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Lindsay Shoop
Lindsay Dare Shoop (born 1981) is an American rower, Olympic gold medalist in the 2008 women's eight, three-time world champion, rowing coach at Virginia and Miami, and NBC rowing analyst.
Lisa Schmidla
Lisa Schmidla (born 1991, Krefeld) is a retired German rower, stroke of the women's quadruple sculls. Olympic gold Rio 2016, world champion 2014 with World Best Time 6:06.84, European champion 2015 and 2016.
Lloyd Butler
Lloyd LeMarr Butler (1924–1991), American rower from Sparks, Nevada; Cal-Berkeley oarsman who won gold in the men's eight at the 1948 London Olympics (5:56.7), his only Games, and later a Standard Oil executive.
Lola Anderson
Lola Anderson (Lola Estelle Bliss Anderson, born 1998) is a British rower, Leander Club captain, and MBE who won Paris 2024 Olympic gold in the women's quadruple sculls, Britain's first in that boat class, after the 2023 world title.
Lorne Loomer
Lorne Kenneth Loomer (1937-2017), Canadian rower of the UBC "Cinderella 4"; won gold in the men's coxless four at Melbourne 1956, Canada's first Olympic rowing gold, and founded the University of Victoria rowing program.
Lou Abell
Lou Abell (Louis Grenville Abell, 1884–1962), American coxswain who steered the Vesper Boat Club eight to Olympic gold at Paris 1900 and St. Louis 1904, later a board of health worker in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Louis Attrill
Louis Mark Attrill MBE (born 1975, Newport, Isle of Wight) is a British rower who won gold in the men's eight at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Britain's first eights title since 1912, and took 1999 world silver.
Lu Yang
Lü Yang (吕扬, also Lyu Yang; born 1993, Luohe, Henan) is a Chinese rower who won gold in the women's quadruple sculls at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, after finishing 11th in double sculls at Rio 2016 and 6th in the quad at Paris 2024.
Lucy Spoors
Lucy Spoors, New Zealand rower (born 1990, Christchurch): Tokyo 2020 women's eight silver, Paris 2024 double sculls gold with Brooke Francis; first crew of mothers to win an Olympic rowing medal.
Lucy Stephan
Lucy Stephan, Australian rower (born 1991, Nhill, Victoria), Olympic gold medallist in the women's coxless four at Tokyo 2020, two-time world champion (2017, 2019), three-time Olympian, OAM.
Luka Grubor
Luka Grubor (born 1973, Zagreb), Croatian-born rower for Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Great Britain; Olympic gold in the men's eight at Sydney 2000, first British eight gold since 1912, plus 1999 world silver and 2002 coxed-four world gold.
Luka Spik
Luka Špik (Luka Spik), Slovenian rower born 1979 in Kranj; 2000 Sydney Olympic gold in double sculls with Iztok Čop, first Olympic champion for independent Slovenia; five-time Olympian with gold, silver, and bronze; three-time world champion.
Lukas Muller
Lukas Müller (Lukas Muller), German rower born 1987 in Wetzlar; Olympic gold medalist in the men's eight at London 2012, world champion 2010 and 2011, European champion 2010, RC Germania Düsseldorf.
Lutz Ulbricht
Lutz Ulbricht (1942–2022), German rower of Frankfurter RG Germania, won 1968 Olympic gold in the Deutschland-Achter under Karl Adam, plus 1966 Worlds and 1967 Europeans; seventh in coxless pairs at Munich 1972.
Maaike Head
Maaike Head (born 1983, Amsterdam) is a Dutch rower and physician; with Ilse Paulis she won Olympic gold in the lightweight women's double sculls at Rio 2016 after finishing eighth at London 2012.
Madison Mailey
Madison Mailey (born 1996, Vancouver) is a Canadian rower, Northeastern alumna, and Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist in the women's eight, Canada's first women's rowing gold since 1996.
Mads Andersen
Mads Andersen is a shared Danish name: Olympic rowing champion Mads Christian Kruse Andersen (born 1978, 2008 lightweight four gold) and road cyclist Mads Andersen (born 2000, Swatt Club), plus handball, football and archery namesakes.
Mads Rasmussen
Mads Reinholdt Rasmussen (born 1981), Danish rower; with Rasmus Quist won gold at London 2012 and bronze at Beijing 2008 in the lightweight men's double sculls, world champion 2006 and 2007; now a physician.
Magdalena Fularczyk Kozłowska
Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska, Polish rower (born 1986, Wąbrzeźno), Olympic champion women's double sculls Rio 2016 with Natalia Madaj and bronze medalist London 2012 with Julia Michalska; Bydgostia Bydgoszcz club.
Magdalena Rusu
Magdalena Rusu, born Maria Magdalena Rusu in 1999, is a Romanian rower who won gold in the women's eight at the 2024 Paris Olympics and holds four world titles.
Mahe Drysdale
Mahe Drysdale (Alexander Mahé Owens Drysdale), New Zealand rower born 1978 in Melbourne; most decorated male single sculler with two Olympic golds (2012, 2016), 2008 bronze, five world titles, and the 2022 Thomas Keller Medal.
Malcolm Howard
Malcolm Howard, born 1983, is a Canadian rower from Victoria, British Columbia, who won Olympic gold in the men's eight at Beijing 2008 and silver at London 2012.
Manfred Klein
Manfred Klein (born 1947, Berlin), German rowing coxswain, nicknamed Willi; Olympic gold in the men's eight at Seoul 1988, bronze at Barcelona 1992, three world titles 1989-91, and German flagbearer in 1992.
Manfred Kluth
Manfred Kluth (2 July 1936 – 22 July 2010) was a West German rower of Neußer RV, 1959 national champion and European silver medallist, who rowed the coxless four at the 1960 Rome Olympics and later became a lawyer.
Manja Kowalski
Manja Kowalski (born 1976, Potsdam) is a German rower, twin sister of Kerstin Kowalski; Olympic quadruple sculls champion Sydney 2000 and 2001 world champion at Lucerne.
Manuela Lutze
Manuela Lutze, German rower (born 1974, Blankenburg im Harz), quadruple sculls Olympic champion 2000 and 2004, bronze 2008, five-time world champion with Rudernclub Magdeburg.
Marek Kolbowicz
Marek Antoni Kolbowicz, Polish rower born 1971 in Szczecin; five-time Olympian (1996–2012) and 2008 Beijing Olympic champion in the men's quadruple sculls with Wasielewski, Jeliński, and Korol, plus four world titles (2005–2009).
Maria Tanasa Fricioiu
Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu (Maria Fricioiu), Romanian rower born 1960 in Grădinari, Iași; Olympic gold in the women's coxed four at Los Angeles 1984 and World silver in 1983 and 1985.
Maria Tivodariu
Maria Tivodariu (Maria Tivodariu-Lehaci, born 1999), Romanian rower, CS Dinamo Bucuresti. Olympic gold 2024 women's eight, Tokyo 2020 sixth; 2017 junior world pair champion; first-ever mixed eight world title, Shanghai 2025. Distinct from rower Gabriela Tivodariu.
Marian Enache
Marian Florin Enache, Romanian rower (born 1995, Târgu Cărbunești), Olympic champion in men's double sculls with Andrei-Sebastian Cornea at Paris 2024, Romania's first men's sculling medal; also 2024 European champion.