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Kelsi Dahlia
Kelsi Worrell (Kelsi Dahlia), American butterfly swimmer born 1994 in New Jersey; 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay, first woman under 50 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly, and short-course 100 fly world record holder (54.59, 2021).
Kevin Berry
Kevin Berry (1945–2006), Australian butterfly swimmer, won the 200 m butterfly gold at Tokyo 1964 in world record 2:06.6, Australia's first butterfly gold; later SMH photographer and ABC head of sport.
Kornelia Gressler
Kornelia Gressler (Greßler), born 1970, East German butterfly swimmer; 1986 World champion 100m butterfly (59.51) and medley relay gold, 1985 European 100m butterfly champion; not Kornelia Ender.
Lary Schulhof
Larry (Lary Alan) Schulhof, born 1942 in Muncie, Indiana, is an American butterfly swimmer and neurosurgeon; he won gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Tokyo 1964 and set a 1961 medley relay world record.
Li Zhuhao
Li Zhuhao (李朱濠), born 1999 in Wenzhou, Chinese butterfly swimmer; 2014 Youth Olympic triple gold medalist, 100m fly national record holder 50.96 (2017–2026), now a coach.
Liliana Szilagyi
Liliana Szilagyi (Szilágyi Liliána), born 1996 in Budapest, Hungarian butterfly swimmer; double 2014 Youth Olympic champion, 2016 European 200 fly silver medalist, two-time Olympian; in 2021 accused her father Zoltán Szilágyi of abuse; now a yoga instructor.
Liu Limin
Liu Limin (刘黎敏), Chinese butterfly swimmer born 1976 in Wuhan; 1996 Olympic 100 m butterfly silver behind Amy Van Dyken, triple gold at the 1994 Rome World Championships, and multiple short-course world records.
Liu Zige
Liu Zige (刘子歌), born 1989, Chinese swimmer; 2008 Olympic 200 m butterfly champion in world record 2:04.18, long course record holder 2:01.81 (2009), 2013 world champion, retired 2016.
Luis Nicolao
Luis Alberto Nicolao Yanuzzi, Argentine swimmer born 1944 in Buenos Aires; set 100 m butterfly world records of 58.4 and 57.0 in Rio de Janeiro in April 1962; competed at the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Olympics.
Lutz Stoklasa
Lutz Stoklasa (born 1949, Langewiesen) is a West German butterfly swimmer, Wacker Burghausen, 1968 and 1972 Olympian, 100 m butterfly European record holder, 1975 world relay silver medalist, later a physician in Wyk auf Föhr.
Lyndon Ferns
Lyndon Ferns, born 1983 in Polokwane, South Africa, is a retired swimmer, 2004 Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder in the 4x100 m freestyle relay (3:13.17), and 2006 NCAA 100 butterfly champion for Arizona.
Lynn Colella
Lynn Colella (Lynn Ann Colella, later Bell), born 1950 in Seattle, is an American swimmer who took silver in the 200 m butterfly at the 1972 Munich Olympics in a US sweep, with Pan American Games and 1973 World Championship medals.
Marcel Gery
Marcel Gery (Marcel Géry), born 1965 in Smolenice, is a Slovak-Canadian swimmer who defected from Czechoslovakia in 1986, set a short course 50 m butterfly world record in 1990, and won 1992 Olympic bronze in the 4x100 medley relay.
Marianne Heemskerk
Marianne Heemskerk (Marianne Yvonne Heemskerk-Oudkerk), Dutch butterfly swimmer born 1944 in Rotterdam; 1960 Rome Olympic silver in 100 m butterfly and 1960 world record 200 m butterfly (2:34.4).
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer (D'Cruz), Australian sprint swimmer born 1986 in Adelaide; 2004 Olympic 100m backstroker who reinvented herself in butterfly, won 50m fly gold at Rome 2009 worlds, set short-course world records 24.99 (50 fly) and 26.17 (50 back), and won the 2008 FINA World Cup.
Mary Beth Stewart
Mary Slewart is an OCR spelling variant of Mary Stewart McIlwaine (born 1945, Vancouver), Canadian swimmer, two-time Olympian, twice world 110-yard butterfly record holder, and 1962 Commonwealth Games champion.
Mary Descenza
Mary Descenza (Mary DeScenza Mohler), born 1984, American butterfly swimmer; set the 200 m butterfly world record, 2:04.14, at the 2009 Rome World Championships; two-time world champion, never an Olympian.
Matt Gribble
Matt Gribble (Matthew Owen Gribble, 1962-2004), American butterfly swimmer; 1982 world champion, 100 m fly world record holder 53.44 (1983), three 1983 Pan Am golds, 16th at 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Matt Jaukovic
Matt Jaukovic, born Matija Jaukovic in 1985, is an Australian butterfly swimmer who set a short course 50 meter butterfly world record of 22.50 seconds in 2008.
Matteo Rivolta
Matteo Rivolta, Italian butterfly swimmer born 1991 in Milan, two-time Olympian (2012, 2016), three-time short-course world champion, short-course 4x50 medley relay world record holder (1:29.72), retired February 2024.
Maxime Grousset
Maxime Grousset, French swimmer born 1999 in Nouméa, New Caledonia; sprint freestyle and butterfly specialist; triple long-course world champion (100 fly 2023, 50 and 100 fly 2025) and Paris 2024 relay bronze medalist.
Mayumi Aoki
Mayumi Aoki (青木まゆみ), born 1953 in Yamaga, Kumamoto, is a Japanese swimmer who won the 1972 Munich Olympic 100 m butterfly gold in world record 1:03.34, held the record twice in 1972, and took 1973 world bronze.
Mel Stewart
Mel Stewart (Melvin Monroe Stewart, born 1968) is an American swimmer, 1992 Olympic 200 m butterfly and medley relay gold medalist, 1991 world champion, former 200 fly world record holder (1:55.69), and co-founder of SwimSwam.
Mike Bruner
Mike Bruner (Michael Lee Bruner, born 1956), American swimmer, double 1976 Montreal Olympic gold medalist in the 200m butterfly (world record 1:59.23) and 4x200m freestyle relay; 1978 world champion; ISHOF 1988.
Milorad Čavić
Milorad Čavić (Милорад Чавић), Serbian butterfly swimmer born 1984 in Anaheim, California; took 2008 Olympic 100m butterfly silver 0.01s behind Michael Phelps, won 2009 world 50m fly gold, held 100m fly world records, retired 2012.
Milos Milosevic
Milos Milosevie (Miloš Milošević), Croatian swimmer born 1972 in Split; 1993 world short-course 100 m butterfly champion and 1998 short-course 50 m butterfly world record holder (23.30), Olympian 1996 and 2000.
Misty Hyman
Misty Hyman (Misty Dawn Marie Hyman), American swimmer born 1979 in Mesa, Arizona; won 200 m butterfly gold at Sydney 2000 upsetting Susie O'Neill; Stanford star, underwater dolphin-kick pioneer, later ASU coach.
Nancy Ramey
Nancy Jane Ramey (Lethcoe), American swimmer, 1956 Olympic silver medalist in the 100 m butterfly and world record holder in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly, 1940–2022.
Nataliya Popova
Nataliya Popova names several athletes: a Soviet swimmer (born 1958, 1976 Olympics, 200 m butterfly finalist), a Ukrainian figure skater (born 1993, 2014 Olympics), and a Kazakhstani Olympic diver (born 1980).
Nicholas Santos
Nicholas Santos (full name Nicholas Araújo Dias dos Santos) is a Brazilian butterfly and freestyle sprint swimmer, born in 1980, who won six short-course world titles.