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Luigi Carpaneda
Luigi Carpaneda (Luigi Arturo Carpaneda, 1925–2011), Italian foil fencer: Olympic team gold Melbourne 1956, silver Rome 1960, world team titles 1955 and 1957; later world-champion yachtsman.
Luis Alberto Orta
Luis Alberto Orta Sánchez, Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler, Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion at 60 kg, 2023 world champion at 67 kg, and Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medalist.
Luis Ortiz (Cuban boxer)
Luis "King Kong" Ortiz, Cuban southpaw heavyweight born 1979 in Camagüey; 343-19 amateur, defected 2009, WBA interim champion, lost twice to Deontay Wilder for the WBC title.
Luis Resto (boxer)
Luis Resto, Puerto Rican boxer, beat Billy Collins Jr. on June 16, 1983 at Madison Square Garden with tampered gloves and plaster-soaked wraps; result changed to no contest, lifetime ban, prison.
Lukas Krpalek
Lukáš Krpálek (Lukas Krpalek), Czech judoka born 1990 in Jihlava; double Olympic champion, Rio 2016 at -100 kg and Tokyo 2020 at +100 kg, the first judoka to win both heaviest categories; also two-time world and three-time European champion.
Luke Campbell
Luke Campbell, "Cool Hand", British boxer born 1987 in Hull; Olympic bantamweight gold at London 2012 (14-11 over John Joe Nevin), 2008 European champion, two-time world lightweight title challenger, retired 2021, Hull mayor 2025.
Luke Rockhold
Luke Rockhold, born Luke Skyler Rockhold, is an American retired mixed martial artist from Santa Cruz, California, who won the Strikeforce and UFC middleweight titles.
Luna Vachon
Luna Vachon (Gertrude Vachon, 1962-2010), American professional wrestler and manager of the Vachon wrestling family; WWF star 1993-2000, managed Shawn Michaels, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Goldust; 2019 WWE Hall of Fame Legacy inductee.
Luo Wei
Luo Wei (罗微), born 1983 in Beijing, Chinese taekwondo fighter; 2004 Athens Olympic welterweight (−67 kg) champion, 2003 world champion at −72 kg, and Asian Games gold medalist in 2006 and 2010.
Luo Xiaojuan
Luo Xiaojuan (骆晓娟), born 1984, Chinese épée fencer; won women's team épée gold at London 2012 with Li Na, Sun Yujie, Xu Anqi; five world championship team medals and 2010 Asian Games individual gold.
Luta Livre
Luta Livre (Luta Livre Esportiva), a Brazilian no-gi catch-wrestling art founded by Euclydes "Tatu" Hatem, focused on submissions and takedowns; distinct from Telecatch pro wrestling and Olympic freestyle wrestling, with a historic Gracie rivalry.
Luther Reigns
Luther Reigns, ring name of Matt Wiese, also wrestled as Horshu, and is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his 2004 to 2005 run in WWE.
Lyoto Machida
Lyoto Carvalho Machida, "The Dragon" (born 1978), Japanese Brazilian MMA fighter, former UFC light heavyweight champion, Shotokan-based counter-striker; UFC 24-8, pro 26-12, last fight Bellator May 2022.
Lyra Valkyria
Lyra Valkyria (Aoife Marie Cusack, born 1996, Dublin) is an Irish WWE wrestler, former NXT UK's Aoife Valkyrie, first-ever WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion, NXT Women's Champion, and Women's Tag Team Champion with Becky Lynch.
Lyudmila Shishova
Lyudmila Shishova (Людмила Николаевна Шишова), Soviet foil fencer born 1 June 1940 in Nizhny Novgorod; Olympic team foil gold at Rome 1960 and silver at Tokyo 1964; later a fencing coach and physician.
Mackenzie Dern
Mackenzie Dern (born 1993), daughter of BJJ legend Wellington "Megaton" Dias, is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion and ADCC gold medalist who became UFC women's strawweight champion at UFC 321 in 2025.
Madeleine Malonga
Madeleine Malonga, French judoka (under 78 kg), 2019 world champion, Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver and mixed-team gold, Paris 2024 mixed-team gold; club Etoile Sportive Blanc-Mesnil.
Madison Rayne
Madison Rayne (Ashley Nichole Simmons Lomberger, born 1986, Columbus, Ohio) is an American retired professional wrestler and AEW coach, a five-time TNA Knockouts Champion with a record 188-day reign and a member of The Beautiful People.
Madusa
Madusa (Debrah Miceli, born 1963), also Alundra Blayze, American wrestler and monster truck driver; three-time WWF Women's Champion, threw the belt in a trash can on WCW Nitro 1995, first female Monster Jam champion, WWE Hall of Fame 2015.
Mae Young
Mae Young (Johnnie Mae Young, 1923–2014), American professional wrestler from Sand Springs, Oklahoma; first NWA United States Women's Champion, trained Fabulous Moolah, wrestled in nine decades, 2008 WWE Hall of Famer.
Mae Young Classic
Mae Young Classic: WWE's 32-woman single-elimination women's wrestling tournament on WWE Network, held 2017 and 2018, named after Mae Young; winners Kairi Sane (2017) and Toni Storm (2018, final at WWE Evolution).
Mae Young Classic (2018)
Mae Young Classic 2018, WWE's second annual 32-woman single-elimination women's wrestling tournament on WWE Network; taped at Full Sail University, premiered Sept. 5, 2018, won by Toni Storm over Io Shirai at WWE Evolution.
Maggie Lee (wrestler)
Maggie Lee (Maggie Peters, born 2002, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; also M By Elegance) is an American professional wrestler, Black & Brave graduate, TNA Knockouts Television Champion, two-time Knockouts World Tag Team Champion, and Elegance Brand member.
Magnum T. A.
Magnum T.A. (Terry Wayne Allen), American retired wrestler, 1980s NWA star and two-time US Heavyweight Champion from Chesapeake, Virginia; a 1986 car accident ended his career before a planned NWA World title run.
Magomed Ankalaev (Магомед Анкалаев)
Magomed Ankalaev (Магомед Анкалаев), Dagestani UFC light heavyweight fighter, born 1992. Won the UFC title from Alex Pereira at UFC 313 (March 2025), lost it in the UFC 320 rematch, beat Guskov in 2026.
Magomed Mustafaev
Magomed Mustafaev, Russian lightweight MMA fighter born 1988 in Dagestan, nicknamed The Sniper; 14-4 record with all wins by finish, UFC 3-2 from 2015 to 2020, notable TKO of Rafael Fiziev.
Magomed Ramazanov
Magomed Eldarovich Ramazanov (Магомед Эльдарович Рамазанов), born 1993 in Dagestan, is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler, 2024 Paris Olympic champion and 2025 European champion at 86 kg, formerly competing for Russia.
Magomed Zaynukov
Magomed "Wild Chanco" Zaynukov (Магомед Зайнуков), born 1995, is an undefeated Russian UFC lightweight (9-0, 5 KOs) from the Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov team who trains with Islam Makhachev, won a UFC contract on Contender Series in October 2025, and debuted with a decision over Damian Rzepecki in July 2026.
Magomedgasan Abushev
Magomedgasan Abushev (Магомедгасан Абушев), Soviet freestyle wrestler born 1959 in Karabudakhkent, Dagestan; won 1980 Moscow Olympic gold at 62 kg, 1980 European title, 1981 World Cup, and 1984 Soviet championship.
Mahabali Shera
Mahabali Shera (Amanpreet Singh Randhawa, born 1990), Indian pro wrestler; TNA/IMPACT star, first Indian OVW National Heavyweight Champion, Netflix Wrestlers figure; as Amanpreet Singh he knocked out Jake Hager at Power Slap 21 in 2026.