Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won the ski jumpin

Is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won the ski jumping gold medal at the 1958 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti. He has one child (daughter Kirsi Kärkinen).

Is a Finnish footballer, who represents HJK Helsinki in the Veikkausliiga.He has visited Serie B clu

Is a Finnish footballer, who represents HJK Helsinki in the Veikkausliiga.He has visited Serie B clubs Vicenza and Brescia.

Is a former Finnish footballer. Peltonen was the first Finnish player to play in the German Bundesli

Is a former Finnish footballer. Peltonen was the first Finnish player to play in the German Bundesliga. The forward made 38 appearances for Hamburger SV between 1964 and 1966, scoring six goals. His career in Germany ended after only two seasons because o

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor and European champion. He won a gold medal with the Finnish rel

Is a Finnish orienteering competitor and European champion. He won a gold medal with the Finnish relay team at the 1964 European Orienteering Championships in Le Brassus.[1]He received a silver medal in the relay at the 1966 World Orienteering Championships with the Finnish team, and again in 1968.[2]

Is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga and World Hockey Asso

Is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga and World Hockey Association. He played for TPS, HJK, HIFK, Cleveland Crusaders, and Phoenix Roadrunners.

Was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930's. He won three medals at the FIS Nordic

Was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930's. He won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the 4 x 10 km in 1937, a gold in the same event in 1938, and a gold in the 18 km in 1939.

Was a Finnish-Canadian hockey player and coach. He was the first Finnish-born hockey player in the N

Was a Finnish-Canadian hockey player and coach. He was the first Finnish-born hockey player in the National Hockey League and possibly in North America. Following his hockey career Pudas was active in the capacity of referee.

Is a Finnish footballer who plays for HJK Helsinki in Veikkausliiga. He is a striker especially know

Is a Finnish footballer who plays for HJK Helsinki in Veikkausliiga. He is a striker especially known for his pace.Mäkelä started his career with OLS Oulu and Tervarit in his home-town, before moving to Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki for the 2003 season.

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for AC Oulu in Oulu in Finland.

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for AC Oulu in Oulu in Finland.

A Japanese racing driver who was a 2002 & 2006 champion in Japan's Super GT series in the GT500 cate

A Japanese racing driver who was a 2002 & 2006 champion in Japan's Super GT series in the GT500 category. In 2002, Wakisaka raced the Honda NSX with Akira Iida, in 2006 Wakisaka raced the Lexus SC 430 with Andre Lotterer.Wakisaka is also a regular presenter of Best Motoring and is brother to Shigekazu, who also competes in Super GT.

Is a Chinese Canadian fencer. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she became the first Chine

Is a Chinese Canadian fencer. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she became the first Chinese athlete to win the gold medal in fencing. Since moving to Edmonton, Canada in 1985, she has become a Canadian citizen. At the age of 50, Luan represente

Is a Finnish football defender who currently plays for Kokkolan Palloveikot.After sereval years away

Is a Finnish football defender who currently plays for Kokkolan Palloveikot.After sereval years away from Kokkola, at the age of 32, Hakala signed one year deal with KPV on April 2010.

Is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1991 to 1998 and again from 2006 to 2009. His bes

Is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1991 to 1998 and again from 2006 to 2009. His best World Cup finish was fifth in a 15 km event at Lahti in 1995.Hartonen also finished 13th in the 30 km event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 14th in the 50 km event at Falun in 1993.

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward, who plays for Jokerit.Hentunen played a total of 38 ga

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward, who plays for Jokerit.Hentunen played a total of 38 games in the 2001–02 NHL season for the Calgary Flames and the Nashville Predators, who he was traded to on March 19, 2002.

Is a retired football midfielder. During his club career, Ikäläinen played for Kemin Into, Örgryt

Is a retired football midfielder. During his club career, Ikäläinen played for Kemin Into, Örgryte IS, GIF Sundsvall, Kiruna FF and Kemin Palloseura. He also played international football for the Finland national team. He was the Finnish Football Associat

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Finnis

Is a Finnish professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Finnish national men's ice hockey team.

Is a Finnish footballer who plays as a defender. His previous clubs includes Willem II Tilburg in Ne

Is a Finnish footballer who plays as a defender. His previous clubs includes Willem II Tilburg in Netherlands, Anyang LG Cheetahs in South Korea, Reipas Lahti, MyPa, FC Haka and FC Lahti in Finland.

Is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor who has represented Finland internationally from 1996. He h

Is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor who has represented Finland internationally from 1996. He has achieved silver medals at the world championships, both individually and in the relay. In the World Cup his best overall result is finishing second in 2001, as well as several victories in individual races.

Is a professional volleyball player from Finland who play season 2009 in Aris Thessaloniki team a Gr

Is a professional volleyball player from Finland who play season 2009 in Aris Thessaloniki team a Greece volleyball league. He belong too in Finland men's national volleyball team.Lehtonen started his volleyball career in Rantasalmen Urheilijat year 1989. Ten years after that he played on fourth highest level in Finland. Two years after that he made contract Bad Saulgau team. He moved to Germany and started play their second highest level.

Is a Finnish football goalkeeper.He represents TPS of Finnish premier football division, Veikkauslii

Is a Finnish football goalkeeper.He represents TPS of Finnish premier football division, Veikkausliiga. He made his debut in 2006. During the 2007 Lehtovaara gained his place as the starting goalie for the team. After the season he was nominated as the go

Is a former wrestler from Finland, who claimed the bronze medal in the Men's Freestyle Lightweight D

Is a former wrestler from Finland, who claimed the bronze medal in the Men's Freestyle Lightweight Division (– 68 kg) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga and National Hockey League. H

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga and National Hockey League. He played for Tappara , TPS, New Jersey Devils, and Colorado Rockies.

Is a Finnish footballer, who is currently playing for 1899 Hoffenheim. On 4 February 2009 Raitala ma

Is a Finnish footballer, who is currently playing for 1899 Hoffenheim. On 4 February 2009 Raitala made his debut in the Finnish national team in a friendly match against Japan and is current a regular player. He was also a regular in the Finnish under-21

Is a Finnish football defender or striker, who retuned back to Finland after few years playing abroa

Is a Finnish football defender or striker, who retuned back to Finland after few years playing abroad. He had a trial with the Finnish Veikkausliiga side HJK Helsinki., but he chose to take a contract from FC Haka. While contracted to Rangers in Scotland

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for HJK in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. Sauso is a big and

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for HJK in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. Sauso is a big and strong central defender, but is often used as a last minute solution up front because of his notorious heading skills. When Sauso was playing for Örgryte