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Josef Csikany
József Csikány (born 1943, Budapest), Hungarian backstroke swimmer of Ferencvárosi TC; 1960 and 1964 Olympian, two European bronze medals, 16 national records, and founder of Hungarian masters swimming.
Josef Hladky
Josef Hladký (born 1962, Prague), Czech-born individual medley swimmer who defected to West Germany at the 1986 Madrid World Championships, won five long-course European medals for Czechoslovakia and West Germany, set a 54.66 short-course 100 m medley world record in 1991, and swam for Germany at Barcelona 1992.
Josef Holecek
Josef Holeček (1921–2005), Czech sprint canoeist for Czechoslovakia, two-time Olympic C1 1000 m gold medalist (London 1948, Helsinki 1952) and 1950 world champion; distinct from the 1853–1929 writer and the 1931–2002 PTP laborer of the same name.
Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage (Anna Josefin Lillhage, later Östblom, born 1980), Swedish freestyle swimmer; four Olympics 1996–2008, Sydney 2000 relay bronze, short course 4x200 m freestyle world record 7:51.70 in 1999, 43 international medals, retired 2010.
Joseph Bernardo
Jo Bernardo (Joseph Bernardo-Garcia-Rodriguez-Martinelli, 1929-2023), French freestyle swimmer; two Olympic relay bronzes (1948, 1952) and 1951 world record 8:33.0 in the 4x200 m freestyle relay.
Joseph Ryan
Joseph Ryan (Julian Aube Ryan, 1879–1972), American rower for Seawanhaka Boat Club; won 1904 Olympic gold in men's coxless pairs with Robert Farnan, plus the intermediate pairs non-medal event.
Joseph Schooling
Joseph Schooling, Singapore's first and only Olympic gold medallist, won the 2016 Rio 100m butterfly in 50.39s, an Olympic record, beating Michael Phelps; retired from swimming on 2 April 2024.
Joseph Sullivan
Joseph Sullivan (born 1987, Rangiora, New Zealand) is a rower, not the Uber CSO or Mad Dog killer; Olympic gold 2012 double sculls with Nathan Cohen, world champion 2010-2011, 2017 America's Cup winner.
Josephine Mckim
Josephine Eveline McKim (Chalmers), American freestyle swimmer (1910-1992): 1928 Olympic 400m freestyle bronze, 1932 relay gold in world record 4:38.0, six world records, and Maureen O'Sullivan's body double in Tarzan and His Mate.
Josette Arene
Josette Arene (Josette Andree Arene, born Delmas; 1924-2019), French swimmer of the 1940s-1950s; two-time Olympian (London 1948, Helsinki 1952), ten French titles, and 1954 world record in the 4x100 m medley relay.
Josh Davis
Josh Davis (Joshua Clark Davis, born 1972), American swimmer from San Antonio; won three relay golds at Atlanta 1996 and two relay silvers at Sydney 2000; later coach at Oklahoma Christian University. Distinct from other athletes named Josh Davis.
Josip Pavic
Josip Pavić (born 1982, Split) is a retired Croatian water polo goalkeeper; Olympic gold London 2012, silver Rio 2016, world champion 2007, FINA world player of the year 2012, distinct from the footballer of the same name.
Jozsef Szabo
József Szabó (Szabó József), Hungarian breaststroke swimmer born 1969 in Budapest; 1988 Seoul Olympic gold in the 200 m breaststroke (2:13.52), 1986 world champion, pioneer of wave-action breaststroke, ISHOF inductee 2012.
Jozsef Vertesy
Jozsef Vertesy (Vrábel József, 1901–1983), Hungarian water polo player: Olympic gold 1932, silver 1928, four-time European champion, 70 caps; later coached Ferenc Csik and the Hungarian and Romanian national teams.
Judit Temes
Judit Temes (Temes Judit, 1930–2013), Hungarian swimmer: Helsinki 1952 gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay (world record 4:24.4) and 100 m freestyle bronze; later pathologist and swimming administrator.
Judith Grinham
Judith (Judy) Grinham, later Rowley/Roe, born 1939, British backstroke swimmer; 1956 Melbourne Olympic 100m backstroke gold in 1:12.9 world record, first British woman Olympic swimming champion in 32 years; 1958 Commonwealth and European titles.
Judith Zeidler
Judith Zeidler (Judith Ungemach), German rower born 1967 in Beeskow; Olympic gold in the 1988 women's eight for East Germany, bronze 1992 for Germany, world coxless pair champion, aunt of Oliver Zeidler.
Julia Bogdanova
Julia Bogdanova, born 1964 in Leningrad, is a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who won the 1978 world 100 m breaststroke title at 14 and took 200 m bronze at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Julia Smit
Julia Smit is an American former swimmer who won two relay medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, set short course world records, and earned six Pan American golds.
Julia Stowers
Julia Stowers (Julia Gray Stowers, later Julia Stowers Dilworth), born 1982 in Knoxville, is an American freestyle swimmer who won gold in the 4x200 m relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, silver at the 1999 Pan American Games, and later became a Memphis assistant district attorney.
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.
Jurgen Eschert
Jürgen Eschert (born 1941, Magdeburg) is a German sprint canoeist, 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in C1 1000 m, first German single-canoe Olympic champion, later Potsdam canoe club leader.
Jurgen Litz
Jürgen Litz (born 8 October 1938, Essen) is a German rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxed fours at Rome 1960 (6:39.12) with RC Germania Düsseldorf crewmates Cintl, Effertz, Riekemann, and cox Obst; decorated with the Silver Bay Leaf.
Jurgen Thiele
Jürgen Thiele (born 1959, Altenburg) is an East German rower, 1980 Moscow Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxless four (6:08.17) with Brietzke, Decker, and Semmler; later fourth at the 1981 and 1983 World Championships. Not the water polo player Jürgen Thiel.
Justin Best
Justin Best (born 1997) is an American rower from Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, and Drexel University graduate who won gold in the men's coxless four at Paris 2024, the first US win in the event since 1960, after placing fourth in the Tokyo 2020 eight.
Justus Smith
Justus Ketchum Smith (1922-2013), American rower from Spokane, won Olympic gold in the men's eights at London 1948 in the second seat of the Cal Berkeley eight; later a landscape architect and planning consultant.
Jutta Behrendt
Jutta Behrendt (nee Hampe), East German rower born 1960 in Berlin, 1988 Olympic single sculls champion and five-time world champion (1x 1983, 1986; 4x 1985, 1987, 1989) with SC Dynamo Berlin.
Jutta Langenau
Jutta Langenau (1933-1982), East German swimmer from Erfurt, won the 1954 European 100 m butterfly title in a world record 1:16.6, finished sixth at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, and later coached Roland Matthes.
K Rider Club
K Rider Club (K Rider Surf School) is a surf, bodyboard, and stand-up paddle school at Kergolezec near Morgat, Crozon peninsula, Finistère, Brittany, offering group and private lessons from €40, equipment rental, and sailing on the sloop Ti Barrel.
Kabune
Kabune (カブネ) is a rare reef surf break offshore of Zushi Marina in Shonan, Kanagawa, Japan, breaking about six days a year on typhoon swells; a long right and short left for advanced surfers, near Osaki.