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Mallory Comerford
Mallory Comerford (born 1997) is an American freestyle and butterfly swimmer, four-time NCAA champion for Louisville, three-time ACC Swimmer of the Year, and US world-record relay medalist; not the soccer player Mallory Swanson.
Manabu Koga
Manabu Koga (古賀•学), Japanese freestyle swimmer (1935–1974) of Waseda University; 1956 Olympian (100 m freestyle =10, 4×200 m relay 4th), holder of 4×100 m freestyle and medley relay world records, and double 1958 Tokyo Asian Games gold medalist.
Manon van Rooijen
Manon van Rooijen (born 1982, Leerdam) is a Dutch freestyle swimmer who won silver in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at Sydney 2000 and gold at Beijing 2008, swimming the heats.
Manuel dos Santos
Manuel dos Santos, born 1939, is a Brazilian swimmer who won 100-meter freestyle bronze at the 1960 Rome Olympics and in 1961 became Brazil's first male swimming world record holder.
Manuela Stellmach
Manuela Stellmach (Stellmach-Schubert), born 1970 in East Berlin, East German and German freestyle swimmer; double 1988 Olympic relay champion, 1988 200 m freestyle bronze, 1992 relay bronze, multiple world-record relays.
Marc Foreman
Marc Foreman (also spelled Mark Foreman), American swimmer for the University of Tennessee 1977-1979; SEC 400 IM and 200 backstroke champion, 13-time All-American, member of the 1978 NCAA championship team, later suspended by the AAU in 1978.
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.
Marcel Wouda
Marcel Wouda (Marcel Reinier Wouda), Dutch swimmer born 1972 in Tilburg; 1998 world champion 200 m medley at Perth, only Dutch male long-course world champion, Sydney 2000 relay bronze; later KNZB national coach.
Marco Koch
Marco Koch (born 1990, Darmstadt), German breaststroke swimmer; 2015 world champion and 2014 European champion in the 200 m breaststroke; short-course world record 2:00.44 (2016-2018); three Olympian; later Hessen state coach.
Marco Orsi
Marco Orsi (born 1990, Budrio, Italy) is an Italian sprint swimmer with Fiamme Oro, a 2012 and 2016 Olympian, holder of short-course world records in the 4x50 m medley relay, and a finswimming World Cup winner.
Marek Petrusewicz
Marek Petrusewicz (1934–1992), Polish breaststroke swimmer from Wrocław, first Polish swimming world record holder (100 m, 1953 and 1954), European silver medalist Turin 1954, Helsinki 1952 Olympian, later Solidarity activist.
Margaret Edwards
Margaret Edwards (Margaret Wilding), born 28 March 1939, British backstroke swimmer; 1956 Olympic 100 m backstroke bronze medalist, 1958 world record holder (1:12.4), and 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games medley relay gold medalist.
Margaret Hoelzer
Margaret Hoelzer (Margaret Josephine Hoelzer), born 1983 in Huntsville, Alabama, is a retired American swimmer, two-time Olympian, and three-time 2008 Beijing medalist who set the 200m backstroke world record in 2008 and later became a child sexual abuse advocate.
Margaret Woodbridge
Margaret Woodbridge was an American freestyle swimmer who won a 1920 Olympic gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and silver in the 300 m freestyle.
Margareta Rylander
Margareta Rylander, known as Meta, is a Swedish swimmer who set the women's 1500 meters freestyle world record, 19:02.8, at age 14 in Uppsala in 1961.
Maria Lenk
Maria Lenk was a Brazilian swimmer, the first South American woman to compete at the Olympics, in 1932, and the first woman to use the butterfly stroke in international competition.
Maria Littomeritzky
Maria Littomericzky (Littomeritzky Mária, 1927-2017), Hungarian swimmer, 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, three-time Olympian, 1954 European relay champion, later pharmacist and coach.
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).
Marie Baron
Marie Baron (Mietje Baron, later du Puy; 1908–1948), Dutch swimmer and diver of ODZ Rotterdam. 1928 Olympic 200 m breaststroke silver behind Hilde Schrader; disqualified in 1924 despite the fastest time; held 200 m and 400 m breaststroke world records.
Marie Braun
Marie Braun, nicknamed Zus, was a Dutch swimmer who won gold in the 100 meters backstroke at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, the first Dutchwoman to win an individual Olympic event.
Marie Corridon
Marie Corridon (Marie Louise Corridon-Mortell, 1930–2010), American swimmer of the Women's Swimming Association of New York; 1948 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay and ninth-place finisher in the 100 m freestyle.
Mariechen Wehselau
Mariechen Wehselau (Jackson), "Squeaky", Honolulu swimmer, 1924 Paris Olympics silver in 100 m freestyle and gold, world record 4:58.8, in the 4x100 m freestyle relay; Hawaii's first woman Olympic gold medalist.
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.
Marilyn Ramenofsky
Marilyn Ramenofsky, born 1946 in Phoenix, Arizona, American swimmer; set the 400m freestyle world record three times in 1964 (best 4:39.5) and won 400m freestyle silver at Tokyo 1964 behind Ginny Duenkel.
Marina Koshevaya
Marina Koshevaya (Марина Владимировна Кошевая), Soviet breaststroke swimmer born 1960; 1976 Olympic 200 m breaststroke champion in world record 2:33.35 and 100 m bronze at Montreal.
Marion Lay
Marion Beverly Lay (born 1948, Vancouver) is a Canadian swimmer, 1964 and 1968 Olympian, bronze medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Mexico City 1968, and later a leading advocate for women in sport.
Mariya Kameneva
Mariya Kameneva (Мария Андреевна Каменева, later Kanaikina), Russian sprint swimmer born 1999 in Orenburg; Tokyo 2020 Olympian for ROC, short course world record holder in mixed 4x50m medley relay, multiple European relay champion.
Mark Foster (swimmer)
Mark Foster (born 1970, Billericay, Essex), British swimmer, five-time Olympian and six-time world champion in 50m freestyle and butterfly, 51 international medals, 21.13 short-course 50m free record, came out in 2017, now BBC commentator.
Mark Henderson
Mark Andrew Henderson (born 1969), American swimmer; 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay, not the NZ boxer Morgan Henderson or other athletes named Henderson.
Mark Kerry
Mark Kerry (born 1959, Temora, NSW) is an Australian backstroke swimmer, triple Olympian 1976-1984, who won gold in the 1980 4x100m medley relay and bronze medals in the 1980 200m backstroke and 1984 medley relay.