Great Olympians

Biographies - JA

Jac - Jaf - Jag - Jah - Jak - Jam - Jan - Jar - Jay


Joseph Jackson

USA
Shooting (4 gold, 1 bronze)

(52 HP)


Jean Jacoby

Luxembourg
Artistic Competition (2 gold)
1924 1928 HP
Painting gold 2 entries 9649.48
Drawing & Aquarel gold &
3 entries
6513.91
16163.39

The most succesful artistic competitor, and the most succesful Luxembourg Olympian.


Jacquemin

Olympic Competitor nr 1161


Jactel

Olympic Competitor nr 268


Irving Jaffee

USA
Speed Skating (2 gold)
1928 1932 HP
5000 m fourth gold 8000
10000 m - gold 6400
1500 m 7th 400
500 m 11th 64
14864

He was in the lead from seven competitors in the 10000 m in 1928, when the race was called off because the ice was thawing


Thomas Jager

USA
Swimming (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
1984 1988 1992 HP
50 m Free-style - silver bronze 6560
4 x 100 m Free-style Relay (gold) gold gold 3264
4 x 100 m Medley Relay (gold) (gold) - 128
9952

World Champion at 50 m in 1986 and '91.
He swam in the heats of the 4x100 m freestyle and the 4x100m medley relay in 1984, and the USA went on to win those titles, so he actually also won two gold medals in 1984. However, I have decided not to include the heat swimmers.


Harald Jährling

Germany
Rowing (2 gold)
1976 1980 HP
Coxed Pairs gold gold 16000
16000

Together with Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich and Georg Spohr as cox.


Bernd Jäkel

Germany
Sailing (2 gold)
1988 1992 1996 HP
Soling gold fourth gold 21600
21600

Together with Thomas Flach and Jochen Schümann.


Ludovika Jakobsson-Eilers

B. Ludowika Eilers, 1884-07-25, Germany, skated with her husband for Finland; D. 1968
Figure Skating (1 gold, 1 silver)
1920 1924 1928 HP
Pairs gold silver fifth 17812.5
17812.5

In 1911, she won her first world title with her husband-to-be.
As a Finnish national, she was the only German (by birth) to compete at the Olympic Games of Antwerpen.


Walter Jakobsson

B. 1882-02-06, Finland; D. 1957
Figure Skating (1 gold, 1 silver)
1920 1924 1928 HP
Pairs gold silver fifth 17812.5
17812.5


Michael Jakosits

Germany
Shooting (1 gold)
1992 1996 2000 2004 HP
Moving Target gold 11th 12th fifth 14070
14070


Herbert Jamison

Olympic Competitor nr 35


František Janda-Suk

Olympic Competitor nr 782


Jang Mi-Ran

B. 1983-10-09, Korea
Weightlifting (1 gold, 1 silver)
2004 2008 HP
+75 kg silver gold 15600
15600


Jang Yong-Ho

Korea
Archery (2 gold, 1 silver)
1996 2000 2004 HP
Individual R16 R16 R16 197.82
Team silver gold gold 6300
6497.82


Karl Johan Erik "Janne" Jansson

B. 1892-07-18, Sweden; D. 1943-10-10
Diving
1912 1920 1924 HP
Springboard (1 & 3m) 7th sixth 1040
Platform, plain (5 & 10m) bronze bronze silver 10032
11072

(104.8 HP)


Karin Janz

B. 1952-02-17, Hartmannsdorf, Germany
Gymnastics (2 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)

(120 HP)


Jardinier

Olympic Competitor nr 1096


Akkiles Järvinen

B. 1905-09-19, Jyväskylä, Finland; D. 1943-03-07
Track & Field - Decathlon (2 silver)
1928 1932 1936 HP
Decathlon silver silver dnf 12000.038
12000.038


Venne "Verner" Järvinen

B. 1870-03-04, Finland; D. 1941-01-31
Athletics (1 gold, 2 bronze)
1906 1908 1912 HP
Discus Throw, Greek style gold bronze 6720
Discus Throw, freestyle bronze fourth 15th 3170
Discus Throw, two-handed 12th
Shot Put comp comp 190.6
Stone Throw comp 253.1
Javelin Throw fifth 1125
Javelin Throw, freestyle comp. 8.528
11467


Frank Jarvis

Olympic Competitor nr 817


John Arthur Jarvis

B. 1872-02-24, Leicester, England, Great Britain; D. 1933-05-09
Swimming & Waterpolo (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
1900 1906 1908 bonus HP
100 m Freestyle (gold) 0
400 m Free-style bronze 1920
1000 m Freestyle gold 2503.75 12518.75
1500 m Free-style SF:3
1 mile Free-style silver
4000 m Freestyle gold 6400
4x250 m Free-style Relay bronze 480
Swimming 12800 5400 615 2503.75 21318.75
Waterpolo gold 3200
24518.75

The 100 m event at Paris is not listed in all sources, but seems to have been a separate, official event (Information supplied by the IASF, according to the Hungarian authors) The event is notably completely absent in Mallon.

Olympic Competitor nr 1262


Maurice Jay

Olympic Competitor nr 620


Written 2000-12-22 - last modified 2002-10-30

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