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Mariya Shubina
Mariya Shubina (Мария Тимофеевна Шубина, 1930–2025), Soviet sprint kayaker; 1960 Rome Olympic K-2 500 m gold with Antonina Seredina, four world and three European titles, later a Volgograd sports-medicine researcher.
Mark Zabel
Mark Zabel (born 1973, Calbe, Germany), German flatwater canoeist with SC Magdeburg; K4 1000 m Olympic gold 1996, silver 2000 and 2004; six world titles; later Saxony-Anhalt canoe coach.
Markus Oscarsson
Markus Oscarsson (born 1977, Västerås) is a Swedish sprint canoeist; with Henrik Nilsson he won K2 1000 m Olympic gold at Athens 2004, silver at Sydney 2000, and three world titles.
Martin Doktor
Martin Doktor (born 1974, Polička), Czech sprint canoeist nicknamed Boban, double Olympic gold medalist at Atlanta 1996 in C1 500 m and C1 1000 m, 14 world championship medals, later sports director of the Czech Olympic Committee.
Martin Fuksa
Martin Fuksa (born 1993, Nymburk) is a Czech sprint canoeist, nicknamed Fuksic, Olympic gold medalist in C1 1000 m at Paris 2024, four-time world champion, and C2 partner of his brother Petr Fuksa Jr.
Martin Hollstein
Martin Hollstein (born 1987, Neubrandenburg) is a German sprint kayaker, K2 1000 m specialist; Olympic gold Beijing 2008 and bronze London 2012 with Andreas Ihle, world champion 2010 Poznań, European champion 2010 and 2011.
Martina Bischof
Martina Bischof, née Fischer (born 1957, Berlin), East German kayak sprinter; 1980 Moscow Olympic gold in K2 500 m with Carsta Genäuß, plus four gold and two silver world championship medals 1977-1979.
Max Hoff
Max Hoff (born 1982, Troisdorf) is a German sprint and former wildwater canoeist; Olympic K4 1000 m champion 2016, K2 silver 2020, K1 bronze 2012, and multiple K1 1000 m world champion.
Max Lemke
Max Lemke (born 1996, Heppenheim) is a German sprint kayaker, KC Potsdam, with three Olympic golds: K4 500 m Tokyo 2020 and K2 500 m plus K4 500 m at Paris 2024; multiple K4 500 world champion.
Max Rendschmidt
Max Rendschmidt (born 1993, Bonn) is a German sprint canoeist with four Olympic golds: K2 and K4 1000 m at Rio 2016, K4 500 m at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, plus multiple world and European titles.
Meinrad Miltenberger
Meinrad "Auto" Miltenberger (1924–1993) was a West German flatwater canoeist who won K2 1,000 m gold with Michel Scheuer at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and later coached West Germany.
Meng Guanliang
Meng Guanliang (孟关良), Chinese sprint canoeist born 1977 in Zhejiang; with Yang Wenjun won Olympic C2 500m gold at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, China's first canoeing gold.
Michal Martikan
Michal Martikán, Slovak canoe slalom C1 paddler born 1979 in Liptovský Mikuláš; five Olympic medals (gold 1996, 2008), first Olympic champion of independent Slovakia, still competing in 2025.
Michel Scheuer
Michel Scheuer (1927–2015), German canoeist, Olympic gold in K2 1000 m at Melbourne 1956 with Meinrad Miltenberger, first German postwar Olympic gold; also two Olympic bronzes in K1 10,000 m and two world titles.
Mihaly Hesz
Mihaly Hesz (Hesz Mihály, later Hess), born 1943, Hungarian canoe sprint kayaker; K1 1000 m silver at Tokyo 1964 and gold at Mexico City 1968; two-time world champion; later a dentist in West Germany.
Mikko Kolehmainen
Mikko Kolehmainen (Mikko Yrjö Ilmari Kolehmainen, born 1964, Mikkeli) is a Finnish sprint canoeist, Olympic K1 500 m champion at Barcelona 1992 (1:40.34) and 1993 Copenhagen world champion; not the University of Eastern Finland professor of the same name.
Mirko Nisovic
Mirko Nisovic (Mirko Nišović), born 1961 in Zemun, Yugoslav sprint canoeist; with Matija Ljubek won C2 500 m gold and C2 1000 m silver at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and three world titles.
Mitica Pricop
Mitică Pricop, Romanian sprint canoeist born 1977 in Constanța, Olympic gold C2 1000 m and bronze C2 500 m at Sydney 2000 with Florin Popescu; later a Dinamo coach.
Nastasia Nichitov Ionescu
Nastasia Nichitov-Ionescu, born 1954 in Maliuc, Romania, is a sprint kayaker who won K4 500 m gold at Los Angeles 1984, placed fourth in the K2 at Montreal 1976 and 1984, and won six world championship medals.
Natasa Dusev Janics
Natasa Dusev-Janics (Nataša Janić, Наташа Јанић), born 1982 in Bačka Palanka, is a Hungarian sprint kayaker with three Olympic golds, two silvers, a bronze, and 19 world and 19 European titles, racing for Hungary from 2002 after debuting for Serbia and Montenegro.
Nevin Harrison
Nevin Harrison (born 2002, Seattle) is an American canoe sprint paddler; first Olympic women's C1 200m champion (Tokyo 2020), two-time world champion, and Paris 2024 silver medalist.
Nicolae Juravschi
Nicolae Juravschi (Nikolay Zhuravsky), born 1964, is a Moldovan sprint canoeist who won double gold at Seoul 1988 for the USSR and silver at Atlanta 1996 for Moldova.
Nikolay Buhalov
Nikolay Buhalov (Николай Петков Бухалов), born 1967, Bulgarian sprint canoeist; only Bulgarian with two golds at one Olympics (1992 Barcelona C1 500 m and 1000 m), 1988 bronze, four Games, five world titles, later Plovdiv deputy mayor and federation president.
Nikolay Chuzhikov
Nikolay Fyodorovich Chuzhikov (Николай Фёдорович Чужиков, 1938–2022), Soviet Ukrainian sprint canoeist; Olympic K4 1,000 m gold at Tokyo 1964 in 3:14.67 and 1966 world champion; eliminated at Mexico 1968 by a sabotaged steering cable.
Nikolay Gorbachov
Nikolay Stepanovich Gorbachov (Николай Степанович Горбачёв), Soviet Belarusian sprint canoeist, 1972 Munich Olympic gold medalist in K-2 1000 m with Viktar Kratasiuk; also 1974 K-4 10,000 m world champion; later a coach in Rahachov.
Nina Gopova Trofimova
Nina Gopova-Trofimova (Нина Юрьевна Гопова-Трофимова), Soviet kayak sprinter born 1953, Olympic K2 500 m gold medalist at Montreal 1976 with Galina Kreft and silver medalist at Moscow 1980, twice world champion in 1973.
Noemie Fox
Noemie Fox (Noemie Eva Fox), Australian canoe slalom paddler born 1997 in Marseille, first Olympic women's kayak cross champion at Paris 2024; sister of Jessica Fox, daughter of Richard and Myriam Fox.
Norm Bellingham
Norm Bellingham (Norman Dean Bellingham, born 1964), American sprint kayaker, Olympic K2 1000 m gold medalist with Greg Barton at Seoul 1988, three-time Olympian, later USOC Chief Operating Officer 2006-2011.
Olaf Heukrodt
Olaf Heukrodt, born in Magdeburg in 1962, is a German flatwater canoeist who won five Olympic medals, including gold in the C1 500 meters at the 1988 Seoul Games.
Olaf Winter
Olaf Winter (born 1973, Neustrelitz, Germany) is a German sprint kayaker, KG Essen club, who won K4 1000 m gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, finished fourth in K2 at Sydney 2000, and took 1999 World bronze.