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Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo 2020, held July 2021): 15 events at Nippon Budokan, 393 judoka from 128 nations; Japan won a record nine golds, France took the debut mixed team title.
Judy Amoore Pollock
Judy Amoore Pollock (Judith Florence Amoore-Pollock, born 25 June 1940, Melbourne), Australian sprinter and middle-distance runner; 1964 Tokyo Olympic 400m bronze medallist, world record holder at 440y, 800m and 880y, 1966 Commonwealth Games champion.
Judy Murray
Judy Murray OBE, Scottish tennis coach, former player (64 Scottish titles), and Great Britain Fed Cup captain 2011–2016; mother and first coach of Andy and Jamie Murray, founder of the Judy Murray Foundation.
Judy Vernon
Judy Vernon is a British former sprint hurdler who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics and won the 1974 Commonwealth Games 100 meters hurdles title.
Juha Mieto
Juha Mieto (born 1949, Kurikka), Finnish cross-country skier nicknamed Mietaa; 1976 Olympic relay gold, 1980 15 km silver lost to Thomas Wassberg by 0.01 s, nine championship medals, later Finnish MP 2007–2011.
Juha Tiainen
Juha Tiainen (1955-2003), Finnish hammer thrower, 1984 Los Angeles Olympic champion with 78.08 m; personal best 81.52 m Finnish record; only Finnish or Scandinavian Olympic or World hammer gold medallist.
Juhani Jarvinen
Juhani Järvinen (Jouko Juhani Järvinen), Finnish speed skater, 1935–1984; 1959 World Allround champion in Oslo, 1500 m world record 2:06.3 (1959–1966), three-time Olympian 1956–1964.
Juho Hänninen
Juho Hänninen, Finnish rally driver from Punkaharju; 2010 IRC champion, 2011 S-WRC world champion, 2004 Finnish N-group champion; never a full WRC season; now Toyota test driver and Jari-Matti Latvala's co-driver.
Juice Robinson
Juice Robinson (Joseph Ryan Robinson, born 1989, Joliet, Illinois) is an American pro wrestler, three-time IWGP US Heavyweight Champion and first American to hold that title, now in AEW's Bang Bang Gang; formerly WWE's CJ Parker.
Jujie Luan
Jujie Luan (栾菊杰), born 1958 in Nanjing, is a Chinese-Canadian foil fencer, 1984 Olympic champion and first Asian Olympic fencing gold medalist, who competed in four Games for China and Canada and coaches in Edmonton.
JuJu Smith-Schuster
JuJu Smith-Schuster is an American football wide receiver who starred at USC, was drafted 62nd overall by Pittsburgh in 2017, and later played for Kansas City and New England.
JuJu Watkins
JuJu Watkins (Judea Skies Watkins, born 2005) is a 6-2 USC women's basketball guard from Los Angeles; NCAA freshman scoring record holder (920 points), 2025 Naismith and Wooden Award winner, torn ACL in March 2025, returned to practice June 2026.
Jujutsu (柔術)
Jujutsu (柔術, jiu-jitsu, yawara), the traditional Japanese unarmed martial art of throws, chokes, pins, joint locks, and strikes; organized into schools from 1532, flourishing in Edo-period Japan, and the basis of judo and aikido.
Jukha
Jukha is an Israeli card-passing game of bluff in which players try to collect four of a kind and exit, while the last two players left lose.
Jul Braathe
Jul Braathe (Julius Olaissen Braathe, 1874–1914), Norwegian sport shooter with Oslo Østre Skytterlag; won gold in the free rifle team event at London 1908 and silver at the 1906 Intercalated Games; drowned in 1914.
Julbahar
Julbahar (Gulbahar) is a Southwest Asian race game of the Tawulat ul-Zahr family, like backgammon with 15 pieces and two dice; its unique rule is that the opening throw moves the opponent's pieces. Play to 31 points.
Julen Lopetegui
Julen Lopetegui Argote (born 1966, Asteasu) is a Spanish coach and ex-goalkeeper managing Qatar. Formerly Spain, Real Madrid, Sevilla (Europa League 2020), Wolves, and West Ham; sacked by Spain two days before the 2018 World Cup.
Jules Bianchi
Jules Bianchi (1989-2015), French Formula One driver for Marussia 2013-2014; scored the team's only points, ninth at Monaco 2014, and died after his Suzuka crash.
Jules Gounon
Jules Gounon, French GT and endurance racing driver born in Aubenas; 2017 ADAC GT Masters champion, Mercedes-AMG Performance Driver, three-time Bathurst 12 Hour winner, and Alpine Hypercar driver in the WEC, son of ex-F1 driver Jean-Marc Gounon.
Jules Koundé
Jules Koundé (born 1998, Paris) is a French defender for FC Barcelona and France; Bordeaux and Sevilla (record €25m signing) before 2022, World Cup 2022 finalist, Barça contract to 2030.
Jules Ladoumegue
Jules Ladoumègue (Julot), French middle-distance runner (1906-1973): 1928 Olympic 1,500 m silver behind Harri Larva, six world records 1930-31 including 3:49.2 and mile 4:09.2, banned for professionalism in March 1932 before the Los Angeles Games.
Jules Rimet
Jules Rimet (1873-1956), French sports administrator, third and longest-serving FIFA president (1921-1954), founder of Red Star club and creator of the FIFA World Cup, first held in Uruguay in 1930.
Julia Beljajeva
Julia Beljajeva, born 1992 in Tartu, Estonia, is a right-handed épée fencer who won team gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and individual world gold in 2013.
Julia Bogdanova
Julia Bogdanova, born 1964 in Leningrad, is a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who won the 1978 world 100 m breaststroke title at 14 and took 200 m bronze at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Julia Dujmovits
Julia Dujmovits (born 1987, Güssing, Austria) is an Austrian snowboarder, Sochi 2014 Olympic parallel slalom gold medallist, first Burgenland Winter Olympic champion, two-time world championship silver medallist, retired 2022.
Julia Görges
Julia Görges (Julia Goerges), German tennis player born 1988; WTA career-high No. 9, seven singles and five doubles titles, 2018 Wimbledon semifinalist; retired 21 October 2020; married Wesley Koolhof in 2024.
Julia Grosso
Julia Grosso (Julia Angela Grosso), Canadian midfielder born 2000 in Vancouver; scored the decisive penalty for Canada's Tokyo 2020 Olympic soccer gold; played for Juventus, Melbourne City, and Chicago Stars FC.
Julia Hart (wrestler)
Julia Hart (Julia Rose Hart, born 2001) is an American professional wrestler signed to AEW and Stardom, former cheerleader, House of Black member, and AEW TBS Champion (November 2023, 155-day reign).
Julia Krajewski
Julia Krajewski, born 1988 in Langenhagen, Germany, is a German eventing rider and the first woman to win individual Olympic eventing gold, at Tokyo 2020.
Julia Mancuso
Julia Mancuso, also Julia Marie Mancuso-Fish, "Super Jules," is a retired American alpine skier born 1984 in Reno: 2006 Olympic giant slalom gold, four Olympic medals, seven World Cup wins, retired 2018.