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Lady Henrietta Guinness
Lady Henrietta Guinness (Henrietta Elizabeth St Lawrence) was an Anglo-Irish heiress, daughter of the Earl of Howth, who married Captain Benjamin Lee Guinness in 1881 and had three sons.
Lagido Surf Point
Lagido Surf Point (Pico do Lagido) is a left-hand reef break near Baleal, about 5 km north of Peniche, Portugal. Best on NW swell, S/E wind, mid-to-high rising tide; intermediate to advanced, rocky bottom, often crowded.
Laird Hamilton
Laird Hamilton (born Laird John Zerfas) is a Hawaiian big-wave surfer and waterman, pioneer of tow-in surfing, stand-up paddleboarding, and foil boarding, famous for the 2000 Teahupo'o Millennium Wave and never competing professionally.
Lakey Peak
Lakey Peak is an A-frame coral reef surf break at Hu'u, Dompu, on Sumbawa's south coast, Indonesia, producing both a left and right from one peak; nearby breaks include Periscopes, Nungas, Cobblestones, and Lakey Pipe, best May–October on SW groundswell.
Lani Pallister
Lani Pallister, Australian distance freestyle swimmer born 2002 in Kogarah, NSW; Paris 2024 4x200m relay Olympic champion, short course 800m world record holder (7:54.00), and first swimmer to beat Katie Ledecky over 800m internationally.
Lanzasurf Surf School
Lanzasurf Surf School and Yoga Camps, a surf school in Caleta de Famara, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, founded in 2006 by Evandro Muñoz as a local kids' surf club, offering year-round surf lessons, camps, safaris, and yoga.
Lao Lishi
Lao Lishi (劳丽诗), Chinese diver born 1987 in Zhanjiang, Guangdong; 2004 Athens Olympic gold in 10m synchronized platform with Li Ting and silver in individual 10m platform; 2003 world synchro champion; retired 2010.
Lara Davenport
Lara Shiree Davenport (born 1983, Sydney) is an Australian swimmer and OAM recipient who won gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay as a heats swimmer at Beijing 2008, in world record time.
Lara Ilchenko
Lara Ilchenko (Лариса Дмитриевна Ильченко, born 1988, Volgograd), Russian open water swimmer; first Olympic women's 10km champion, Beijing 2008, and eight-time world title holder known for the drafting-then-sprinting finish called "The Ilchenko".
Lara Vadlau
Lara Vadlau, born 1994, is an Austrian sailor who won the mixed 470 gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics with Lukas Mähr, Austria's first sailing gold since 2004.
Larisa Aleksandrova Popova
Larisa Aleksandrova-Popova (Лариса Александрова-Попова), born 1957 in Tiraspol, is a Moldovan rower who won gold in the 1980 Moscow Olympic double sculls with Yelena Khloptseva, the first Olympic title for Moldova, plus 1976 silver and three world championships.
Larry Cain
Larry Cain (born 1963, Toronto) is a Canadian sprint canoeist who won C-1 500m gold and C-1 1000m silver at Los Angeles 1984, Canada's first Olympic canoe gold since 1936, later a SUP coach.
Larry Low
Larry Low (Lawrence Edgar Low, 1920–1996), American sailor from Trenton, New Jersey; won 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold in the Star class crewing for Bert Williams aboard Kathleen, and was a leading Comet class racer.
Lars Bjorkstrom
Lars Sigurd Björkström, Swedish-born Brazilian sailor (born 1943, Gothenburg), won Tornado class gold with Alex Welter at Moscow 1980, Brazil's first Olympic sailing gold, ending a 24-year national gold drought.
Lars Thorn
Lars Thörn (Lars Einar Vilhelm Thörn, 1904–1990), Swedish 5.5 Metre sailor; Olympic gold skipper of Rush V at Melbourne 1956 and silver with Rush VII at Tokyo 1964, KSSS club.
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.
Laszlo Cseh
Laszlo Cseh (László Cseh), Hungarian swimmer born 1985 in Budapest, individual medley and butterfly specialist; six Olympic medals without gold, all behind Michael Phelps, two world titles (2005, 2015), and 14 European Championships golds.
Laszlo Fabian (olympedia 10052)
László Fábián (1936–2018), Hungarian sprint kayaker, Olympedia athlete 10052; won K-2 10,000 m gold with János Urányi at Melbourne 1956, Hungary's first Olympic kayaking title, plus 4 world and 6 European titles. Distinct from the 1963-born pentathlete of the same name.
László Felkai
László Felkai (1941–2014), Hungarian water polo wing nicknamed Róka; Olympic gold at Tokyo 1964, bronze at Rome 1960 and Mexico City 1968; 120 caps, Ferencváros champion, later youth coach. Distinct from namesakes Felkai Mátyás László and Tomisa László.
Laszlo Foltan
Laszlo Foltan (Foltán László, born 1953, Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist, 1980 Moscow Olympic champion in C-2 500 m with István Vaskuti, and three-time world champion (1977, 1978, 1981) in the same event.
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).
Laszlo Szabados
Laszlo Szabados, a Hungarian freestyle swimmer from Subotica, specialized in relays. He won a European title in 1931 and an Olympic bronze in 1932.
Laura Dekker
Laura Dekker, born in 1995, is a New Zealand and Dutch sailor who became the youngest person to sail solo around the world, finishing in 2012 at age 16.
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.
Laura Wilkinson
Laura Wilkinson (Laura Ann Wilkinson, born 1977, Houston, Texas) is the American diver who won 10m platform gold at Sydney 2000 on a broken foot, the first US woman to do so since 1964, and later won the 2004 World Cup and 2005 Worlds.
Laure Manaudou
Laure Manaudou, French swimmer (born 1986, Villeurbanne), 2004 Athens Olympic champion in the 400 m freestyle, first Frenchwoman to win Olympic swimming gold; also world record holder and three-time world champion.
Lauren Boyle
Lauren Boyle (Lauren Marie Boyle), New Zealand distance freestyle swimmer, born 1987 in Auckland; three-time Olympian, 2012 short-course 800 m world champion, five long-course World Championship medals, and 2014 Commonwealth 400 m freestyle gold; retired 2017.
Lauren Henry
Lauren Henry (born 2001, Rugby, England) is a British rower, Leicester Rowing Club, Olympic gold in the women's quadruple sculls at Paris 2024, and first British woman to win World Championship gold in the women's single sculls (Amsterdam 2026).
Lauren Perdue
Lauren Perdue (Lauren Perdue Britt), American swimmer born 1991 in Charlottesville, raised in Greenville, N.C.; 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200m freestyle relay and 17-time ACC champion for the University of Virginia.