Winter and ice sports

Jason Lamy Chappuis

Jason Lamy Chappuis (Jez), born 1986 in Missoula, Montana, is a French nordic combined skier, Vancouver 2010 Olympic champion, three-time overall World Cup winner, five-time world champion, later an Air France airline pilot.

Javier Fernández (figure skater)

Javier Fernández López, born in Madrid in 1991, is a Spanish retired figure skater, the 2018 Olympic bronze medalist and two-time World champion, and a pioneer for Spanish skating.

Jayne Torvill

Jayne Torvill (born 1957, Nottingham), Dame Jayne Torvill-Christensen, British ice dancer; with Christopher Dean won 1984 Sarajevo Olympic gold to Ravel's Boléro with twelve perfect 6.0s, plus 1994 bronze.

Jean Luc Brassard

Jean-Luc Brassard (born 1972) is a Canadian freestyle skier, moguls gold medalist at Lillehammer 1994, first Canadian male Olympic champion in snow sports, later Rio 2016 Chef de Mission who resigned in 2016.

Jean Luc Cretier

Jean-Luc Crétier (born 1966, Albertville, France), French alpine skier and customs officer; won Olympic downhill gold at Nagano 1998 in 1:50.11, first French downhill champion since Killy 1968; never won a World Cup race; medal stolen 2024.

Jean Vuarnet

Jean Vuarnet was a French alpine skier who won the 1960 Olympic downhill gold at Squaw Valley and later lent his name to a sunglasses brand.

Jean Wicki

Jean Wicki (Jean Roland Wicki, 1933–2023), Swiss bobsleigh pilot; four-man Olympic gold at Sapporo 1972 with Leutenegger, Camichel, Hubacher; bronze 1968 four-man and 1972 two-man; eight Swiss titles; federation president 1977–80.

Jean-Claude Killy

Jean-Claude Killy (born 1943) is a French alpine skier who swept downhill, giant slalom, and slalom gold at Grenoble 1968, won the first World Cup overall title in 1967, then co-organized Albertville 1992 and served on the IOC 1995–2014.

Jeanne Richard

Jeanne Richard (born 2002, Thonon-les-Bains) is a French biathlete, 2020 Youth Olympic gold and silver medalist, 2025 Ruhpolding mass start World Cup podium finisher, and Milan-Cortina 2026 selection who did not compete.

Jeannette Altwegg

Jeannette Altwegg (1930–2021), British figure skater, won 1952 Olympic gold and 1948 Olympic bronze in ladies' singles, plus 1951 World and two European titles, then retired to humanitarian work.

Jenn Dodds

Jenn Dodds (Jennifer Carmichael Dodds), Scottish curler born 1991 in Edinburgh; Olympic women's curling gold at Beijing 2022 with Team Muirhead and fourth in mixed doubles with Bruce Mouat at both 2022 and 2026 Games.

Jennifer Heil

Jennifer Heil is a Canadian retired freestyle skier who won moguls gold at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, silver at Vancouver 2010, and was named Canada's Chef de Mission for the 2026 Games.

Jennifer Kehoe

Jennifer Kehoe (born 1983), British Army Royal Engineers officer and Paralympic alpine ski guide to Menna Fitzpatrick; four medals at PyeongChang 2018 including slalom gold, Britain's most successful winter Paralympian, MBE.

Jennison Heaton

Jennison Heaton (1904-1971), American bobsledder and skeleton racer; won the first Olympic skeleton gold at St. Moritz 1928 (181.8 s) ahead of brother Jack, plus five-man bobsleigh silver as USA I pilot.

Jenny Wolf

Jenny Wolf (born 1979, East Berlin) is a retired German sprint speed skater, 2010 Olympic 500 m silver medalist, four-time 500 m world champion, and former 500 m world record holder (37.00 s).

Jens Muller

Jens Müller (Jens Muller), German luger born 1965 in Torgau; 1988 Olympic singles gold for East Germany, 1998 bronze, 2000 world champion, later Germany's skeleton national coach 2002-2018.

Jens Steinigen

Jens Steinigen (born 1966, Dippoldiswalde) is a German biathlete, 1992 Albertville Olympic relay gold medalist with Groß, Kirchner, and Fischer, and World Championship bronze medalist in 1993 and 1994.

Jens Van't Wout

Jens van 't Wout, Dutch short track speed skater (born 2001, Laren), Trias Shorttrack Leeuwarden; three golds and a bronze at Milan-Cortina 2026, tying Viktor An's three-gold record; 2023 mixed relay world champion.

Jens Weißflog

Jens Weißflog, nicknamed Floh, is a German former ski jumper from Erlabrunn who competed for East Germany and won three Olympic golds from 1984 to 1994.

Jeon I Gyeong

Jeon I Gyeong (전이경), also known as Chun Lee-Kyung, is a retired South Korean short-track speed skater who won four Olympic golds and a bronze in 1994 and 1998.

Jeong Jae Ung

Jeong Jae Ung (정재웅, also Chung Jae-Woong), born 1999 in Seoul, is a South Korean speed skater; three-medal 2016 Youth Olympian, 13th in the 2018 Olympic 1,000 m, junior world record holder, brother of Jeong Jae-Won.

Jeremy Bloom

Jeremy Bloom (born 1982), American freestyle moguls skier and football player; two-time Olympian (2002, 2006), 2003 dual moguls world champion, 2006 NFL draft pick, and CEO of X Games since 2024.

Jeremy Wotherspoon

Jeremy Wotherspoon (born 1976), Canadian long track speed skater, 1998 Olympic 500m silver medallist, four-time world sprint champion, record 67 World Cup wins, 500m world record 34.03, later coach in Norway and Canada.

Jesper Nelin

Jesper Nelin, born 1992 in Gislaved, Sweden, is a Swedish biathlete: Olympic men's relay gold 2018 and bronze 2026, 2024 world relay champion, 2 World Cup wins, clubs Hestra IF and Biathlon Östersund.

Jesse Lumsden

Jesse Lumsden (born 1982, Edmonton) is a Canadian bobsledder and former CFL running back, Hec Crighton Trophy winner 2004, three-time Olympian, and two-man world silver medallist in 2012 and 2017.

Jessica Degenhardt

Jessica Degenhardt (Jessica Doreen Degenhardt, born 2002, Dresden) is a German luger, RRC Altenberg; with Cheyenne Rosenthal she was the first women's doubles luge world champion (2022) and won world titles in 2022, 2023, and 2025.

Jessica Dubé

Jessica Dubé (born 1987, Drummondville, Quebec) is a Canadian retired pair skater; with Bryce Davison she won 2008 Worlds bronze, three Canadian titles, and placed 10th and 6th at the 2006 and 2010 Olympics.

Jessie Diggins

Jessie Diggins (Jessica Diggins), American cross-country skier from Afton, Minnesota. Four Olympic medals including 2018 team sprint gold, seven Worlds medals, four overall Crystal Globes, 30 World Cup wins; retired March 2026.

Jill Bakken

Jill Bakken (born 1977, Portland, Oregon) is an American bobsledder who won the first women's Olympic bobsleigh gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics with brakewoman Vonetta Flowers.