Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics

Was a Finnish speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics

Was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1950's. He won a silver medal at the 1956 Wint

Was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1950's. He won a silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo in the 4 x 10km relay. He was born in Pyhäselkä.

Is a Belgian football player who plays in the defence. He currently plays for Club Brugge in Belgium

Is a Belgian football player who plays in the defence. He currently plays for Club Brugge in Belgium.

Was a Norwegian cross country skier and athlete during the 1950s. She finished 12th in the 10 km ev

Was a Norwegian cross country skier and athlete during the 1950s. She finished 12th in the 10 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.

Is a Luso-Brazilian football manager. Jorvan began his professional football career after studying S

Is a Luso-Brazilian football manager. Jorvan began his professional football career after studying Sports Medicine for three years, playing for top Brazilian clubs Vasco da Gama, Botafogo and Portuguesa in the 1970s.

Was a Dutch professional road bicycle race

Was a Dutch professional road bicycle race

Was a Belgian cyclist. He was a genuine attacker.In 1960 he wore the pink jersey for 8 days in the G

Was a Belgian cyclist. He was a genuine attacker.In 1960 he wore the pink jersey for 8 days in the Giro d'Italia, but Jacques Anquetil captured the first place and won the Giro instead. Bad luck, and the fact that his time trial and sprinting were not eno

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Inter Turku in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.Hooiveld star

A Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Inter Turku in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.Hooiveld started his professional career for SC Heerenveen in 2003, when he came in as an substitute for Petter Hansson. In the next two season he couldn't make his way to the first team and was loaned to second tier's FC Zwolle for a season and a half. After the loan spell he left Heerenveen for Austrian First League club Kapfenberger SV. There his football career was near to end due to problems with the club, but his agent founded a better place for him when he signed a two year contract with Finnish Veikkausliiga club FC Inter Turku. In his first season he was voted as the MVP in the Finnish League Cup and after the season he was chosen as the best player of the season by a Finnish magazine Iltalehti

Is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer.

Is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer.

Was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

Was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

Is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1980 to 1989

Is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1980 to 1989. He won the Dutch title in the men's road race in 1986. Unfortunately, however, that same year he was involved in a crash during stage four of the Tour de

A Dutch football coach and former player.Jos Luhukay always played in midfield. He began his career

A Dutch football coach and former player.Jos Luhukay always played in midfield. He began his career at the age of 15 at his hometown club VVV Venlo. In 1989, he went to play at SVV Schiedam, where he stayed until 1991. After then playing for RKC Waalwijk from 1991 until 1993, he left his homeland for Germany, where he had two stints at SV Straelen (1993 to 1995 and 1996 to 1998), in-between playing for KFC Uerdingen from 1995 to 1996. At KFC Uerdingen Luhukay played two games in the Bundesliga. In 1998 he quit his active career at SV Straelen.

Is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.

Is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.

Is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the Netherlands. He had his best years in 1971 whe

Is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the Netherlands. He had his best years in 1971 when he finished the 125cc season in third place behind Jan de Vries and Angel Nieto, and in 1973 when he won the Belgian Grand Prix and finished again in third place, this time to Kent Andersson and Chas Mortimer.[1]

Is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Rabobank.

Is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Rabobank.

A Dutch former football defender.

A Dutch former football defender.

A Dutch footballer who currently plays as a defender for Doncaster Rovers, for whom he signed after

A Dutch footballer who currently plays as a defender for Doncaster Rovers, for whom he signed after a trial on 30 July 2008 on a 2 year contract. His former clubs are Willem II and Excelsior.

Was a Belgian tennis player of the 1930s.

Was a Belgian tennis player of the 1930s.

Is a competitive swimmer from Singapore.Yeo began her international swimming career at the tender ag

Is a competitive swimmer from Singapore.Yeo began her international swimming career at the tender age of 11, making her debut at the Beijing Asian Games. Since then, she has swam in every major international meet, including the Southeast Asian Games eight times, the Asian Games four times, the Olympics four times, and the Commonwealth Games three times.

Is an American retired boxer who won world championships in the bantamweight division. Canizales tur

Is an American retired boxer who won world championships in the bantamweight division. Canizales turned pro in 1979 and in 1983 challenged Jeff Chandler for the World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight title but lost a decision. In 1986 he landed a sho

A retired United States thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.Jose Santos first raced horses

A retired United States thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.Jose Santos first raced horses at Club Hipico de Concepcion in his native Chile, following in the footsteps of his father and three of his seven brothers, and in Colombia until moving t

Is Brazilian Footballer who recently played for K-League side Gyeongnam FC.

Is Brazilian Footballer who recently played for K-League side Gyeongnam FC.

Is a Mexican Luchador (professional wrestler) best known under the ring name Brazo de Plata that he

Is a Mexican Luchador (professional wrestler) best known under the ring name Brazo de Plata that he has been using since his debut in 1977. Nieves briefly worked for World Wrestling Entertainment as "Super Porky". Nieves is a part of the Brazo wrestling f

Is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, best known under the ring name O

Is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Oficial 911. As Oficial 911 he is part of a group called Los Infernales that has worked for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) since 2007. The

A Mexican football player currently playing for Chivas de Guadalajara as a defender or midfielder. O

A Mexican football player currently playing for Chivas de Guadalajara as a defender or midfielder. Olvera is known for his left foot and also because he played for Santos Laguna from 2004-2006. He was traded to Chivas starting the 2007 season. Olvera had already played as a loan from Santos to Chivas de Guadalajara in the Copa Libertadores in 2006 where Chivas reached semi-finals losing against São Paulo FC. He has also been capped in the cycle of Ricardo LaVolpe with Mexico three times debuting against Hungary. On July 24, 2007, he made his first appearance with chivas in the superliga where they faced FC Dallas and he scored a goal.