Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a professional British snowboarder . He grew up in a small village called Rodborne in Wiltshire,

Is a professional British snowboarder . He grew up in a small village called Rodborne in Wiltshire, England and became interested in snowboarding when living in New York. He has many sponsors including Vans UK, Animal Clothing, and the Extreme Sport Chann

Is an Indonesian professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California. Juanda lives in Los

Is an Indonesian professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California. Juanda lives in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Indonesia but is ethnically Chinese. John arrived in the United States in 1990, when he enrolled at Oklahoma State University. He earned an MBA from Seattle University. John was a high school track star for the 200 meter sprints to 5000 meter races. He had a stint as a door to door salesman selling Bibles. In November 2004 he won the inaugural Professional Poker Tour event at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut.

A Zambian former footballer. He played for the Zambian national team and represented the country at

A Zambian former footballer. He played for the Zambian national team and represented the country at the Olympics.Bwalya made his debut for Zambia in April 1987 in an All Africa Games qualifier against Malawi in Lusaka and was part of the Zambian team that qualified to the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. He scored a goal in Zambia's 4-0 win against Italy on their way to becoming the first African team to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament.[1] In the game against West Germany which Zambia lost 4-0, Bwalya got injured and would not feature for Zambia for the next 4 years.

Is an Angolan footballer.[1] He is currently playing for Chinese club Shenzhen Shangqingyin.Johnson

Is an Angolan footballer.[1] He is currently playing for Chinese club Shenzhen Shangqingyin.Johnson signed a 3-year contract with Malatyaspor in summer 2002. He made 7 league appearances, and almost loaned to Konyaspor in summer 2003. But the loan deal ha

An amateur boxer from India who repeatedly medaled in the Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division.At th

An amateur boxer from India who repeatedly medaled in the Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division.At the 2006 Asian Games he also won the bronze medal in a lost bout against Kazakhstan's Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov 13-32. [1]

Is a former Indonesian amateur boxer. After his retirement from boxing, Asadoma joined the Indonesia

Is a former Indonesian amateur boxer. After his retirement from boxing, Asadoma joined the Indonesia's academy of police, and became a police officer of Indonesia.

Is an American mixed martial artist and an accomplished former amateur wrestler. While competing for

Is an American mixed martial artist and an accomplished former amateur wrestler. While competing for Oklahoma State University, Hendricks won the 2005 and 2006 NCAA Division I wrestling title at 165-pounds, and he finished second in 2007 after falling to

Is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed during the early 1970s.

Is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed during the early 1970s.

A former World Boxing Council (WBC) world bantamweight champion from Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. His

A former World Boxing Council (WBC) world bantamweight champion from Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. His record is 19–6–1 (13 KOs).

A Japanese speedskater specialised in the sprinting distance 500 metres. At the age of 17 he became

A Japanese speedskater specialised in the sprinting distance 500 metres. At the age of 17 he became the first junior speedskater to skate the 500 metres below 35 seconds.Until march 9th 2007 he was the world record holder with the 34.30 he skated in Salt Lake City on November 19, 2005. He lost the worldrecord to Kang-Seok Lee, who skated 34,25 in Salt Lake City.At the age of 20, he became the 500 metres World Champion at the 2005 World Single Distance Championships, leaving behind no less skaters then Hiroyasu Shimizu and Jeremy Wotherspoon. After this achievement he was considered to be one of the favourites of achieving a medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

A is Japanese former tennis player. He began playing tennis at the age of 6 under the influence of h

A is Japanese former tennis player. He began playing tennis at the age of 6 under the influence of his parents. He was educated at Waseda University and won the All-Japan University Tennis Championship in doubles play.[1] He turned pro in October 2004. His career best WTA singles ranking is number 15 in Japan.Miyao was arrested for drug possession after a police raid on October 10, 2008 at the Minato, Tokyo apartment of his girlfriend, former AV idol Risa Coda, discovered about 0.7 grams of dry marijuana. Coda told police she obtained the marijuana to smoke with Miyao who had been spending several nights a week at her apartment. Miyao admitted to the charges.[2][3][4]. He insisted that he did not know that Coda had previously used drugs.[5] On December 22, 2008, the Tokyo District Court sentenced Miyao to 6 months in prison suspended for three years. The ruling said that Miyao had forced his girlfriend Risa Coda to buy the marijuana for him. The judge said that Miyao had admitted using marijuana regularly as an escape from his poor playing record.[6]

Is an Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Aisin Seahorses of the JBL Super Lea

Is an Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Aisin Seahorses of the JBL Super League. Takeuchi also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and both the FIBA Asia Champ

Is a retired female long-distance runner from the Netherlands. She won the 1991 edition of the Rotte

Is a retired female long-distance runner from the Netherlands. She won the 1991 edition of the Rotterdam Marathon, clocking 2:34:18 on Sunday 1991-04-21. Later that year she competed at the World Championships in Tokyo, where she didn't finish the women's

Is a retired female badminton player of the Netherlands.Nationally, she was the most successful Dutc

Is a retired female badminton player of the Netherlands.Nationally, she was the most successful Dutch female player, winning a record 25 Dutch titles and playing, between 1967 and 1983, 67 times for the Dutch team.

Is an American independent professional wrestler who works for the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion,

Is an American independent professional wrestler who works for the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion, IWA Mid-South, Chikara and UWA Hardcore Wrestling. Joker began his CZW wrestling career in Combat Zone Wrestling in 2002. He is a member of "The Blackout"

Was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who rode for Team Paternina-Costa de Almería.Ormaetx

Was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who rode for Team Paternina-Costa de Almería.Ormaetxea was a passenger in an Audi A3 driven by fellow cyclist Joseba Albizu of Team Euskaltel-Euskadi when the car overturned after leaving the road near the to

Was a Finnish footballer.He played for the Finnish clubs MP Mikkeli, FC Haka, TPV and KTP. With FC H

Was a Finnish footballer.He played for the Finnish clubs MP Mikkeli, FC Haka, TPV and KTP. With FC Haka he became Finnish league champion in 1995.He also played for Gefle IF and Lira Luleå BK in Sweden, and was capped 11 times for Finland between 1994 and

Is a male badminton player from Indonesia.

Is a male badminton player from Indonesia.

Is a former badminton player from Indonesia who was one of the world's leading men's singles players

Is a former badminton player from Indonesia who was one of the world's leading men's singles players in the early and mid 1990s

Is a former Czechoslovak/Slovak handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she

Is a former Czechoslovak/Slovak handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she was part of the Czechoslovak team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. She played all five matches and scored four goals.

Is a Dutch heptathlete.

Is a Dutch heptathlete.

Is a football defender, who plays for St. Vincent and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines U-20. Nicknam

Is a football defender, who plays for St. Vincent and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines U-20. Nicknamed Boxer, McDowall made his debut for the senior St. Vincent team in a September 2008 Caribbean Cup match against Martinique.

Is a retired Polish long jumper.Her personal best jump was 6.90 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Bra

Is a retired Polish long jumper.Her personal best jump was 6.90 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Bratislava.[1]

Is a former female track and field sprinter from Poland, who represented her native country at the 1

Is a former female track and field sprinter from Poland, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She set her personal best (11.19) in the women's 100 metres event in 1986.

Is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, she

Is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, she finished eighth in the K-4 500 m event and ninth in the K-2 500 m event.