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John Gretton, Jr.
John Gretton, Jr. (1867–1947), British yachtsman and Conservative MP, won two sailing golds aboard Scotia at the 1900 Paris Olympics, the only person to win an Olympic title while serving in Parliament; later 1st Baron Gretton.
John Huettner
John R. Huettner (1906–1970), American sailor, California Yacht Club; won 8 metre class gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics aboard Angelita; later a Los Angeles attorney and uncredited film extra.
John Mackenzie
John Mackenzie (1876–1949), Scottish yachtsman of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club; won 1908 Olympic gold in the 12-metre class aboard Hera; also the name of a 1908 Olympic wrestler, a 1956 Canadian hockey bronze medalist, a South African missionary, and a Canadian bacteriologist.
John Osborn
John Osborn (born 1945) is a British Olympic sailor who won gold in the Tornado catamaran class at the 1976 Montreal Games as crew with his brother-in-law Reg White; both received the MBE in 1977.
John Rhodes
John Edward Rhodes (1870–1947), British Army officer and sailor; won 8-metre class gold aboard Cobweb at the 1908 London Olympics; not the baseball player, rodeo roper, or Arizona congressman of the same name.
Jonas Warrer
Jonas Warrer (born 1979, Aarhus) is a Danish 49er sailor, Olympic gold medalist at Beijing 2008 with Martin Kirketerp after a broken mast and borrowed Croatian boat, later 4th at Rio 2016, 5th at Tokyo 2020, and 2025 Worlds bronze medalist.
Jonathan Mckee
Jonathan McKee (Jonathan Dunn McKee, born 1959), American sailor: 1984 Olympic Flying Dutchman gold with Carl Buchan, 2000 49er bronze with brother Charlie; 49er, Melges 24, and Tasar world champion; America's Cup and offshore racer.
Joop Carp
Joop Carp (Johan Robert Carp, 1897-1962), Dutch Olympic sailor; won 1920 Antwerp gold in 6.5m class aboard Oranje with brother Berend Carp and Piet Wernink, 1924 Paris bronze in 6m class, and placed eighth at Berlin 1936.
Jordi Calafat
Jordi Calafat (Jordi Joan Calafat Estelrich), Spanish sailor born 1968 in Palma de Mallorca; Olympic 470 gold with Kiko Sánchez at Barcelona 1992, 470 world champion 1992 and 1993, later Volvo Ocean Race, America's Cup, and 52 Super Series professional.
Jorg Diesch
Jörg Diesch, born 1951 in Friedrichshafen, is a German sailor who won Flying Dutchman gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympics with brother Eckart, finished fifth at Los Angeles 1984, and later practiced as an orthopaedic surgeon in Kiel.
Jorgen Sundelin
Jörgen Sundelin (Jörgen Lars Sundelin), Swedish Olympic sailor born 1945 in Stockholm; won 1968 Olympic gold in the 5.5-metre class with brothers Ulf and Peter aboard Wasa IV, and raced Dragon 1972 and Soling 1976.
José Luis Doreste
José Luis Doreste, born in 1956 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish sailor who won Finn class gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Jose Maria van der Ploeg
José María van der Ploeg (van der Ploeg García), Spanish sailor born 1958 in Barcelona, Finn-class Olympic gold medalist at Barcelona 1992 with 33.4 net points; later 7th at Atlanta 1996, 8th at Sydney 2000 in Star, and 2012 J80 world champion.
Julian Roosevelt
Julian (Dooley) Kean Roosevelt (1924–1986), American investment banker and Olympic yachtsman, won 6-meter class gold at Helsinki 1952 and served on the IOC from 1974, defending amateurism and opposing the 1980 boycott.
Kahena Kunze
Kahena Kunze, Brazilian sailor born 1991 in São Paulo, 49erFX crew with Martine Grael; two Olympic golds (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), 2014 world champion, Lima 2019 Pan Am gold.
Karl Dorsey
Karl James Dorsey ("Shorty"), 1894-1974, American Olympic sailor; won 1932 Los Angeles gold in the 8-metre class aboard Owen Churchill's Angelita, and placed 10th in the same class at the 1936 Kiel Games.
Kaspar Hassel
Kaspar Fredrik Hassel (1877–1962), Norwegian architect and Olympic sailor; Bergen city architect 1924–47, designer of Fridalen and other Bergen schools; won 1920 Antwerp gold in the 12 metre class aboard Heira II.
Kenneth Carey
Kenneth Anton Carey (1893-1981), American sailor and California Yacht Club member; won 1932 Los Angeles Olympics 8 metre class gold aboard Angelita after finishing second in trials; Berkeley law graduate.
Kevin Burnham
Kevin Burnham (Kevin Lobdell Burnham), American 470-class sailor; Olympic silver 1992 with Morgan Reeser, Olympic gold 2004 with Paul Foerster; died 2020; Hall of Fame 2024.
Kiko Sanchez
Kiko Sanchez (Francisco Sánchez Luna, born 1965, Alicante) is a Spanish sailor, 470 class Olympic gold medalist at Barcelona 1992 with Jordi Calafat, twice 470 world champion, and a former Alicante city councilor.
Kristine Roug
Kristine Roug, now Cristine Storm Lassen, Danish sailor born 1975 in Hørsholm; won Europe class gold at the 1996 Savannah Olympics, first Danish woman Olympic gold since 1948, and retired after placing 10th at Sydney 2000.
Kristoffer Olsen
Kristoffer Olsen (1883–1948), Norwegian Olympic sailor and shipping executive; won gold in the 8-metre (1907 Rating) class aboard Irene at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics; co-founded Olsen & Ugelstad; distinct from the actor, golfer, and powerlifter of the same name.
Kylie Palmer
Kylie Palmer (Kylie Jayne Palmer), Australian distance freestyle swimmer born 1990 in Brisbane. Olympic gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay at Beijing 2008 in world-record 7:44.31, silver at London 2012, Delhi 2010 Commonwealth champion, retired 2016.
Lady Henrietta Guinness
Lady Henrietta Guinness (Henrietta Elizabeth St Lawrence) was an Anglo-Irish heiress, daughter of the Earl of Howth, who married Captain Benjamin Lee Guinness in 1881 and had three sons.
Lara Vadlau
Lara Vadlau, born 1994, is an Austrian sailor who won the mixed 470 gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics with Lukas Mähr, Austria's first sailing gold since 2004.
Larry Low
Larry Low (Lawrence Edgar Low, 1920–1996), American sailor from Trenton, New Jersey; won 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold in the Star class crewing for Bert Williams aboard Kathleen, and was a leading Comet class racer.
Lars Bjorkstrom
Lars Sigurd Björkström, Swedish-born Brazilian sailor (born 1943, Gothenburg), won Tornado class gold with Alex Welter at Moscow 1980, Brazil's first Olympic sailing gold, ending a 24-year national gold drought.
Lars Thorn
Lars Thörn (Lars Einar Vilhelm Thörn, 1904–1990), Swedish 5.5 Metre sailor; Olympic gold skipper of Rush V at Melbourne 1956 and silver with Rush VII at Tokyo 1964, KSSS club.
Laura Dekker
Laura Dekker, born in 1995, is a New Zealand and Dutch sailor who became the youngest person to sail solo around the world, finishing in 2012 at age 16.
Lee Loomis
Lee Loomis, full name Alfred Lee Loomis, Jr., was an American sailor who won Olympic gold in the six-meter class at the 1948 London Games.