Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a former Finnish sprinter. His club team was Oulun Pyrintö.He competed in 100 metres and 4 x 100

Is a former Finnish sprinter. His club team was Oulun Pyrintö.He competed in 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships, but was eliminated in the heats on both occasions.

Is a Finnish wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. He was nicknamed "Jokke" during

Is a Finnish wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. He was nicknamed "Jokke" during his career.Salomäki competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he received a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the welterweight class.[1]

Was a Finnish speed skater, allround world champion and world record holder on 1500m.Järvinen won a

Was a Finnish speed skater, allround world champion and world record holder on 1500m.Järvinen won a gold medal at the 1959 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men in Oslo.[1] He received a silver medal at the 1959 European Speed Skating Champio

Is a former speed skater from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1984 Winter Olympic

Is a former speed skater from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of th

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw.

Was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw.

Is a Finnish freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is a former alpine skier

Is a Finnish freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is a former alpine skier. He made his World Cup debut in December 2005 in Kranjska Gora, and collected his first World Cup points in December 2006, with a 28th place in Super-G in

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Lukko, HPK, Ka

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Lukko, HPK, KalPa, KooKoo, and YJK.

Is a retired Finnish pole vaulter.His personal best jump was 5.55 metres, achieved in July 1980 in R

Is a retired Finnish pole vaulter.His personal best jump was 5.55 metres, achieved in July 1980 in Raahe.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara.

Is a Brazilian football (soccer) defender. He currently plays for PFC Cherno More Varna. Jovaldir is

Is a Brazilian football (soccer) defender. He currently plays for PFC Cherno More Varna. Jovaldir is a left defender.

Is a Serbian Serb association footballer who plays for SV Wehen Wiesbaden.

Is a Serbian Serb association footballer who plays for SV Wehen Wiesbaden.

Is a South African rugby union footballer who is currently playing for the Border Bulldogs. He plays

Is a South African rugby union footballer who is currently playing for the Border Bulldogs. He plays the position of centre.Bowles attended St Henry's Marist Brothers' College where he was head boy in 2000 and played in the first rugby team from 1998 to 2000. He was captain of the South African Emerging Sevens team when they won the Tusker Sevens tournament in Kenya in 2006 and 2007[1]. He is the brother of Maso Bowles who played for the Springbok under 21 side in the 2000 u/21 SANZAR series in which John Smit captained the side to victory in the series.

Is an American soccer player of Macedonian descent who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Maj

Is an American soccer player of Macedonian descent who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.Kirovski joined Manchester United's youth team in 1992, becoming the first American to sign with the club. He led the reserve team in scor

Is a Macedonian footballer currently under contract for Greek side OFI Crete.

Is a Macedonian footballer currently under contract for Greek side OFI Crete.

Is a footballer who represents Montenegro internationally. He currently plays his club football for

Is a footballer who represents Montenegro internationally. He currently plays his club football for FC Dynamo Moscow.He played for the FR Yugoslavia XI in the Millennium Super Cup in India in January 2001 (not recognized as a full international).

Is a former Serbian football player.On the national level he played for Yugoslavia national team (55

Is a former Serbian football player.On the national level he played for Yugoslavia national team (55 matches/three goals), and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, and at Euro 1968 and Euro 1976.

Is a female volleyball player from Serbia, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won th

Is a female volleyball player from Serbia, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg.

Is a Serbian figure skater. Nikolic is a two-season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.

Is a Serbian figure skater. Nikolic is a two-season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.

Is an English chess player with the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).Bor

Is an English chess player with the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).Born in south London, her family name stems from her grandfather who was part Czech. Her first name is typically Slavic, but was chosen only to complement the family name. Chess is a popular sport in the Houska family, and she owes much of her progress to the sibling rivalry that developed with elder brother Miroslav, himself an International Master of chess, though currently inactive.

Is a Midfielder currently playing for Metalurg in the Macedonian First League. He was born in Skopje

Is a Midfielder currently playing for Metalurg in the Macedonian First League. He was born in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.

Is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer

Is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Is a Macedonian football player, who plays as a central midfielder for FK Metalurg Skopje.

Is a Macedonian football player, who plays as a central midfielder for FK Metalurg Skopje.

Is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summ

Is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.

Is a Brazilian footballer (midfielder) currently playing for LKS Lódz. He joined that team from Pã

Is a Brazilian footballer (midfielder) currently playing for LKS Lódz. He joined that team from Pão de Açúcar EC.