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Joachim Marx
Joachim Jerzy Marx, Polish forward born 1944 in Gliwice, 1972 Olympic football gold medalist, Ruch Chorzów champion, RC Lens player and later Lens manager in Ligue 1.
Joachim Mattern
Joachim Mattern (born 1948, Beeskow) is an East German flatwater canoeist, SC Berlin-Grünau, who won K-2 500 m gold and K-2 1,000 m silver with Bernd Olbricht at Montreal 1976, plus five world medals, and later coached German kayakers until 2005.
Joachim Rademacher
Joachim "Aki" Rademacher (1906-1970), German water polo player and swimmer of SC Hellas Magdeburg; won 1928 Olympic water polo gold with brother Erich and 1932 silver, plus European relay swimming titles.
Joachim Spremberg
Joachim Spremberg (1908–1975), German rower of the Berlin Rowing Club, Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxed fours at Los Angeles 1932 (7:19.0, 0.2 s over Italy), and German coxed fours champion 1931 and 1933.
Joachim Werner
Joachim Werner (1939–2010), West German rower with Berliner RC; won gold in men's coxed fours at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for the Unified Team of Germany, plus 1963 European title; distinct from the archaeologist Joachim Werner.
Joakim Holmqvist
Joakim Holmqvist (Holmquist), born 1969, Swedish sprint freestyle swimmer; two Olympics (Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992), short course 4x100 m freestyle relay world record 3:14.00 (1989), and nine European sprint titles.
Joakim Noah
Joakim Noah, French-American center born 1985, won NCAA titles 2006-07 with Florida (Final Four MOP 2006), then starred for Chicago Bulls 2007-2016, winning 2014 Defensive Player of the Year and All-NBA First Team; later Knicks, Grizzlies, Clippers; Bulls Ambassador.
Joan Benoit
Joan Benoit Samuelson, American marathoner born 1957 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine; winner of the first women's Olympic marathon (Los Angeles 1984, 2:24:52); 1983 Boston world record 2:22:43; personal best 2:21:21.
Joan Beringer
Joan Beringer, French NBA center-forward, born 2006 in Selestat; drafted 17th overall 2025 by Minnesota Timberwolves from Cedevita Olimpija; started basketball in 2021 after soccer.
Joan Capdevila
Joan Capdevila Méndez (born 1978, Tàrrega) is a Spanish retired left-back, Euro 2008 and 2010 World Cup winner with Spain (60 caps), who played for Espanyol, Atlético Madrid, Deportivo, Villarreal, and Benfica.
Joan Dryden
Joan Dryden, British runner for Ilford Athletic Club in the early 1950s; with Muriel Critchley and Phyllis Green she set the women's 3x880yd/3x800m relay world record (7:00.6, 1952; 6:49.0, 1953) and won the 1952 Southern Inter-County cross-country title.
Joan Gamper Trophy
Joan Gamper Trophy (Trofeu Joan Gamper): FC Barcelona's annual August pre-season friendly since 1966, honouring the club's 1899 founder; single match since 1997, Barcelona winners 47 of 60 editions, doubling as squad presentation.
Joan Harrison
Joan Cynthia Harrison was a South African swimmer who won the 100-meter backstroke at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, the first South African swimmer to win Olympic gold.
Joan Laporta
Joan Laporta i Estruch (born 1962, Barcelona) is a lawyer and president of FC Barcelona, serving 2003–2010 and again from 2021; re-elected in March 2026 with 68.18% for a fourth term running to 2031.
Joan Llaneras
Joan Llaneras (Joan Llaneras Rosselló), Spanish track cyclist born 1969 in Porreres, Mallorca; two-time Olympic points race champion (Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008) with four Olympic medals and seven world titles in the points race and Madison.
Joan Mccusker
Joan McCusker, born 1965 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, is a Canadian curler, second on the Sandra Schmirler rink that won three Canadian and world titles (1993, 1994, 1997) and 1998 Nagano Olympic gold, later a CBC curling analyst.
Joan Mir
Joan Mir Mayrata is a Spanish motorcycle racer, born in 1997 in Palma de Mallorca, who won the 2020 MotoGP World Championship with Suzuki after taking the 2017 Moto3 title.
Joan Pennington
Joan Pennington, American swimmer from Franklin, Tennessee; 1978 World champion in the 100m butterfly (1:00.20 CR), 1980 U.S. Olympic Team member (boycotted), Texas Longhorn, Broderick Award winner.
Joan Pirie
Joan Pirie, American quarter-miler of the Angels Track Club, ran the lead-off leg on the 3:47.8 women's 4x440 yard relay world record at Dayton, 6 July 1969, and won Oregon indoor 440y titles in 1971 and 1972.
Joan Spillane
Joan Spillane (Joan Arlene Spillane-Postma), American swimmer born 1943 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey; 1960 Rome Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, swimming the first stage of a world-record 4:08.9 team.
Joanderson Brito
Joanderson Brito (Joanderson Sa Brito, "Tubarão"), Brazilian UFC featherweight born 1995 in Santa Helena, Maranhão; 20-5-1 pro, 8-3 UFC, Chute Boxe Bauru, known for first-round knockouts and ninja-choke submissions.
Joane Gadou
Joane Gadou (Kouakou Henry-Joane Aaron Aimerick Gadou), French centre-back born 2007 in Aubervilliers; ex-PSG academy and FC Salzburg defender who joined Borussia Dortmund in 2026 for a reported €19.5 million on a contract to 2031.
Joann Baker
Joann Baker (Joann Elaine Baker, later Anderson), born 1960 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, is a Canadian swimmer who placed 7th in the 400 m individual medley at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and won two silver medals at the 1975 Pan American Games.
Joanna Hayes
Joanna Hayes (Joanna Dove Hayes), born 1976, American hurdler, 2004 Athens Olympic 100m hurdles gold medalist in Olympic-record 12.37; former 400m hurdler, 1999 NCAA champion; now UCLA track and field director coaching Rai Benjamin.
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Polish retired MMA fighter and six-time Muay Thai world champion; UFC women's strawweight champion 2015-2017 with five title defenses; UFC Hall of Fame Class of 2024; record 16-5.
Joanna Rowsell
Joanna Rowsell Shand (born 1988, Carshalton) is a retired British track cyclist, double Olympic team pursuit gold medallist at London 2012 and Rio 2016, five-time world champion, 2014 Commonwealth individual pursuit champion, and BOA Athletes' Commission chair.
Joanna Wołosz
Joanna Wołosz (born 1990) is a Polish volleyball setter who has captained Imoco Volley Conegliano in the Italian Serie A since 2017, winning 28 trophies.
Joanne Eccles
Joanne (Joey) Eccles is a Scottish vaulter who won three individual female world titles in 2010, 2012, and 2014 on WH Bentley, lunged by her father John Eccles.
Joanne Jackson
Joanne (Jo) Jackson, born 1986 in Northallerton, English freestyle swimmer; 400m freestyle bronze at Beijing 2008, 400m free world record holder in 2009 (4:00.66 long course, 3:54.92 short course), three Olympiads, retired 2012.
João Afonso (footballer, born 2007)
João Afonso, fully João de Oliveira Afonso, is a Portuguese goalkeeper born in 2007 who made his Primeira Liga debut for Santa Clara in May 2026 and joined FC Porto.