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Josef Beranek
Josef Beránek names two Czech Olympians: a Greco-Roman wrestler (1891–1959/61) at the 1912, 1920, and 1924 Games, and an ice hockey forward (born 1969, Litvínov) who won Nagano 1998 gold and played 531 NHL games.
Josef Bican
Josef Bican (Pepi), 1913–2001, Austrian-born Czechoslovak centre-forward for Rapid Vienna and Slavia Prague, counted among football's all-time top scorers with about 805 official goals, 1.52 per game, and 12 league scoring titles.
Josef Csikany
József Csikány (born 1943, Budapest), Hungarian backstroke swimmer of Ferencvárosi TC; 1960 and 1964 Olympian, two European bronze medals, 16 national records, and founder of Hungarian masters swimming.
Josef Fares
Josef Fares, Lebanese-born Swedish film director (Jalla! Jalla!, Zozo) and game director, founded Hazelight Studios in Stockholm, creator of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, A Way Out, Game of the Year winner It Takes Two, and Split Fiction.
Josef Feistmantl
Josef Feistmantl (1939–2019), Austrian luger from Absam, Tirol; with Manfred Stengl the first Olympic doubles luge champion at Innsbruck 1964, 1969 world singles champion, 1976 Innsbruck flame lighter.
Josef Hladky
Josef Hladký (born 1962, Prague), Czech-born individual medley swimmer who defected to West Germany at the 1986 Madrid World Championships, won five long-course European medals for Czechoslovakia and West Germany, set a 54.66 short-course 100 m medley world record in 1991, and swam for Germany at Barcelona 1992.
Josef Holecek
Josef Holeček (1921–2005), Czech sprint canoeist for Czechoslovakia, two-time Olympic C1 1000 m gold medalist (London 1948, Helsinki 1952) and 1950 world champion; distinct from the 1853–1929 writer and the 1931–2002 PTP laborer of the same name.
Josef Imbach
Josef Imbach (1894–1964) was a Swiss sprinter from CA Genève who set an Olympic record of 48.0 in the 400 meters at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
Josef Landsberg
Josef Landsberg (Karl Josef Landsberg, 1890-1964), Swedish road cyclist for IFK Örebro; 1912 Stockholm Olympics team road race gold medallist, DNF individual race after being hit by a car; won the Scandinavian Race 1913-14.
Josef Manger
Josef Manger was a German heavyweight weightlifter who won the over 82.5 kg gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and world titles in 1937 and 1938.
Josef Martínez
Josef Martínez (born 1993, Valencia, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan forward, 2018 MLS MVP and Golden Boot winner with a record 31 goals, Atlanta United's all-time scorer, later Inter Miami, CF Montréal, and San Jose.
Josef Mazura
Josef Mazura, born 1956 in Vyškov, is a Czech football coach and former right back who won Olympic gold with Czechoslovakia at Moscow 1980, the 1977/78 Czechoslovak title with Zbrojovka Brno, and the 1990/91 Austrian Cup with SV Stockerau.
Josef Neckermann
Josef Carl Peter Neckermann (1912-1992), German dressage rider and mail-order entrepreneur; six Olympic medals 1960-1972, world champion 1966; built Neckermann Versand on aryanized Jewish firms including Karl Amson Joel's; founded Deutsche Sporthilfe.
Josef Newgarden
Josef Nicolai Newgarden, born 1990 in Nashville, Tennessee, is an American IndyCar driver for Team Penske, a two-time series champion and winner of back-to-back Indianapolis 500s in 2023 and 2024.
Josef Odlozil
Josef Odložil (Josef Odlozil), Czechoslovak middle-distance runner, 1500 m silver medalist at Tokyo 1964 behind Peter Snell; 2000 m world record holder 1965, husband of Věra Čáslavská, UN peacekeeping commander in Iraq, died 1993.
Josef Panacek
Josef Panáček (1937–2022), Czechoslovak skeet shooter; won 1976 Montreal Olympic gold with 198/200, beating Eric Swinkels in a shoot-off; 1980 European champion; later a coach at Barcelona 1992.
Josef Polig
Josef Polig, Italian alpine skier born 1968 in Vipiteno (Sterzing), won surprise gold in the combined at the 1992 Albertville Olympics; World Cup racer 1988–95, nicknamed Joe-Speck, later a food-products distributor.
Josef Straßberger
Josef Straßberger (1894–1950), German heavyweight weightlifter of TSV 1860 München; Olympic gold Amsterdam 1928 (372.5 kg) and bronze Los Angeles 1932, world champion 1920, 13 German titles.
Josef Trousil
Josef Trousil (born 2 February 1935, Městečko) is a Czech former sprinter who competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympics in the 200 m, 400 m, and 4×400 m relay; eight-time national 400 m champion.
Josef Wilhelm
Josef Wilhelm (1892-1956) was a Swiss artistic gymnast from Chur who won pommel horse gold (21.230) and team bronze at the 1924 Paris Olympics, leading a Swiss sweep of the pommel horse podium.
Josefa Idem Guerrini
Josefa Idem Guerrini, born 1964 in Goch, West Germany, is an Italian sprint canoeist, first woman at eight Olympics, five Olympic medals including K1 500 m gold at Sydney 2000, and later an Italian senator and minister.
Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage (Anna Josefin Lillhage, later Östblom, born 1980), Swedish freestyle swimmer; four Olympics 1996–2008, Sydney 2000 relay bronze, short course 4x200 m freestyle world record 7:51.70 in 1999, 43 international medals, retired 2010.
Joselu
Joselu (José Luis Mato Sanmartín), Spanish centre-forward born 1990 in Stuttgart; Real Madrid, Alavés, Espanyol, Newcastle; 18 goals in Real Madrid's 2023/24 Champions League and LaLiga-winning season; 17 Spain caps, later Al-Gharafa and Al-Sailiya.
Josep Maria Bartomeu
Josep Maria Bartomeu i Floreta (born 1963), Spanish businessman and FC Barcelona president 2014-2020, elected in 2015; oversaw the 2015 treble and Neymar's 222 million euro sale, resigned in 2020 before a censure vote, and later faced the Negreira case while being acquitted in the Neymar transfer case.
Joseph Benavidez
Joseph Benavidez (born 1984) is a retired American MMA fighter, Team Alpha Male flyweight and WEC bantamweight, 28-8, four-time UFC title challenger who lost to Johnson, Cruz, and Figueiredo, retired 2021.
Joseph Bernardo
Jo Bernardo (Joseph Bernardo-Garcia-Rodriguez-Martinelli, 1929-2023), French freestyle swimmer; two Olympic relay bronzes (1948, 1952) and 1951 world record 8:33.0 in the 4x200 m freestyle relay.
Joseph Diaz
Joseph "JoJo" Diaz Jr. (Joseph Pedroza Diaz Jr., born 1992), American southpaw boxer from South El Monte, California; 2012 Olympian, IBF super featherweight champion 2020, record about 34-10-1 (15 KOs).
Joseph Dosu
Joseph Dosu (Oladosu-), born 1973 in Abuja, Nigerian goalkeeper; Julius Berger FC and Reggiana; first-choice keeper of Nigeria's 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold-medal Dream Team; career ended by a 1997 car crash.
Joseph Duffy (fighter)
Joseph Duffy, nicknamed "Irish Joe", is an Irish retired lightweight mixed martial artist from Donegal, best known for submitting Conor McGregor at Cage Warriors 39 in 2010.
Joseph Guillemot
Joseph Guillemot was a French long-distance runner who won gold in the 5,000 meters, defeating Paavo Nurmi, and silver in the 10,000 meters at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.