Sports, games, and recreation

Jan Bos

Jan Bos (born 1975, Hierden, Netherlands), Dutch sprint speed skater; first Dutch World Sprint champion (1998), Olympic 1000 m silver 1998 and 2002, 1000 m world record 1:08.55 (1999); also track cycling team sprint at Athens 2004 with brother Theo Bos.

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 Caloun

Jan Čaloun, Czech ice hockey right wing born 1972 in Ústí nad Labem; Olympic gold medalist at Nagano 1998 and 1999 world champion. Played 24 NHL games (San Jose, Columbus), scoring on his first four NHL shots, then starred for HIFK Helsinki.

Jan Driessen

Jan Driessen (born 1996) is a Dutch 3x3 basketball player, 202 cm tall, who won Olympic gold in men's 3x3 at Paris 2024 with Van der Horst, Slagter, and De Jong, after playing 5x5 for ZZ Leiden.

Jan Egil Storholt

Jan Egil Storholt is a Norwegian former speed skater who won 1,500 m gold at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and set two world records in 1977.

Jan Frodeno

Jan Frodeno (born 1981, Cologne) is a German former professional triathlete who won Olympic gold at Beijing 2008 and was three-time IRONMAN World Champion, retiring in 2023.

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 Karlsson

Jan Karlsson is the name of several Swedish athletes, best known the wrestler Jan Egon Karlsson, born 1945, who won silver and bronze at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Jan Koller

Jan Koller, Czech footballer (born 1973), 2.02 m target-man striker; Czech Republic's record scorer with 55 goals in 91 caps; titles with Sparta Prague, Anderlecht, and Borussia Dortmund; retired 2011.

Jan Kowalczyk

Jan Kowalczyk (1941-2020), Polish show jumping rider; won individual gold and team silver at the 1980 Moscow Olympics on Artemor, the only Polish Olympic equestrian champion, with 17 national titles.

Jan Krekels

Jan Krekels (Jan Jozef Alfons Franciscus Krekels), Dutch road cyclist born 1947 in Sittard; 1968 Olympic team time trial gold medalist, later professional 1969-1978 with a 1971 Tour de France stage win. Not the Belgian Jan Kriekels who died in 2020.

Jan Marco Montag

Jan Marco Montag, born in 1983 in Cologne, is a retired German field hockey defender who won the 2006 World Cup, 2008 Olympic gold, and 2011 European championship.

Jan Merrill

Jan Merrill (Janice Melbourne Merrill-Morin, born 1956), American distance runner from Waterford, Connecticut; 1976 Olympic 1500m finalist, 1975 and 1979 Pan Am gold medalist, and three-time 5000m world record setter (best 15:30.6).

Jan Mølby

Jan Mølby (born 1963, Kolding), the Great Dane, Danish midfielder for Ajax and Liverpool FC 1984-1996: 292 games, 61 goals, three league titles, three FA Cups, 33 Denmark caps.

Jan Oblak

Jan Oblak, Slovenian goalkeeper born 1993 in Škofja Loka, Atlético de Madrid's number one since 2014; record six Zamora Trophies, fastest to 100 LaLiga clean sheets, Europa League and LaLiga winner.

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 Ottosson

Jan Ottosson (born 1960, Högsäter), Swedish cross-country skier of Åsarna IK, nicknamed Dynamite Otto; double Olympic 4x10 km relay gold medalist (1984, 1988) and four-time Vasaloppet winner (1989, 1991, 1992, 1994).

Jan Peter Tewes

Jan Peter Tewes (born 1968, Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a German field hockey player, 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medalist and 1996 Atlanta Olympian, brother of Stefan Tewes, with 190 German caps.

Jan Philipp Rabente

Jan Philipp Rabente (born 1987, Essen) is a German field hockey player, Olympic gold medalist 2012 after scoring both goals in the 2-1 final vs the Netherlands, 163 caps, Euro champion 2013, now German indoor head coach.

Jan Pieterse

Jan Pieterse (Johannes Aloysius Maria Pieterse), Dutch road cyclist (1942-2026); won Olympic gold in the 100 km team time trial at Tokyo 1964 with Dolman, Karstens, and Zoet; 1963 Tour of Austria winner.

Jan Posthuma

Jan Posthuma (Jan Marcus Posthuma, born 1963, Dokkum) is a Dutch volleyball player, 352 caps 1982-1996, three Olympics: fifth 1988, silver 1992, gold 1996; also 1989 European bronze and 1994 World silver.

Jan Schur

Jan Schur (born 1962, Leipzig), son of Täve Schur, East German road cyclist; Olympic gold 1988 and world title 1989 in the 100 km team time trial, professional 1990–1994, later admitted Stasi informer "IM Reinhold".

Jan Szczepanski

Jan Szczepanski (Jan Antoni Szczepański, 1939-2017), Polish amateur boxer for Legia Warszawa; 1972 Munich Olympic lightweight gold medalist and 1971 Madrid European champion; six-time Polish champion.

Jan Tops

Jan Tops (born 1961, Valkenswaard) is a Dutch show jumper, Olympic team gold medalist at Barcelona 1992 on Top Gun, and founder-president of the Longines Global Champions Tour (2006) and Stal Tops.

Jan Ullrich

Jan Ullrich, German road cyclist born 1973 in Rostock; 1997 Tour de France winner (first German), 1999 Vuelta champion, 2000 Olympic road race gold, world time trial champion 1999 and 2001; five-time Tour runner-up to Armstrong; career ended by Operación Puerto and a 2012 CAS ruling.