Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

A Swedish football player, who played defender for Halmstads BK. Joel started his playing career in

A Swedish football player, who played defender for Halmstads BK. Joel started his playing career in Halmstads BK in 1991, at the age of 20, he had earlier played his way up through the clubs youth system. He made is debut in 1992 against BK Häcken, (1-0), and in 1994 he was an ordinary in the team. However he's career have been full of injuries witch have stopt him from playing. In 1995 he was with the team that won the cup, however due to few games played in 1997 and 2000, according to Swedish football rules, he was not awarded a medal when the club won Allsvenskan

Is a French professional footballer. He currently plays for French side AS Yzeure.Bouchoucha played

Is a French professional footballer. He currently plays for French side AS Yzeure.Bouchoucha played for St. Etienne prior to joining Nimes. After scoring at least 12 goals a season for Nimes in 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99, he joined Torquay United on trial in September 1999. After a week on trial, Torquay manager Wes Saunders decided that Bouchoucha was not the target-man style forward (or even as tall as) he had been expecting and Bouchoucha returned to Nimes

Is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'7" 203 lb small forward and played

Is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'7" 203 lb small forward and played college basketball at San Diego State University. He had a 5-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1978–1983.

Is a male bantamweight boxer from Australia. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer O

Is a male bantamweight boxer from Australia. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was stopped in the first round of the men's bantamweight division (– 54 kg) by Azerbaijan's eventual bronze medalist Ag

Is a male judoka from Haiti, who won the silver medal in the men's heavyweight division (+ 100 kg) a

Is a male judoka from Haiti, who won the silver medal in the men's heavyweight division (+ 100 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games.

Is an American professional basketball player, currently playing for the Leicester Riders in the Bri

Is an American professional basketball player, currently playing for the Leicester Riders in the British Basketball League. The 6ft2 Guard attended Western Michigan University, before signing for Watford Royals in 1997. Noted as a journeyman in British b

Is a former Brazilian football (soccer) player.Joel was a defender of the Brazil national football t

Is a former Brazilian football (soccer) player.Joel was a defender of the Brazil national football team when they won the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He earned 27 caps for Brazil between 1964 and 1970 (plus 10 unofficial matches).

A Cuban boxer, who turned pro after defecting to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Summer Oly

A Cuban boxer, who turned pro after defecting to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The nickname "El Cepillo", literally translated to "the hairbrush", comes from his uppercut, which rakes his opponents across the face.

Is a Cuban boxer, who turned pro after defecting to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Summer

Is a Cuban boxer, who turned pro after defecting to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The nickname "El Cepillo", literally translated to "the brush", comes from his uppercut, which rakes his opponents across the face. Al

Is a retired volleyball player from Cuba, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summ

Is a retired volleyball player from Cuba, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics: the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona (4th place) and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta (6th place).

Is a retired American National Basketball Association player. Ehlo was also a frequent "victim" of M

Is a retired American National Basketball Association player. Ehlo was also a frequent "victim" of Michael Jordan throughout his career.A 6'6" guard/forward from Odessa Junior College and Washington State University, Ehlo was selected in the third round of the 1983 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets. He played 14 NBA seasons with four teams, amassing respectable career totals of 7,492 points, 2,456 assists and 3,139 rebounds.

Is a Canadian lacrosse player. He was an All-American at the Ohio State University from 2006 to 2009

Is a Canadian lacrosse player. He was an All-American at the Ohio State University from 2006 to 2009, leading the Buckeyes to an NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament appearance in 2008. Dalgarno attended Western Reserve Academy as a prep star, and

Is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.

Is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.

A football player at Helsingborgs IF. He is a central defender who can also play on the right back.H

A football player at Helsingborgs IF. He is a central defender who can also play on the right back.He made an unexpected first team debut for Helsingborgs IF in the first leg of the UEFA Cup Round of 32 against PSV Eindhoven at Philips Stadium, thus sliding in front of rivals Samir Beloufa and Leandro Castan in the competition for the open spot next to Oskar Rönningberg in the HIF central defense following Andreas Jakobssons retirement. Following an, after circumstances, excellent debut he retained his spot in the starting eleven for the second leg, where he once again had a good match until he had to go off at half time following a light injury.

Is a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer O

Is a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she ended up in seventh place with the Canadian National Team.

Is a Swedish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.

Is a Swedish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.

Was a Swedish chess master.He took 2nd, behind Jorgen Moeller, at Gothenburg 1901 (the 3rd Nordic Ch

Was a Swedish chess master.He took 2nd, behind Jorgen Moeller, at Gothenburg 1901 (the 3rd Nordic Chess Championship), won ahead of Gustaf Nyholm at Gothenburg 1909 (B tournament),[2] and tied for 7-9th but won a game against Alexander Alekhine at Stockholm 1912 (the 8th Nordic-ch).

He was a 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) fast bowler capable of ripping through the heart of opposing batting lin

He was a 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) fast bowler capable of ripping through the heart of opposing batting line-ups. In conjunction with fellow fast bowlers Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Colin Croft and later Malcolm Marshall, the West Indies reached unprecedented

Is a Canadian swimmer. Born in Edson, Alberta, he competes in the 100m Freestyle. At the 2008 Summer

Is a Canadian swimmer. Born in Edson, Alberta, he competes in the 100m Freestyle. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he was a member of the Canadian team that finished sixth in the 4x100m Freestyle event. The team had previously finished in 7th at the 2007 Worl

Is an Australian association football player who currently plays for Beijing Guoan. He played for Sy

Is an Australian association football player who currently plays for Beijing Guoan. He played for Sydney United, Parramatta Power and Newcastle United in the now defunct National Soccer League. He also had a brief stint with Leeds United where he made two

Is a New Zealand basketballer who currently plays as a point guard for the Canterbury Rams in the Ne

Is a New Zealand basketballer who currently plays as a point guard for the Canterbury Rams in the New Zealand National Basketball League. Hart played his high school basketball at Kaiapoi High School where he excelled, eventually making the New Zealand Un

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Joel Pope began playing his

Is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Joel Pope began playing his cricket at Wycombe House Cricket Club, he quickly followed in his uncle Ben Scott's footsteps and become the club 1st XI wicketkeeper at a very young age.

A professional boxer rated as a welterweight. In 2005, he was named ESPN.com's Boxing Prospect of th

A professional boxer rated as a welterweight. In 2005, he was named ESPN.com's Boxing Prospect of the Year and he has appeared on Ring Magazine's New Faces feature, as well as in ShoBox. Some boxing experts predict that Julio may either be a top ten contender, or have a title shot by the end of 2007.

Is a professional Colombian boxer rated as a junior middleweight. In 2005, he was named ESPN.com's B

Is a professional Colombian boxer rated as a junior middleweight. In 2005, he was named ESPN.com's Boxing Prospect of the Year and he has appeared on Ring Magazine's New Faces feature, as well as in ShoBox.

Footballer who plays forward for Falkenbergs FF.Starting his career for Knäreds IK, he moved at the

Footballer who plays forward for Falkenbergs FF.Starting his career for Knäreds IK, he moved at the age of 14 to Halmstads BK, he played for the youth team until 2004 and in 2005 he played his first game for the senior team. Du to hard competion for a spot in the senior team he chose to leave for Falkenbergs FF in 2007. In late 2007, after scoring 15 goals in 23 matches, he was signd by IF Elfsborg and was set to join them in 2009[1][2].