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Laszlo Csongradi
Laszlo Csongradi (Csongrádi László, born 1959), Hungarian sabre fencer nicknamed Csongi; reserve who clinched Hungary's 1988 Seoul Olympic team sabre gold by beating Mindirgasov, plus 1990 world team silver.
Laszlo Papp
László Papp (Papp László), Hungarian boxer (1926–2003), first fighter to win three Olympic boxing golds (1948, 1952, 1956), later undefeated professional European champion and national head coach.
Laszlo Rajcsanyi
László Rajcsányi (1907–1992), Hungarian sabre fencer; won men's team sabre gold at the 1936, 1948, and 1952 Olympics, fourth individually in 1936; later engineer, Képes Sport publisher, and 1956 fencing federation president.
Latino World Order
Latino World Order (LWO), a Latino-identity wrestling stable parodying the nWo: founded by Eddie Guerrero in WCW on October 5, 1998, revived by Rey Mysterio on WWE SmackDown on March 31, 2023 with Legado del Fantasma.
Laura Carlescu Badea
Laura Carlescu Badea (Laura Gabriela Cârlescu-Badea), Romanian foil fencer born 1970 in Bucharest; 1996 Atlanta Olympic individual foil champion, the only Romanian Olympic gold medalist in individual women's fencing; 22 major medals; FIE Hall of Fame 2013.
Lauren Murphy
Lauren "Lucky" Murphy (born 1983) is an American retired mixed martial artist, UFC women's flyweight title challenger (lost to Valentina Shevchenko, UFC 266, 2021) and inaugural Invicta FC bantamweight champion; record 16-7-0, retired July 2025. Not the featherweight Lerone Murphy.
Lauren Price
Lauren Price (Lauren Louise Price, born 1994, Newport, Wales) is a Welsh southpaw boxer, Tokyo 2020 Olympic middleweight gold medalist, former kickboxing world champion, and 52-cap Wales footballer, now an undefeated professional welterweight world champion and MBE.
Lauren Scruggs
Lauren Scruggs (born 2003, Queens, New York) is an American left-handed foil fencer, Harvard '25, who won individual silver and team gold at Paris 2024, becoming the first Black woman to win an Olympic fencing medal.
Lauri Koskela
Lauri Koskela (1907-1944), Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler; Olympic featherweight bronze 1932 and lightweight gold 1936; European champion 1935, 1937, 1938; killed in the Continuation War.
Laurie Stevens
Laurie Stevens (Lawrence Stevens, 1913–1989), South African boxer; won lightweight gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, silver at the 1930 British Empire Games, and later the British Empire lightweight and South African welterweight pro titles.
Lawrence Okolie
Lawrence Okolie, nicknamed The Sauce, is a British boxer born 1992 in Hackney. WBO cruiserweight champion 2021-2023, WBC bridgerweight champion 2024, now a heavyweight contender and former 2016 Olympian.
Layla Diggs
Layla Diggs (Breanna Covington, born 1998, Fresno) is an American WWE wrestler on NXT and Evolve, a former triple jump athlete, #1 NXT Women's North American title contender in 2026, and a member of The Dungeon.
Layla El
Layla El (born 1977), ring name Layla, English dancer and retired WWE wrestler of Moroccan descent. Won the 2006 Diva Search; last original WWE Women's Champion and one-time Divas Champion; LayCool member; retired July 2015.
Leandro Lo
Leandro Lo (Leandro Lo Pereira do Nascimento, 1989–2022) was a Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor from São Paulo who won eight IBJJF world titles at black belt, the most of his generation.
Lech Koziejowski
Lech Koziejowski, Polish foil fencer born 1949 in Warsaw, Olympic gold medalist in men's team foil at Munich 1972 and bronze medalist at Moscow 1980, three-time Olympian and four-time world team foil medalist.
Lee Gyeong Geun
Lee Gyeong Geun (이경근, Lee Kyung-Keun, born 1962) is a South Korean judoka who won gold in men's half-lightweight (-65 kg) at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, beating Janusz Pawlowski; 1985 world silver, 1986 Asian Games gold, later a leading coach.
Lee Kiefer
Lee Kiefer (born 1994) is an American right-handed foil fencer with three Olympic golds: individual foil at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 plus Paris team gold, and the 2025 world title.
Lee Selby
Lee "Lightning" Selby (born 1987, Barry, Wales) is a Welsh former boxer, IBF featherweight world champion 2015-2018, record 28-4 (9 KOs), retired 2022, now fighting in bare-knuckle boxing for BKB.
Lee Seon Hui
Lee Seon Hui (이선희, also Lee Sun-Hee), born 1978, South Korean taekwondo fighter; won women's welterweight gold at Sydney 2000, the first official Olympic taekwondo, and the 1992 Barcelona demonstration middleweight; later a police officer.
Lee Won Hui
Lee Won Hui (이원희, Lee Won-Hee), South Korean judoka born 1981: 2004 Athens Olympic gold and 2003 Osaka world title at -73 kg, 48-match win streak, first Korean judo grand slam.
Lefty Gwynne
Lefty Gwynne (Horace Gwynne, 1912-2001), Canadian bantamweight boxer who won gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, beating Melis, Villanueva, and Ziglarski; later Canadian pro bantamweight champion and Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
Legna Verdecia
Legna Verdecia Rodríguez (born 1972, Manzanillo, Cuba), Cuban judoka, half-lightweight -52 kg. Olympic gold Sydney 2000 (beating Noriko Narazaki by ippon), bronze Atlanta 1996, world champion 1993; three Pan American and three Central American and Caribbean titles.
Lei Sheng
Lei Sheng (雷声), born 1984 in Tianjin, is a Chinese left-handed foil fencer, 2012 London Olympic individual champion, two-time world team champion, Rio 2016 flag bearer, and later coach of the Chinese Fencing Team.
Leif Hogstrom
Leif Hogstrom (Leif Högström, born 1955) is a Swedish épée fencer who won Olympic team gold at Montreal 1976, world team titles in 1975 and 1977, and placed fifth at Moscow 1980, fencing for Djurgårdens IF.
Leinier Pero
Leinier (Lenier) Pero, El Justiciero, Cuban southpaw heavyweight boxer born 1992 in Camagüey; Youth Olympic and two-time Pan American Games gold medalist, 2016 Olympian, pro record 13-1 (8 KOs), first loss to Jarrell Miller in 2026 WBA eliminator.
Lena Kross
Lena Kross (born 1995) is an Australian professional wrestler signed to AEW, formerly of NHPW, Sendai Girls, and WrestlePro; first woman to hold NHPW's Art of Fighting Championship.
Lena Yada
Lena Yada (born 1978, Honolulu) is an American actress, model, and tandem surfer, former Miss Hawaiian Tropic Japan, and 2007 WWE Diva Search finalist who worked as an ECW backstage interviewer in 2008 before her November 10, 2008 release.
Lenni Viitala
Lenni Viitala (Vilho Lennart Viitala, 1921-1966), Finnish freestyle wrestler; Olympic flyweight (52 kg) gold at London 1948, 1946 European champion, missed his medal ceremony after getting lost in the London Underground.
Lennox Lewis
Lennox Lewis, born 1965 in London, British-Canadian heavyweight boxer; 1988 Olympic gold, three-time world champion, undisputed 1999, beat Tyson, Holyfield, Klitschko; retired 2004 as champion, 41-2-1, 32 KOs.
Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson
Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson, also billed Lewis-Tyson: Is On, was the June 8, 2002 heavyweight title fight at The Pyramid, Memphis, where Lewis retained the WBC, IBF, and IBO belts by eighth-round knockout.