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Jannik Sinner
Jannik Sinner, Italian tennis player, first Italian ATP world No. 1 (June 2024). Four Grand Slams (AO 2024/2025, US Open 2024, Wimbledon 2025), ATP Finals 2024 and 2025, Davis Cup 2023/2024, clostebol case resolved with a three-month 2025 suspension.
Jannik Vestergaard
Jannik Vestergaard, Danish centre-back (born 1992, Hvidovre), 199 cm, formerly of Hoffenheim, Werder Bremen, Gladbach, Southampton and Leicester; 59 Denmark caps; retired 2026.
Jano Monserrate
Jano Monserrate (Alejandro Monserrate Pueyo, born 2006, Zaragoza) is a Spanish left-footed attacking midfielder who debuted for Atlético Madrid in 2026 and transferred to Ajax in July 2026, playing for Jong Ajax on a contract to 2030.
Janoris Jenkins
Janoris "Jackrabbit" Jenkins (born 1988) is a former NFL cornerback (2012-2022) with the Rams, Giants, Saints, Titans, and 49ers; 2016 All-Pro, rookie-record 3 pick-sixes.
Janos Farkas
János Farkas (1942–1989), Hungarian striker for Vasas SC and Hungary; 1964 Olympic football gold, 1966 World Cup goal against Brazil, four league titles, 1966 top scorer. Not the 1984-born footballer or sociologist of the same name.
Janos Garay
János Garay (Garai), Hungarian sabre fencer (1889–1945), won Olympic gold in team sabre at Amsterdam 1928 plus 1924 silver and bronze, was 1925 European sabre champion, and died in Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.
Janos Konrad
János Konrád (Konrád II), Hungarian water polo player (1941-2014), Olympic gold 1964 Tokyo and bronzes 1960, 1968; 123 caps; later coached Hungary's women's and men's national teams and OSC's 1978 European Champions Cup side.
Janos Martinek
Janos Martinek (Martinek János), born 1965, Hungarian modern pentathlete; double Olympic champion at Seoul 1988 (individual and team), bronze at Atlanta 1996, later Hungary's national head coach.
Janos Parti
János Parti (Parti János), Hungarian sprint canoeist (1932–1999), Olympic C1 1000 m champion at Rome 1960 after silvers in 1952 and 1956; 1954 world champion; later national captain of Hungary's kayak-canoe team.
Janos Somogyi
Janos Somogyi (János Somogyi, 1922–1998), Hungarian race walker with MTK Budapest; 1956 Olympic 50 km walk DNF; personal best 4:28:25 (1955). Distinct from the boxer János Somogyi (born 1966).
Janos Uranyi
Janos Uranyi (Urányi János, 1924–1964), Hungarian sprint kayaker; with Laszlo Fabian won K-2 10,000 m gold at Melbourne 1956, Hungary's first kayaking Olympic gold and the event's last Olympic edition.
Janos Varga
János Varga (1939–2022), Hungarian wrestler nicknamed Ramszesz; 1968 Olympic Greco-Roman bantamweight champion, two-time world champion (1963, 1970), two-time European champion; distinct from the runner and water polo players of the same name.
Jans Koster
Jans Koster (born 1938) is a Dutch swimmer who set two 1500 m freestyle world records (20:22.8 in 1956, 20:03.1 in 1957) and won the 1958 European 400 m freestyle title in Budapest.
Janus Theeuwes
Janus Theeuwes (Adrianus Cornelis Theeuwes, 1886-1975), Dutch archer from Rijen; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in men's team target archery at 28 metres, top-scoring the Dutch team with 443 points.
Janus van Merrienboer
Janus van Merrienboer (Adrianus, 1894-1947), Dutch archer of Concordia Florebit, Oud Gastel; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in team target archery 28m, scoring 388 of 540.
Janusz Kusocinski
Janusz Tadeusz Kusociński ("Kusy"), Polish long-distance runner, 1932 Olympic 10,000 m champion in 30:11.4, first Polish male Olympic gold medalist, world record holder at 3000 m and 4 miles, resistance fighter executed at Palmiry in 1940.
Janusz Pyciak Peciak
Janusz Pyciak Peciak (Janusz Gerard Pyciak-Peciak), Polish modern pentathlete born 1949 in Warsaw; Olympic gold Montreal 1976, five world titles 1977-1981, later US coach in Denver.
Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics (held 2021): the host nation won a record 58 medals, 27 gold, finishing third behind the USA and China, boosted by new sports such as skateboarding.
Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics: Team Japan (日本) fielded 409 athletes in Paris and won 45 medals (20 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze), finishing third on the medal table behind the United States and China.
Japan at the 2026 Asian Games
Japan at the 2026 Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya, September 19 to October 4): host nation's third Asian Games after Tokyo 1958 and Hiroshima 1994; Team Japan competed in 43 sports, targeting a record medal haul behind China.
Japan at the 2028 Summer Olympics
Japan at the 2028 Summer Olympics (TEAM JAPAN, JOC): planned Japanese participation at LA28, July 14-30, 2028. Covers qualification via the Tokyo Q-Series stop, per-sport systems, and published medal projections of 18-21 golds.
Japan at the Olympics
Japan at the Olympics: national participation since Stockholm 1912 (debut led by judo founder Jigoro Kano). 189 Summer golds through Paris 2024, 76 Winter medals, host of Tokyo 1964, Sapporo 1972, Nagano 1998; strongest in gymnastics, judo, wrestling, speed skating.
Japan at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Japan competes at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, ranking 16th all-time with 54 medals, from Noboru Fujimaki's 1979 sprint silver to Kento Yamasaki's 2024 keirin world title.
Japan Cup
Japan Cup (ジャパンカップ), Japan's premier G1 international invitational horse race, 2,400 m turf, weight for age, at Tokyo Racecourse each late November. First run 1981; 2023 IFHA world top-rated race; 2025 winner Calandagan in record 2:20.3.
Japan Figure Skating Championships (全日本フィギュアスケート選手権)
Japan Figure Skating Championships (全日本フィギュアスケート選手権), or All-Japan Championships: JSF's annual December national title event for men's, ladies', pairs and ice dance, and the final selection meet for Japan's World and Olympic teams.
Japan men's national volleyball team
The Japan men's national volleyball team (バレーボール男子日本代表) represents Japan in international men's volleyball under the Japan Volleyball Association, winning Olympic gold at Munich 1972 after bronze in 1964 and silver in 1968.
Japan national baseball team
Samurai Japan (侍ジャパン), the Japan national baseball team, fields NPB and MLB players in the WBC, Olympics, and Premier12; it has won three WBC titles (2006, 2009, 2023) and Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold.
Japan national football team (サッカー日本代表)
Japan national football team (サッカー日本代表, Samurai Blue), the JFA-run men's team of Japan in the AFC: four Asian Cup titles (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011), every World Cup since 1998, manager Hajime Moriyasu, and a squad drawn mostly from European clubs.
Japan national rugby union team (ラグビー日本代表)
Japan national rugby union team (ラグビー日本代表), nicknamed the Brave Blossoms, is Japan's men's national team, the most successful in Asia and a Rugby World Cup quarter-finalist in 2019.
Japan Studio
Japan Studio (SIE JAPANスタジオ), Sony's oldest first-party developer in Tokyo from 1993, made Ape Escape, Gravity Rush, Patapon, Ico; wound down February 2021, absorbed into Team ASOBI.