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Laszlo Jeney
László Jeney (Pierre), Hungarian water polo goalkeeper (1923–2006), won Olympic gold 1952 and 1956, silver 1948, bronze 1960, European titles 1954 and 1958, 65 caps.
Laszlo Sarosi
László Sárosi (born 1946, Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, Újpesti Dózsa 1958–1980, who won Olympic bronze 1968, silver 1972, and gold 1976, plus 1973 world and 1974 European titles; distinct from the footballer Sárosi László (1932–2016).
Laura Ester
Laura Ester (Laura Ester Ramos, born 1990, Barcelona), nicknamed Pajarito, Spanish water polo goalkeeper; Olympic gold Paris 2024 and silvers 2012/2020, world champion 2013, three European titles, seven Champions Leagues with CN Sabadell; retired 2025.
Maica Garcia
Maica Garcia (Maria del Carmen Garcia Godoy), born 1990 in Sabadell, is a Spanish water polo center forward who won Olympic gold with Spain at Paris 2024 after two Olympic silvers.
Mait Riisman
Mait Riisman (Майт Аугустович Рийсман), Estonian water polo player, 1956–2018; won gold with the Soviet Union at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, the first Estonian Olympic champion in a ball game, later a coach with Dynamo Moscow.
Mario Majoni
Mario Majoni (Mario Guglielmo Enrico Majoni, 1910–1985), Italian water polo player and coach; 1948 Olympic and 1947 European champion with Italy, later national coach, first Italian in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (1972).
Martina Miceli
Martina Miceli (born 1973, Roma) is an Italian water polo player and coach; Olympic gold 2004 with Italy, two world titles, and coach of Ekipe Orizzonte Catania's seven consecutive Italian titles.
Martina Terre
Martina Terré (Martina Terre), born 2002 in Barcelona, Spanish water polo goalkeeper, Olympic gold medalist Paris 2024 with Spain, first-choice goalkeeper since 2022, sister of goalkeeper Mariona Terré, club CN Sant Andreu then Sabadell.
Massimiliano Ferretti
Massimiliano Ferretti (born 1966, Rome) is an Italian water polo centre forward, 1992 Barcelona Olympic champion who scored the equalizer in the longest Olympic final, with 1988 Games, Worlds, and European medals.
Max Amann
Max Amann is a German water polo player from Magdeburg who won gold with Germany at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and silver at the 1931 European Championships.
Melania Grego
Melania Grego is an Italian former water polo player, a 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist who scored the winning goal in a 10-9 final over Greece.
Mieke Cabout
Mieke Cabout (Frederike Jacobie Cabout), Dutch water polo player born 1986 in Gouda; won gold with the Netherlands at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2010 European bronze, granddaughter of Olympian Joop Cabout.
Mihály Bozsi
Mihály Bozsi (Bozsiderácz Mihály, 1911–1984), Hungarian water polo player and swimmer of Újpesti TE; 1936 Berlin Olympic gold medalist, three-time European champion, 12-time Hungarian champion, later Vasas head coach.
Mihaly Mayer
Mayer Mihály (Mihaly Mayer, 1933–2000), Hungarian water polo defender, two-time Olympic champion (1956, 1964) and bronze medalist (1960, 1968), later champion coach of OSC, Ferencváros, and the Hungarian national team.
Miho Boskovic
Miho Bošković, born 1983 in Dubrovnik, is a retired Croatian water polo attacker, Olympic 2012, World 2007, and European 2010 champion with VK Jug and Vasas, later a music teacher.
Mikhail Ivanov (olympedia 54826)
Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov (Михаил Владимирович Иванов), Soviet water polo center forward, Olympedia athlete 54826: Olympic gold 1980 Moscow, bronze 1988 Seoul, world champion 1982, Dynamo Moscow captain, later coach. Not the 1977 cross-country skier.
Miki Oca
Miki Oca (Miguel Ángel Oca Gaia, born 1970), Spanish water polo player and coach; Olympic silver Barcelona 1992 and gold Atlanta 1996 as a player, and coach of Spain's women to Paris 2024 Olympic gold, now China's women's head coach.
Miklos Ambrus
Miklós Ambrus (Copák), 1933-2019, Hungarian water polo goalkeeper; 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and 1962 European champion with Ferencváros; 55 caps, five Hungarian titles; briefly emigrated to Australia after 1956.
Miklós Martin
Miklós Martin (Martin Miklós, Nick Martin), Hungarian water polo center forward, 1952 Helsinki Olympic and 1954 Torino European champion; 1956 non-starter who defected to the US and became a romance languages professor.
Milan Aleksic
Milan Aleksić (Милан Алексић): Serbian water polo player born 1986 in Belgrade, three Olympic medals (gold 2016 and 2020, bronze 2012), 15 World Aquatics medals; also a footballer born 2005 at Partizan.
Milivoj Bebic
Milivoj Bebić (Миливој Бебић), born 1959, Croatian water polo great; Olympic gold 1984 and silver 1980 with Yugoslavia, FINA world player of the year 1982, 1984, 1985, and record 620 international goals.
Miroslav Poljak
Miroslav Poljak (Мирослав Пољак), Croatian water polo player (1944–2015) of Mladost Zagreb; won 1968 Olympic gold with Yugoslavia, four European Champions Cups, four Yugoslav titles, and was four times Europe's top scorer.
Mislav Bezmalinovic
Mislav Bezmalinović (Mislav Bezmalinovic), Croatian water polo player (1967–2024), Seoul 1988 Olympic gold with Yugoslavia, 1991 world champion, European club champion with VK Jadran Split.
Naomi Castle
Naomi Castle (Naomi Sandra Castle, also Naomi McCarthy), Australian water polo defender born 1974 in Sydney; won gold at Sydney 2000, the first Olympic women's water polo tournament, and placed fourth at Athens 2004.
Nemanja Ubovic
Nemanja Ubovic (Немања Убовић), Serbian water polo center-forward born 1991 in Belgrade; Paris 2024 Olympic gold medalist with Serbia, 2014 Champions League winner with Barceloneta, now with Primorac Kotor.
Nemanja Vico
Nemanja Vico, born in 1994 in Kotor, is a Serbian water polo center who won the gold medal with the national team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Nikola Dedovic
Nikola Dedović (Никола Дедовић), Serbian water polo driver born 1992 in Belgrade; two Olympic golds (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), European gold 2026; clubs Partizan, Radnički, Spandau 04, Vasas. Not the footballer or hotel director of the same name.
Noel Delberghe
Noel Delberghe (Noël Jean Delberghe, 1897–1965), French water polo player from EN Tourcoing; won gold with France at the 1924 Paris Olympics, played all four matches, scored one goal, and took 1927 European silver.
Noemi Toth
Noemi Toth (Noémi Tóth), born 1976 in Szentes, Hungary, is a water polo defender who won Olympic gold with Italy at Athens 2004, plus world and European medals for Hungary and Italy.
Norbert Hosnyanszky
Norbert Hosnyánszky (Hosi), Hungarian water polo player born 1984 in Budapest. Olympic gold 2008 and bronze 2020, world champion 2013, European champion 2020, five Hungarian titles; retired 2024.