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Leif Wikstrom
Leif Gordon Wikström (1918–1991), Swedish sailor from Lysekil, won Dragon-class gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics aboard Slaghoken II with Folke Bohlin and Bengt Palmquist, beating Denmark's Tip on a points tie.
Léon Huybrechts
Léon Huybrechts (1876–1956), Belgian Olympic sailor, four-time Olympian 1908–1928; silvers in the 6-metre class 1908 and 1920, gold in the 1924 Olympic monotype; first sailor medaled at two Games.
Leonard Martin
Leonard Jack Martin (1901–1967), British sailor; Olympic gold in the 6-metre class aboard Lalage at Berlin 1936, and crew of Tommy Sopwith's Endeavor in the 1934 America's Cup challenge.
Linda Andersen
Linda Andersen, later Linda Cerup-Simonsen, Norwegian sailor born 1969 in Tønsberg; won 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold in the Europe dinghy class, first Norwegian woman with Summer Olympic gold; tenth in the 1996 470 with sister Ida Andersen.
Lorne Currie
Lorne Campbell Currie (1871-1926), British sailor born in Le Havre, France; owner of the yacht Scotia and winner of two gold medals in sailing at the 1900 Paris Olympics at Meulan; Royal Army Service Corps captain.
Louis Auguste Dormeuil
Louis Auguste Dormeuil (1868–1951) was a French sailor who won the gold medal in the ½-1 ton class at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Lowell North
Lowell Orton North (1929–2019), American sailor and founder of North Sails (1957). Olympic gold in Star class 1968, bronze in Dragon 1964; pioneered scientific, measured sailmaking; sold company 1984.
Luc Pillot
Luc Pillot (born 1959, Bar-sur-Seine), French 470-class sailor; with Thierry Péponnet won Olympic gold at Seoul 1988 and bronze at Los Angeles 1984; later America's Cup helmsman with Défi Areva.
Luigi De Manincor
Luigi De Manincor (1910–1986), Italian Olympic sailor from Rovinj or Trieste; won 8-metre class gold aboard Italia at Berlin 1936, Italy's first sailing gold, and placed fifth in Dragon at London 1948.
Luigi Mino Poggi
Luigi Mino Poggi (1906, Genoa) was an Italian sailor, Yacht Club Italiano member, and brother of Enrico Poggi; he won 1936 Olympic gold in the 8 metre class aboard Italia, Italy's first sailing gold, and placed eighth in the 6 Metre at the 1948 Games.
Luis Doreste
Luis Doreste Blanco, Spanish sailor born 1961 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; first Spaniard with two Olympic golds, 470 at Los Angeles 1984 with Roberto Molina and Flying Dutchman at Barcelona 1992 with Domingo Manrique; also 1987 and 1995 world champion.
Lukas Mahr
Lukas Mähr is an Austrian sailor, born in 1990 in Bregenz, who won gold in the mixed 470 dinghy at the 2024 Paris Olympics with Lara Vadlau.
Lynne Jewell
Lynne Jewell (Lynne M. Jewell Shore), born 1959 in Burbank, California, is an American sailor who won the first Olympic women's 470 gold at Seoul 1988 with Allison Jolly, after a 1980 Triple Crown season.
Magnus Konow
Magnus Konow (1887–1972), Norwegian shipowner and sailor, competed in six Olympics 1908–1948, winning sailing gold in 1912 (Magda IX) and 1920 (Sildra) and silver in 1936; co-founded whaling firm A/S Rosshavet.
Magnus Liljedahl
Magnus Liljedahl (Mag Daddy), Swedish-born American Star class sailor born 1954 in Gothenburg; won 2000 Sydney Olympic gold with Mark Reynolds, 2000 Star World Champion, later founded Team Paradise Sailing.
Malcolm Page
Malcolm Page (born 1972, Sydney) is an Australian 470-class sailor, the first Australian to win two Olympic sailing golds (Beijing 2008 with Nathan Wilmot, London 2012 with Mathew Belcher), later US Sailing's chief of Olympic sailing and CEO of Australian Sailing from 2025.
Marcelo Ferreira
Marcelo Bastos Ferreira, Brazilian Star-class sailor born 1965 in Niterói; Torben Grael's forward hand, winning Olympic gold in 1996 and 2004 and bronze in 2000, plus Star world titles in 1990 and 1997.
Marcos Soares
Marcos Soares (Marcos Pinto Rizzo Soares), Brazilian sailor born 1961 in Rio de Janeiro; won 470 class gold with Eduardo Penido at Moscow 1980 with 36.4 points; not the footballer or hurdler of the same name.
Marit Bouwmeester
Marit Bouwmeester (born 1988, Wartena, Netherlands) is a Dutch ILCA 6/Laser Radial sailor, the most decorated female Olympic sailor with two golds (2016, 2024), silver (2012), and bronze (2020), plus four world titles.
Mark Reynolds
Mark Jeffrey Reynolds (born 1955, San Diego) is an American Star class sailor, two-time Olympic gold medalist (1992, 2000) and 1988 silver medalist, distinct from MLB player Mark Andrew Reynolds.
Mark Turnbull
Mark David Turnbull (born 1973, Hobart) is an Australian sailor, crew to Tom King, who won 470 class gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympics; Australia's first 470 World Champion and 2000-01 Male Sailor of the Year.
Martin Hindorff
Martin Leonard Hindorff (1897-1969), Swedish 6-metre class sailor for KSSS; competed at four Olympics 1932-1952, winning 1932 gold aboard Bissbi plus bronze at Berlin 1936 and London 1948, fourth at Helsinki 1952.
Martin Kirketerp
Martin Kirketerp (Martin Kirketerp Ibsen, born 1982, Aarhus) is a Danish sailor, 2008 Beijing Olympic 49er gold medalist with Jonas Warrer, later TP52 and RC44 world champion, Ocean Race and SailGP grinder.
Martine Grael
Martine Grael (Martine Soffiatti Grael), Brazilian sailor born 1991 in Niterói, two-time 49erFX Olympic gold medalist (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020) with Kahena Kunze, and first female driver in SailGP, leading Mubadala Brazil before her 2026 departure.
Mateusz Kusznierewicz
Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Polish sailor born 1975 in Warsaw, Finn-class Olympic gold medalist at Atlanta 1996 (first Polish Olympic sailing medal) and bronze medalist at Athens 2004; five-time Olympian and multiple Finn and Star world champion.
Mathew Belcher
Mathew (Mat) Belcher, born 1982, Australian 470-class sailor; two-time Olympic gold medallist (London 2012 with Malcolm Page, Tokyo 2020 with Will Ryan) and eight-time 470 World Champion; retired October 2022.
Matthew Wearn
Matt Wearn (Matthew Wearn, born 1995, Perth) is an Australian ILCA 7 dinghy sailor, two-time Olympic gold medallist (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), the first to defend the men's dinghy title, and 2023-2024 world champion.
Max Salminen
Max Salminen, Swedish sailor born 1988 in Lund, Olympic gold in Star with Freddy Lööf at London 2012, 2017 Finn world champion, Finn sixth at Rio 2016 and ninth at Tokyo 2020.
Michael Schoettle
Michael Beaver Schoettle (born 7 September 1936, Philadelphia) is an American sailor, 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold medalist in the 5.5 metre class aboard Complex II, youngest US male gold medalist at 15 years 325 days, and 1992 US sailing team leader; his medal was awarded only in 2024.
Miguel Noguer
Miguel Noguer (Miquel Noguer i Castellví), Spanish sailor born 1956 in Barcelona; won Flying Dutchman gold with Alejandro Abascal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics in Tallinn, Spain's first gold since 1928; later a Barcelona dentist.