1969)

Was a Polish rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1932

Was a Polish rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he won the silver medal as member of the Polish boat in the coxed pairs competition as well as the bronze medal as member of the Polish boat in the coxed fours competition.During World War II he fought in the Polish Armed Forces in the West.

Was a Russian-Polish footballer.As a teenager, started playing soccer in Nazdar Moscow, then moved t

Was a Russian-Polish footballer.As a teenager, started playing soccer in Nazdar Moscow, then moved to another local team - MKLS Moscow. However, some time in late 1918 or early 1919, he moved with family (parents and three brothers) from Russia to Poland, escaping the Russian Revolution (see: White Emigre).Bulanow, a native speaker of Russian, came to Warsaw at the age of 16. He went to a Russian Gymnasium, but also started to learn Polish. Soon became proficient in the new language, later married a Polish woman from Warsaw, also wrote numerous articles, short stories, even novels. Nevertheless he is the most famous for his soccer achievements.

Is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he

Is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he finished fourth in the C-2 500 m event.

Is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne,

Is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he finished tenth in the K-2 10000 m event while being eliminated in heats of the K-2 1000 m event.

Was a Polish chess master and journalist.He played several times in Warsaw City championships, where

Was a Polish chess master and journalist.He played several times in Warsaw City championships, where tied for 12-13th in 1926, 10-11th in 1930, 5-6th in 1931, 7-8th in 1932, and took 12th in 1934. He won twice in local tournaments at Warsaw 1929 (ahead of Mieczyslaw Najdorf and Moshe Czerniak) and 1933, and took 4th place in 1938/1939

Is a Polish professional tennis player. As of November 15, 2010 Janowicz was ranked third among Poli

Is a Polish professional tennis player. As of November 15, 2010 Janowicz was ranked third among Polish players behind L. Kubot (No. 62) and M. Przysiezny (No. 90), at number 183 in the world. He reached the boys final at the 2008 French Open, losing in tw

Is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silv

Is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C-2 500 m event at Montreal in 1976.Opara also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers (C-1 1000 m: 1970, C-2 1000 m: 1974) and two bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1973, C-2 1000 m: 1977).

Is a Polish slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He finished 13th in the C-2 event at the

Is a Polish slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He finished 13th in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

A Polish footballer, currently with Polish League's Górnik Zabrze.Brzeczek played for Raków Czesto

A Polish footballer, currently with Polish League's Górnik Zabrze.Brzeczek played for Raków Czestochowa, Olimpia Poznan, Lech Poznan, Górnik Zabrze, GKS Katowice, FC Tirol Innsbruck (later FC Wacker Tirol), LASK Linz, Maccabi Haifa, SK Sturm Graz and FC Kärnten, returning in 2007 to Poland for a second stint with Górnik. He picked up championship medals in both Poland (with Lech Poznan in 1993) and Austria (with Tirol Innsbruck in 2001 and 2002).

Was a Polish chess master.He won five-times Polish Junior championships in 1965–1969. He took 3rd,

Was a Polish chess master.He won five-times Polish Junior championships in 1965–1969. He took 3rd, behind Anatoly Karpov and Andras Adorjan, at Groningen 1967 (European Junior Championship). In 1968, he tied for 2nd-5th in Lódz (25th Polish Championship). In 1969, he won in Lublin (26th POL-ch). He took 12th at Athens 1969 (zonal; Milan Matulovic won), and had decided to stay in the West. As a refugee, he lived in Sweden where he died in a traffic accident.