Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who won two stages in the Tour de France and was lead

Was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who won two stages in the Tour de France and was leading the general classification for two nonconsecutive days.

Was a French professional road bicycle racer. Merviel won a stage in the 1930 Tour de France. In the

Was a French professional road bicycle racer. Merviel won a stage in the 1930 Tour de France. In the 1935 Tour de France, he hit the back of a truck and did not race for two years.

Was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Was a French footballer. He played for Olympique Lillois, Red Star FC and Stade de Reims, and was pa

Was a French footballer. He played for Olympique Lillois, Red Star FC and Stade de Reims, and was part of France in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. He then had a long coaching career in France and Belgium.

Is a retired Belgian football player, who played almost his complete career for Cercle Brugge. Verri

Is a retired Belgian football player, who played almost his complete career for Cercle Brugge. Verriest started his football activities as a youth player for Cercle Brugge. Verriest made his debut at the age of 19, in a 0-0 draw against Lierse. His last match for Cercle was on May 17 1981, a 3-2 win against Beerschot.

Is a retired French football player and manager.

Is a retired French football player and manager.

A playwright and theater director, retired (undefeated) professional boxer and amateur champion[1],

A playwright and theater director, retired (undefeated) professional boxer and amateur champion[1], lead singer of the alternative country band The Evangenitals, and producer of The 1 Second Film[2]. Born in Coffee County, Enterprise, Alabama she is the daughter of fiction writer Linda Crockett and non-fiction writer Daniel Savage Gray.As a playwright, Crockett is best known for her adaptations of classic works of literature and philosophy. Her spoken word opera "(or, the whale)" -- an adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick written and directed by Crockett with music by sonic artist and Avatar: The Last Airbender composer Jeremy Zuckerman-- debuted in Los Angeles in 2001. It was also presented at the 2001 Moby Dick Conference at Hofstra University and performed by the TENT group in Portland, Maine[5]. The "Dawn of Quixote: Chapter the First", an adaptation of the first chapter of Don Quixote by Cervantes has been performed several times in Los Angeles and was featured in EdgeFest,

A former Spanish Catalan footballer. His two younger brothers were also notable footballers. Josep G

A former Spanish Catalan footballer. His two younger brothers were also notable footballers. Josep Gonzalvo, known as Gonzalvo II, and Marià Gonzalvo, known as Gonzalvo III, both played for CF Barcelona and Spain.Gonzalvo made his La Liga debut with RCD Español on December 3 1939 in a 1-0 win over CF Barcelona. While at RCD Español he helped them win a Campionat de Catalunya/Copa del Generalísimo double in 1940. In 1941 he joined Real Zaragoza and together with his brother Marià, helped them gain promotion to La Liga in 1942

Was a female tennis player from the United States who won two Grand Slam titles. As the second seede

Was a female tennis player from the United States who won two Grand Slam titles. As the second seeded foreign player, Hayward reached the singles final of the 1953 Australian Championships, losing to Maureen Connolly Brinker 6–3, 6–2. Hayward and Rex Hart

Is a German professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 357, which she reached on

Is a German professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 357, which she reached on June 20, 2005. Her career high in doubles is 510, which she reached on August 8, 2005.

Is a Ukrainian pair skater. She competes with Andrei Bekh. They are the 2006 Ukrainian national cham

Is a Ukrainian pair skater. She competes with Andrei Bekh. They are the 2006 Ukrainian national champions. They placed 18th at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

She is a Zimbabwe cricketer. She is the sister of Justice Chibhabha.

She is a Zimbabwe cricketer. She is the sister of Justice Chibhabha.

A cricketer for the Australian women's cricket team. She made her first class debut in 1995 for Quee

A cricketer for the Australian women's cricket team. She made her first class debut in 1995 for Queensland Women and her Test debut against New Zealand at Melbourne in February 1996. Her last Test, so far, was against England at Worcester in 2005.A right-handed batsman she has scored 114 runs at Test level with her best innings an outstanding unbeaten 80 against England . A specialist wicket-keeper, she has taken 20 catches and completed two stumpings in Tests. Nine of her Tests have been in Ashes games against England, her other Test opponent being New Zealand.

Is a German skeleton racer who has competed since 1999. Her best Skeleton World Cup finish was fifth

Is a German skeleton racer who has competed since 1999. Her best Skeleton World Cup finish was fifth at Königssee in February 2007.

Is a right-handed Israeli tennis player who resides in Tel Aviv. Her junior ranking as of June 2007

Is a right-handed Israeli tennis player who resides in Tel Aviv. Her junior ranking as of June 2007 was # 10 in the world. Shahar Pe'er beat her in the women's final of the 2006 Israel National Championships. Glushko made her professional debut in March 2

Is a Ukrainian ice dancer. She competes with Oleg Voiko. They are the 2003 Ukrainian national champi

Is a Ukrainian ice dancer. She competes with Oleg Voiko. They are the 2003 Ukrainian national champions.

Is a professional tennis player from Germany. She qualified for the main draw at the 2007 US Open an

Is a professional tennis player from Germany. She qualified for the main draw at the 2007 US Open and lost 6–0, 6–3 to number one Justine Henin in the first round, although she came close to breaking Henin.[1][2] Görges reached a career high singles ranking of World Number 90 on July 28, 2008, and as of that date has reached World Number 303 for doubles, on February 18, 2008.

Is a former American swimmer. Stowers won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Is a former American swimmer. Stowers won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer, who won a bronze medal in the 4x200m freestyle r

Is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer, who won a bronze medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Was an American fencer. Julia Jones-Pugliese took up fencing as a New York University student in 192

Was an American fencer. Julia Jones-Pugliese took up fencing as a New York University student in 1927 and five years later began a 60-year career as one the nation's premier coaches. She was the first woman to coach a collegiate fencing team, leading N.Y.

Is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Sergei Slavnov, she is the 2002 World Junior silver me

Is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Sergei Slavnov, she is the 2002 World Junior silver medalist. Karbovskaya & Slavnov competed internationally on both the junior and senior levels and won many medals on the Junior Grand Prix.

Is a British freestyle swimmer.Beckett represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the

Is a British freestyle swimmer.Beckett represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4×100 m freestyle relay swimming event.

Is a Russian foil fencer.

Is a Russian foil fencer.

Is a Finnish ski jumper. She was the first Finnish female ski jumper to compete in World Championshi

Is a Finnish ski jumper. She was the first Finnish female ski jumper to compete in World Championships, during the 2009 Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic.

Is a figure skater who competed in ladies singles. She was born in Russia but moved to Austria and c

Is a figure skater who competed in ladies singles. She was born in Russia but moved to Austria and competed for them internationally. She was briefly married to Roman Kostomarov.