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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.
Lorenzo Mora
Lorenzo Mora (born 1998, Carpi, Italy) is an Italian backstroke swimmer for GS Fiamme Rosse; short-course world record holder in the 4x50m medley relay (1:29.72, Melbourne 2022) and Italian record holder in the 100m backstroke (49.04).
Lorenzo Zazzeri
Lorenzo Zazzeri (born 1994, Florence) is an Italian freestyle sprint swimmer, captain of the Italian national team, with Olympic relay silver (Tokyo 2020) and bronze (Paris 2024), world and European relay titles, and a parallel painting career as ZazzArt.
Lorraine Crapp
Lorraine Crapp (Lorraine Thurlow), born 1 October 1938, Australian freestyle swimmer; 23 world records, first woman under 5 minutes for 400m freestyle, double gold medalist at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
Lotte Friis
Lotte Friis, born 1988, Danish distance freestyle swimmer; 2008 Olympic 800 m bronze, world 800 m gold Rome 2009 and 1,500 m gold Shanghai 2011; retired 2017.
Lou Handley
Lou Handley (Luigi de Breda Handley, 1874-1956), Italian-born American swimmer and water polo player with the New York Athletic Club, won two golds at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics and became the first official coach of a U.S. women's Olympic swim team.
Louise Hansson
Louise Hansson (Louise Maria Hansson), Swedish swimmer born 1996 in Helsingborg; three Olympian (2016, 2020, 2024), 2021 short course world champion in 100m backstroke and record-setting medley relays; sister of Sophie Hansson.
Louise Karlsson
Louise Viktoria Karlsson, Swedish swimmer born 1974 in Uddevalla, short-course 100 m medley world record holder (1:01.03, 1992), 1997 world 200 m medley champion, and 1992/1996 Olympian.
Luca Dotto
Luca Dotto, born 1990 in Camposampiero, is a retired Italian sprint freestyle swimmer, first Italian under 48 seconds in the 100 m freestyle, 2011 world silver medalist and 2016 European champion, now a Sky Sport commentator.
Luca Sacchi
Luca Sacchi, born 1968 in Milan, Italian medley swimmer, 400 m IM bronze at Barcelona 1992, European champion 1991, short-course world record 4:08.77; later Rai swimming commentator with Tommaso Mecarozzi.
Lucy Morton
Lucy Morton was an English swimmer who won the 200 meters breaststroke at the 1924 Paris Olympics, becoming the first British woman to win an individual Olympic swimming gold.
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.
Luiz Altamir Melo
Luiz Altamir Melo (Luiz Altamir Lopes Melo), Brazilian swimmer born 1996 in Boa Vista, Roraima; Flamengo athlete, 2018 short-course world champion and 4x200 m freestyle relay world record holder (6:46.81), Youth Olympic and two-time Pan American Games gold medalist.
Luke Hobson
Luke Hobson (born 2003), American swimmer from Reno, Nevada, University of Texas; Paris 2024 bronze in 200m freestyle and silver in 4x200m relay; short course 200m free world record 1:38.61.
Luo Xuejuan
Luo Xuejuan (罗雪娟), Chinese breaststroke swimmer born 1984 in Hangzhou; 2004 Olympic 100 m breaststroke champion in an Olympic record 1:06.64, five-time world champion, retired 2007 due to a heart condition.
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.
Lutz Unger
Lutz Unger (born 1951, Wernigerode) is a retired East German swimmer of SC Dynamo Berlin. Olympic silver (4x100 medley relay) and bronze (4x100 freestyle relay) at Munich 1972; 1970 world record 3:54.4 medley relay.
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 Burke
Lynn Burke (Lynn Edythe Burke, born 1943) is an American swimmer who won gold in the 100m backstroke and 4x100m medley relay at the 1960 Rome Olympics and set six world records.
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.
Lynn Vidali
Lynn Vidali (Lynn Marie Vidali Gautschi), American swimmer born 1952 in San Francisco; two Olympic individual medley medals (silver 400 IM 1968, bronze 200 IM 1972) and 1966 world record in the 200 m IM.
Maaike de Waard
Maaike de Waard, born 1996 in Vlaardingen, Netherlands, is a Dutch backstroke and butterfly swimmer who won Youth Olympic gold in 2014 and holds short-course relay world records.
Mack Horton
Mack Horton, full name Mackenzie James Horton, is a retired Australian swimmer who won 400 meter freestyle gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, took bronze at Tokyo 2020, and retired in 2024.
Madi Wilson
Madi Wilson (Madison Maree Wilson, born 1994) is a retired Australian swimmer, dual Olympic 4x100m freestyle relay gold medallist (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), multi-world-record relay specialist, who retired in January 2025.
Magda Hunyadfi
Magda Hunyadfi (Magdolna Éva Hunyadfy, 1937–2003), Hungarian backstroke swimmer with Ferencvárosi TC; 1952 Olympic 100 m backstroke (=10th) and 1953 world and European 4×100 m medley relay record holder.
Maggie Mac Neil
Maggie Mac Neil (Margaret Mac Neil, born 2000, Jiujiang, China) is a retired Canadian swimmer from London, Ontario: Tokyo 2020 Olympic 100m butterfly champion (55.59), 2019 world champion, and 2023 five-gold Pan Am record holder.
Mai Nakamura
Mai Nakamura (中村真衣), born 1979 in Nagaoka, Japan, backstroke swimmer; 2000 Sydney Olympic silver (100 m backstroke) and bronze (medley relay); two world records; distinct from the artistic swimmer born 1989.
Makoto Fukui
Makoto Fukui (福井誠, 1940–1992), Japanese freestyle swimmer; Olympic silver (Rome 1960) and bronze (Tokyo 1964) in the 4x200 m freestyle relay; set three world records in that relay; 1958 Asian Games double gold medalist.
Malin Svahnstrom
Malin Svahnström (Svahnstrom), Swedish swimmer born 1980 in Upplands Väsby; Olympic 4x100 freestyle relay bronze at Sydney 2000, short-course 4x200 freestyle world record 7:51.70, and 12-time UCLA All-American.