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Jacques Thube
Jacques Thubé (Jacques Marie Thubé, 1882-1969), French sailor from Nantes; won France's first Olympic sailing gold, 6m class aboard Mac Miche with brothers Gaston and Amédée at Stockholm 1912; introduced the Snipe dinghy to France around 1935.
Jade Edmistone
Jade Edmistone (born 1982 in Brisbane) is an Australian former breaststroke swimmer who held 50 m breaststroke world records and won four world titles, retiring in 2009.
Jah Shaka Surf Shop
Jah Shaka Surf Shop, also called Jah-Shaka, is an independent family-run surf shop and booking desk founded in 2009 on Rua Cândido dos Reis in old town Lagos, Algarve, Portugal, selling and renting boards and booking partner-school surf lessons.
Jake Tapp
Jake Tapp (born 1988) is a Canadian backstroke and medley swimmer from Langley, BC, a Beijing 2008 Olympian (31st, 100m backstroke) and 2009 short-course 4x100m medley relay world record-holder, later a US college coach.
Jake Wetzel
Jake Wetzel (Jacob Wetzel), Canadian rower born 1976 in Saskatoon; three-time Olympian who won 2008 gold in the men's eight and 2004 silver in the coxless four for Canada after rowing for the United States at Sydney 2000.
James Bunten
James Clark Bunten (1875-1935) was a Scottish mechanical engineer and sailor of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club who won Olympic gold in the 12-metre class aboard Hera at the 1908 London Games, distinct from the modern MMA fighter of the same name.
James Cracknell
James Cracknell (born 1972, Sutton, England), British rower, double Olympic gold medallist in the coxless four (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004), six world titles; oldest Boat Race competitor at 46, winning with Cambridge in 2019.
James Guy
James Guy is a British competitive swimmer specializing in freestyle and butterfly who won three Olympic golds in relays and the 200 m freestyle title at the 2015 World Championships.
James Hickman
James Hickman, English swimmer (born 1976, Stockport), five-time world short-course 200m butterfly champion 1997-2004, short-course world record holder 100m and 200m fly, three-time British Olympian.
James Macnabb
James Macnabb was a British rower who won the gold medal in the men's coxless four at the 1924 Paris Olympics and later coached both Cambridge and Oxford Boat Race crews.
James Magnussen
James Magnussen (The Missile), Australian sprint freestyle swimmer born 1991 in Port Macquarie; first Australian 100m freestyle world champion (2011, 2013), London 2012 Olympic silver, Rio 2016 relay bronze; retired 2019, then finished last in both sprints at the doped 2026 Enhanced Games.
James Rudkin
James Rudkin (James Alexander Rudkin, born 1994) is a British rower, 198 cm, who won gold in the men's eight at Paris 2024, bronze at Tokyo 2020, and two world and four European titles.
James Steen
James J. Steen (1876-1949), American water polo player of the New York Athletic Club; won gold in men's water polo at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics; later an insurance broker in New York.
James Thompson
James Thompson (born 1986, Cape Town) is the South African rower who won 2012 Olympic gold in the lightweight coxless four and the 2014 world title in the lightweight double sculls; other namesakes include the 1928 swimmers Jimmy Thompson and Jim Thompson.
James Tomkins
James Tomkins (James Bruce Tomkins, born 1965), Australian sweep rower; six Olympics 1988–2008, three golds and a bronze; Oarsome Foursome member; only rower world champion in all five sweep events; Thomas Keller Medal 2010.
Jamie Perkins
Jamie Perkins (born 2005, Nambour, Queensland) is an Australian freestyle swimmer and surf lifesaver, Olympic gold medallist in the 4x200m freestyle relay at Paris 2024 and world champion in the same event at Singapore 2025.
Jamnesia
Jamnesia (Jamnesia Surf Camp/Club) is a surf camp, school, and reggae venue at Eight Miles, Bull Bay, Jamaica, run by Billy "Mystic" Wilmot's family, home of Jamaica's longest-running surf school and the Jamaican Surfing Association.
Jan Andrew
Jan Andrew (Janice Andrew, later Thornett), Australian swimmer born 1943 in Lindfield, NSW; won 100m butterfly bronze and medley relay silver at Rome 1960, and held the 100m butterfly world record (1:08.9, Tokyo, April 1961).
Jan Andsberg
Jan Andsberg (Jan Gunnar Andsberg, born 1934) is a Swedish former swimmer for SK Poseidon, Lund, and in 1953 became Sweden's first 400 m medley world-record swimmer at 5:31.0; also a national freestyle and backstroke finalist.
Jan Brzak Felix
Jan Brzák-Felix (1912–1988), Czechoslovak sprint canoeist nicknamed Felix, won Olympic C2 1000 m gold at Berlin 1936 with Syrovátka and London 1948 with Kudrna, plus Helsinki 1952 silver and three flatwater world titles.
Jan Henne
Jan Henne (Jan Margo Henne-Hawkins), American swimmer born 1947 in Oakland, California; 1968 Olympic gold in 100 m freestyle and 4x100 m freestyle relay, silver 200 m freestyle, bronze 200 m IM; former breaststroker, ISHOF honoree.
Jan Jindra
Jan Jindra (1932–2021), Czechoslovak rower from Třeboň; Olympic gold in coxed fours at Helsinki 1952, bronze in eights at Rome 1960; three Games 1952–1960; not the hockey players or other namesakes.
Jan Johansen
Jan Johansen (born 1944, Tønsberg) is a Norwegian sprint kayaker, Olympic K4 1000 m champion at Mexico City 1968 and bronze medalist at Munich 1972 with the "Gullfireren" crew, also a 1970 world champion.
Jan Østervold
Jan Østervold (Jan Olsen Østervold, 1876–1945), Norwegian sailor from Austevoll; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in 12-metre (1907 Rating) class aboard Atlanta with brothers Henrik, Kristian, and Ole, the first brother foursome to win Olympic gold.
Jan Vandrey
Jan Vandrey (born 1991, Schwedt/Oder) is a German sprint canoeist of KC Potsdam who won Olympic gold in the men's C2 1,000 m at Rio 2016 with Sebastian Brendel, plus 2017 world C4 gold.
Jan Wienese
Jan Wienese (Henri Jan Wienese), born 1942, Dutch rower with De Amstel Amsterdam who won the 1968 Mexico City Olympic men's single sculls in 7:47.80, the Netherlands' first rowing gold since 1924, beating Jochen Meißner and Alberto Demiddi.
Jana Sorgers
Jana Sorgers (Jana Sorgers-Rau), German rower born 1967 in Neubrandenburg; two Olympic golds in the women's quadruple sculls (Seoul 1988 for GDR, Atlanta 1996 for GER) and seven world titles.
Jana Thieme
Jana Thieme, married name Ullrich, is a retired German rower who won gold in the women's double sculls with Kathrin Boron at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and six world titles.
Jane Barkman
Jane Barkman (Jane Louise Barkman Brown), American swimmer born 1951 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; won gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and 200 m freestyle bronze in 1968.
Jane Cederqvist
Jane Cederqvist (1945–2023), Swedish distance freestyle swimmer for SK Neptun; won 400 m freestyle silver at Rome 1960 aged 15, set 800 m and 1,500 m world records, first woman and youngest ever Svenska Dagbladet Bragdguldet recipient.