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Jongkuch Mach
Jongkuch "JK" Mach, Australian-South Sudanese basketball centre, born 2007, 7'6" (229 cm), plays for Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence in NBL1 East; Eurocamp 2026 blocks leader, NBA draft eligible 2028.
Jongoh Jin
Jin Jong-oh (진종오), born 1979, South Korean pistol shooter; four Olympic golds and two silvers, three straight 50m pistol titles (2008-2016), first shooter with four individual Olympic golds, and world records in both pistol events.
Jonjo Shelvey
Jonjo Shelvey, English midfielder born 1992; Charlton's youngest-ever player at 16 years 59 days, Liverpool, Swansea, Newcastle United (202 games, 2016-23), six England caps; retired April 2026, now manages Arabian Falcons in the UAE.
Jonjoe Kenny
Jonjoe Kenny, English right-back born 1997 in Kirkdale, Liverpool; Everton academy product, 2014 U17 Euro winner, later Schalke, Celtic, Hertha BSC, and PAOK.
Jonna Sundling
Jonna Sundling is a Swedish cross-country skier born in 1994, who specializes in sprint but also wins distance races, earning two Olympic titles and seven World Championship gold medals.
Jonni Myyra
Jonni Myyra (Joonas "Jonni" Myyrä, 1892-1955), Finnish javelin thrower, two-time Olympic champion (1920, 1924), 1919 world record 66.10 m; emigrated to the US amid financial scandal.
Jonnie Peacock
Jonnie Peacock (born 1993, Cambridge) is a British T64/T44 Paralympic sprinter, double 100 m Paralympic champion (London 2012, Rio 2016), world and European gold medallist, with a 10.64 personal best.
Jonny Bairstow
Jonny Bairstow (born 1989), English wicketkeeper-batter for Yorkshire and England; 2019 World Cup winner, first England batter with three consecutive ODI centuries, 2016 Test keeper run record (1,470 at 58.80).
Jonny Clayton
Jonny Clayton, "The Ferret", Welsh PDC darts player; four-time 2021 major winner (Premier League, Masters, World Grand Prix, World Series Finals) and two-time World Cup champion with Wales, ranked world number five.
Jonny Evans
Jonny Evans (Jonathan Grant Evans, born 1988, Belfast), Northern Irish centre-back; Manchester United two spells (Champions League 2008, three Premier League titles, 2024 FA Cup), Leicester (2021 FA Cup), 107 Northern Ireland caps, retired 2025.
Jonny Flynn
Jonny Flynn, American point guard from Niagara Falls; Syracuse star (1,211 points, Big East Tournament MOP), drafted sixth overall by Minnesota in 2009 ahead of Stephen Curry, NBA All-Rookie Second Team 2010, career ended by hip injury.
Jonny Moseley
Jonny Moseley, American freestyle skier born 1975 in San Juan, Puerto Rico; 1998 Nagano Olympic moguls gold medalist with the 360 mute grab, 2002 fourth with the Dinner Roll, later TV host and NBC analyst.
Jonny Nilsson
Jonny Nilsson (Erling Martin Jonny Nilsson, 1943–2022), Swedish speed skater; Olympic 10,000 m gold at Innsbruck 1964 (15:50.1), world allround champion 1963 at Karuizawa, five world records, later founded a professional skating league.
Jonny Searle
Jonny Searle (Jonathan William C. Searle, born 1969) is a British Olympic rower, elder brother of Greg Searle; gold in coxed pairs at Barcelona 1992 with Garry Herbert, bronze in coxless fours at Atlanta 1996.
Jonny Wilkinson
Jonny Wilkinson (born 1979), English rugby union fly-half whose right-footed extra-time drop goal won England the 2003 World Cup final 20-17; 91 England caps, 1,246 international points, Newcastle and Toulon career.
Jonny Williams
Jonny Williams (Jonathan Williams, born 1993) is a Welsh midfielder, ex-Crystal Palace, Charlton, Swindon, Gillingham, now Eastleigh; 33 Wales caps, 2 international goals, 23 club goals in 403 appearances.
Jontay Porter
Jontay Porter (born 1999, Columbia, Missouri), brother of Michael Porter Jr., is an American center-forward who played for the Grizzlies and Raptors and received an NBA lifetime ban in April 2024 for betting on games and limiting his own participation.
Jonty Rhodes
Jonty Rhodes (Jonathan Neil Rhodes, born 1969), South African cricketer famed for revolutionary fielding and the 1992 World Cup diving run-out of Inzamam-ul-Haq; 52 Tests, 245 ODIs, Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1999.
Jonty Skinner
Jonty Skinner (John Alexander Skinner), South African sprint swimmer born 1954, barred from the 1976 Olympics by the apartheid ban; weeks later he set a 100 m freestyle world record of 49.44 that stood until 1981, then became a leading coach.
Joop Carp
Joop Carp (Johan Robert Carp, 1897-1962), Dutch Olympic sailor; won 1920 Antwerp gold in 6.5m class aboard Oranje with brother Berend Carp and Piet Wernink, 1924 Paris bronze in 6m class, and placed eighth at Berlin 1936.
Joosje Burg
Joosje Burg (born 1997, Veghel) is a Dutch field hockey forward for HC Den Bosch and the Netherlands; Olympic gold medalist Paris 2024 who broke her nose in the semifinal and missed the final, with 91 senior caps and 35 goals.
Joost van der Westhuizen
Joost van der Westhuizen (1971–2017), South African Springbok scrum-half: 89 caps 1993–2003, 38 tries, 1995 Rugby World Cup winner famed for tackling Jonah Lomu, 1999 captain, later motor neurone disease campaigner through the J9 Foundation.
Jopie Selbach
Jopie Selbach (Johanna Katarina Selbach-Koé, 1918-1998), Dutch freestyle swimmer of ADZ Amsterdam; won gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at the 1934 European Championships and the 1936 Berlin Olympics, setting relay world records.
Jopie van Alphen
Jopie van Alphen, Dutch backstroke swimmer of the mid-1950s; swam lead-off on the Netherlands' 4×100 m medley relay world record (5:00.1, Paris, 17 July 1955) and won a 200 m backstroke race in 2:36.1.
Jopie Waalberg
Jopie Waalberg (Johanna Maria Elisabeth Waalberg, 1920-1979), Dutch breaststroke swimmer; 1936 Olympian, first woman under 3:00 for 200 m breaststroke (2:58.0, 1937), three-time world record holder, 1938 European bronze medalist.
Jordan Addison
Jordan Addison, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver (No. 3), drafted 23rd overall in 2023 from USC and Pittsburgh; 911 yards and 10 TDs as a rookie, 2,000 career receiving yards in 35 games.
Jordan Ayew
Jordan Ayew (Jordan Pierre Ayew), born 1991 in Marseille, is a Ghanaian forward who captained Ghana at the 2026 World Cup, with 117 caps and 33 goals.
Jordan Bell
Jordan Bell (born 1995, Long Beach, California) is an American forward-center, Oregon's career blocks leader, drafted 38th in 2017, traded to Golden State for $3.5 million, and a 2018 NBA champion with the Warriors.
Jordan Binnington
Jordan Binnington (born 1993, Richmond Hill, Ontario) is a Canadian NHL goaltender for the St. Louis Blues; first rookie goalie to win 16 games in one postseason, 2019 Stanley Cup champion, 2025 4 Nations Face-Off winner, 2026 Olympic silver medalist.
Jordan Burroughs
Jordan Burroughs (born 1988) is an American freestyle wrestler, 2012 Olympic 74 kg gold medalist and six-time World champion with seven World/Olympic golds, the U.S. record, plus a two-time NCAA champion for Nebraska.