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Jean Frederic Chapuis

Jean-Frédéric Chapuis (born 1989, Bourg-Saint-Maurice) is a retired French ski cross racer, 2014 Sochi Olympic champion, 2013 Voss world champion, three-time crystal globe winner with 15 World Cup wins.

Jean Goujon

Jean Goujon (Jean Georges Goujon, 1914-1991), French track and road cyclist; double gold medalist at Berlin 1936 in team pursuit and team road race, later professional 1937-1949 with 35th place, 1937 Tour de France.

Jean Guy Gautier

Jean Guy Gautier was a French sprinter and rugby union player who won a gold medal in rugby at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Jean Jacques Machado

Jean Jacques Machado (born 1968, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian-American BJJ coral-belt, 1999 ADCC 77kg champion and 2000/2001 runner-up, who built a grip-independent no-gi game despite Amniotic Band Syndrome and coaches in Woodland Hills, California.

Jean Laudet

Jean Maurice Laudet (1930–2025), French canoeist; with Georges Turlier won C-2 10,000 m gold at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, then worked as an antique dealer; oldest French Olympic champion at his death.

Jean Lesieur

Jean Lesieur (Jean Henri Eugène Lesieur, 1904–1943), French sailor, Olympic gold medalist in the 8-metre class at Amsterdam 1928 as crew aboard Virginie Hériot's L'Aile VI.

Jean Louis Brugier

Jean-Louis Brugier (born 8 November 1939) is a French sprinter from the Drôme who twice set the European 4 x 100 m relay record in 1964 (39.25, Annecy) and was a non-starter at the Tokyo 1964 Olympics.

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 Michaël Seri

Jean Michaël Seri (born 1991) is an Ivorian central midfielder for Maribor and Ivory Coast; ex-Nice, Fulham (£25m, 2018), Galatasaray loan, Hull City; AFCON 2023 winner.

Jean Michel Henry

Jean-Michel Henry, French épée fencer born 1963 in Marseille, four-time Olympian (1984-1996) with four Olympic medals including team épée gold at Seoul 1988, and world team champion in 1983 and 1994.

Jean Michel Lucenay

Jean Michel Lucenay (Jean-Michel Marc Lucenay), French left-handed épée fencer born 1978 in Fort-de-France, Martinique; Olympic team gold Rio 2016 and six world team titles (2002–2017).

Jean Michel Monin

Jean Michel Monin, French track cyclist born 1967 in Argenteuil; won Olympic gold in the 1996 Atlanta team pursuit with Capelle, Ermenault, and Moreau, and world silver at Manchester 1996.

Jean Noel Ferrari

Jean-Noël Ferrari, born 1974 in Nice, is a French right-handed foil fencer, Olympic team gold medalist at Sydney 2000, four-time world team medalist, and now a fencing master at OGC Nice Escrime.

Jean Pascal

Jean Pascal, born Jean-Thenistor Pascal in Port-au-Prince in 1982, is a Haitian-born Canadian boxer, WBC light heavyweight champion from 2009 to 2011 and WBA regular champion from 2019 to 2021.

Jean Pascal Barraque

Jean Pascal Barraque, born 1991 in Le Chesnay, is a French rugby union and sevens international (fly-half, centre, fullback, wing) who won the 2012 European Challenge Cup with Biarritz and Olympic sevens gold at Paris 2024.

Jean Patry

Jean Patry (Jean Mathias Gérard Patry), French opposite spiker born 1996 in Montpellier; two-time Olympic volleyball champion (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), son of international Christophe Patry; clubs include Montpellier, Milano, Jastrzebski Wegiel, Galatasaray.

Jean Pierre Curtillet

Jean Pierre Curtillet is the name variant of Jean-Pascal Curtillet, a French freestyle swimmer, born 1942 in Algiers, who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics.

Jean Piot

Jean Piot (1890–1961), French fencer from Saint-Quentin, won two team gold medals (foil and épée) at the 1932 Olympics, competed in 1928 and 1936, refereed in 1924, and later coached at the Paris Prefecture of Police fencing school.

Jean Quiquampoix

Jean Quiquampoix (born 1995, Paris) is a French 25m rapid fire pistol shooter, TS Antibes club, Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 and silver at Rio 2016, 2014 junior world champion.

Jean Saint Fort Paillard

Jean Saint-Fort Paillard (Jean Gérard Saint-Fort Paillard, 1913-1990), French dressage rider; won team dressage gold at the 1948 London Olympics on Sous les Ceps, later competed in 1952 dressage and 1956 eventing; son of Olympian Léon Saint-Fort Paillard.

Jean Segura

Jean Segura (El Mambo), Dominican MLB infielder born 1990; two-time All-Star shortstop/second baseman for Angels, Brewers, Diamondbacks, Mariners, Phillies, Marlins; .281 average, 1,545 hits, 211 steals; retired May 2025.

Jean Shiley

Jean Shiley (Jean Marie Shiley Newhouse, 1911–1998), American high jumper; 1932 Olympic gold medalist at 1.65 m in a famous duel with Babe Didrikson; 1928 Olympian, AAU champion 1929–1932.

Jean Silva

Jean "Lord" Silva, Brazilian UFC featherweight from Foz do Iguaçu, Fighting Nerds fighter, 18-3 record with 12 knockouts, Contender Series 2023 graduate, ranked #5.

Jean Stern

Jean Stern (Léon Antoine Jean Stern, 1875–1962), French épée fencer and 1908 London Olympic team épée gold medalist; distinct from other Olympic athletes named Stern.

Jean Taris

Jean Taris was a French freestyle swimmer who won silver in the 400 meters freestyle at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and held seven world records.

Jean Todt

Jean Todt (born 1946) is a French former rally co-driver, Peugeot and Ferrari motorsport manager, and FIA President 2009-2021, later UN Special Envoy for Road Safety and husband of Michelle Yeoh.

Jean van de Velde (golfer)

Jean van de Velde (born 1966, Mont-de-Marsan) is a French golfer, two-time European Tour winner (1993 Roma Masters, 2006 Madeira Island Open), famous for the 1999 Open collapse at Carnoustie: triple bogey on 18, playoff loss to Paul Lawrie.

Jean van der Westhuyzen

Jean van der Westhuyzen, South African-born Australian canoe sprint paddler (born 1998, Cape Town). Tokyo 2020 K2 1000m Olympic gold with Tom Green, Paris 2024 K2 500m bronze; brother of Pierre van der Westhuyzen.

Jean Vercruysse

Jean Vercruysse, born 2000 in Hazebrouck, is a French midfielder for Le Mans FC; ex-Montpellier academy, Canet Roussillon and Boulogne-sur-Mer; National 2 winner 2024, in Ligue 1 since 2026.