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Jolanda de Rover
Jolanda de Rover (de Rover-Toussaint), Dutch backstroke swimmer born 1963; 1984 Olympic gold 200 m backstroke (2:12.38) and bronze 100 m; three Olympiads; mother of Kira Toussaint.
Jon Cleveland
Jon Cleveland (Jonathan Thomas Cleveland, born 1970, Fresno, California) is a Canadian breaststroke swimmer, 1992 Olympic 4x100 m medley relay bronze medalist and 1992 short course world record holder, who swam at three Olympics for Canada.
Jon Henricks
Jon Henricks (born 1935), Australian swimmer, double gold medallist at Melbourne 1956, winning the 100 m freestyle in world record 55.4 and the 4x200 m relay; not the jazz vocalist Jon Hendricks.
Jon Olsen
Jon Olsen (Jon C. Olsen, born 1969, New Britain, Connecticut), American freestyle sprinter; five Olympic medals (four gold, all relays) at Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996; world-record relay swimmer; later Florida Keys swim coach.
Jon Sieben
Jon Sieben (Jonathan Scott Sieben, born 1966, Brisbane) is an Australian swimmer who won the 1984 Olympic 200m butterfly in world record 1:57.04, beating Michael Gross and Pablo Morales, and competed at three Olympics.
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.
Jonny Searle
Jonny Searle (Jonathan William C. Searle, born 1969) is a British Olympic rower, elder brother of Greg Searle; gold in coxed pairs at Barcelona 1992 with Garry Herbert, bronze in coxless fours at Atlanta 1996.
Jonty Skinner
Jonty Skinner (John Alexander Skinner), South African sprint swimmer born 1954, barred from the 1976 Olympics by the apartheid ban; weeks later he set a 100 m freestyle world record of 49.44 that stood until 1981, then became a leading coach.
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.
Jopie Selbach
Jopie Selbach (Johanna Katarina Selbach-Koé, 1918-1998), Dutch freestyle swimmer of ADZ Amsterdam; won gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at the 1934 European Championships and the 1936 Berlin Olympics, setting relay world records.
Jopie van Alphen
Jopie van Alphen, Dutch backstroke swimmer of the mid-1950s; swam lead-off on the Netherlands' 4×100 m medley relay world record (5:00.1, Paris, 17 July 1955) and won a 200 m backstroke race in 2:36.1.
Jopie Waalberg
Jopie Waalberg (Johanna Maria Elisabeth Waalberg, 1920-1979), Dutch breaststroke swimmer; 1936 Olympian, first woman under 3:00 for 200 m breaststroke (2:58.0, 1937), three-time world record holder, 1938 European bronze medalist.
Jordan Crooks
Jordan Crooks (born 2002), Caymanian sprint freestyle swimmer; first Cayman Islands world champion in any sport (2022 short course 50m free) and first man under 20 seconds in the SCM 50 free (19.90, 2024); NCAA 100-yard free record holder (39.83).
Jordan River Point
Jordan River Point is a right-hand point-break surf spot at the Jordan River mouth on southwest Vancouver Island, BC (48.4193 N, 124.0567 W), near Sewers and Rock Piles breaks, best on winter NW swells with NE offshore winds.
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.
Jordi Sans
Jordi Sans (Jordi Sans Juan, Jordi Sans i Juan, nicknamed Chiqui), born 1965 in Barcelona, Spanish water polo center forward; five Olympics (gold 1996, silver 1992), world champion 1998, later UFEC director.
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.
Jorg Friedrich
Jörg Friedrich (born 1959, Rathenow) is an East German rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's eights at Moscow 1980, world champion in eights 1979 and coxed fours 1981; not the author or bobsledder Friedrich.
Jorg Hoffmann (olympedia 47836)
Jörg Hoffmann (born 1970, Schwedt/Oder), German freestyle swimmer; 1991 double world champion 400/1,500 m, world record 14:50.36, first under 15 minutes; Olympic 1,500 m bronze 1992; later Potsdam coach.
Jorg Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt (born 1951), East German rower; with twin brother Bernd won Olympic coxless pairs gold 1976 and 1980, bronze in the 1972 eights, and 179 of 180 races in the pair.
Jorg Lucke
Jörg Lucke (born 1942, Berlin) is an East German rower, double Olympic champion: coxless pairs 1968 Mexico City with Heinz-Jürgen Bothe, coxed pairs 1972 Munich with Gunkel and Neubert; also world champion 1975.
Jorg Siebert
Jorg Siebert (Georg Siebert, born 1944, Wetzlar) is a German rower who won gold in the men's eights for West Germany at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics under coach Karl Adam, later CEO of Gelita AG; not the powerlifter or racing driver Sieberts.
Jörg Woithe
Jörg Woithe (born 1963, East Berlin), East German freestyle swimmer for SC Dynamo Berlin; 1980 Olympic 100 m freestyle champion (50.40), 1982 world champion, 1987 European 50 m champion; later coach and lubricants executive.
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.
Jose Carlos Souza
Jose Carlos Souza (José Carlos Ferreira Souza Junior), Brazilian swimmer born 1971 in São Paulo; 1992 Barcelona Olympian (6th, 4x100 m freestyle relay) and 1993 short-course 4x100 m freestyle relay world record holder and world champion.
José Luis Ballester
José Luis Ballester refers to two Spanish Olympians: swimmer José Luis Ballester Rubert (born 1969, butterfly, three Games 1988–1996) and sailor José Luis Ballester Tuliesa (born 1968, Tornado gold at Atlanta 1996).
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.
Jose Sylvio Fiolo
Jose Sylvio Fiolo (born 1950, Campinas, Brazil), Brazilian breaststroke swimmer; set the 100 m breaststroke world record 1:06.4 in 1968 and competed at the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Olympics; father of water polo player Pietro Figlioli.