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Lauren Schmetterling
Lauren Schmetterling is an American rower who won gold in the women's eight at the 2016 Rio Olympics and three straight world titles from 2013 to 2015.
Lauren Steadman
Lauren Steadman (born 1992), British PTS5 para triathlete and former S9 swimmer from Peterborough. Five Paralympics: swimming at Beijing 2008 and London 2012; triathlon silver Rio 2016, gold Tokyo 2020, bronze Paris 2024; three-time world champion, MBE 2022.
Laurent Porchier
Laurent Porchier, born 1968 in Bourg-de-Péage, is a French rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's lightweight coxless four at Sydney 2000 with Bette, Hocdé, and Dorfman, plus four World medals and a 2001 lightweight eight world title.
Lauritz Schoof
Lauritz-Johannes Schoof (born 1990, Rendsburg) is a German rower, double Olympic champion in the men's quadruple sculls at London 2012 and Rio 2016, 2015 world champion, now a cardiology physician in Hamburg.
Le Club de la Glisse
Le Club de la Glisse, surf school founded 1988 on Marinella beach, Anglet, Basque Country, France; FFS-accredited since 2000, state-certified instructors, group max 8, season April to November.
Le Jingyi
Le Jingyi (乐靖宜, born 1975, Shanghai), Chinese freestyle swimmer; 1996 Olympic 100 m freestyle champion with three other Olympic silvers, and 1994 world champion and world record holder in the 50 and 100 m freestyle.
Leah Neale
Leah Neale, born 1995 in Ipswich, Queensland, is an Australian freestyle swimmer and 4x200 m relay specialist: Olympic silver Rio 2016, bronze Tokyo 2020, 2018 Commonwealth gold, short-course world record 7:30.87.
Leah Smith
Leah Grace Smith (born 1995), American distance freestyle swimmer from Pittsburgh; 2016 Olympic gold (4x200 relay) and bronze (400 free), four-time NCAA champion for Virginia, 29 World Aquatics medals.
Lee Lai Shan
Lee Lai Shan (李麗珊), nicknamed San San and the "Queen of the Wind", is a retired Hong Kong windsurfer born 1970 on Cheung Chau. She won the women's Mistral at Atlanta 1996, Hong Kong's first Olympic medal, plus three world titles.
Lee Loomis
Lee Loomis, full name Alfred Lee Loomis, Jr., was an American sailor who won Olympic gold in the six-meter class at the 1948 London Games.
Legian Beach
Legian Beach (Pantai Legian) is a two-kilometre west-facing beach in South Bali, Indonesia, between Kuta and Seminyak, known for sunsets, beginner surfing, rip current hazards, and ongoing coastal conservation works.
Leif Wikstrom
Leif Gordon Wikström (1918–1991), Swedish sailor from Lysekil, won Dragon-class gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics aboard Slaghoken II with Folke Bohlin and Bengt Palmquist, beating Denmark's Tip on a points tie.
Leisel Jones
Leisel Jones (born 1985), Australian breaststroke swimmer, 'Lethal Leisel'; first Australian swimmer at four Olympics (2000-2012), nine Olympic medals including 100m breaststroke gold at Beijing 2008, 14 world records.
Lenie de Nijs
Lenie de Nijs (1939–2023), Dutch swimmer of Hilversum, set six world records in freestyle, backstroke, and medley relay, won 1958 European relay gold, and missed the 1956 Olympics through the Dutch boycott.
Lennart Brock
Lennart Brock, born 1933, Swedish breaststroke swimmer of SK Poseidon and LUGI; swam on Sweden's 1953 European-record 4x100 m medley relay, later a masters swimming record holder and IFK Lund masters throwing athlete.
Lennart van Lierop
Lennart van Lierop (Leonard van Lierop), Dutch rower born 1994, A.A.S.R. Skøll; Olympic gold 2024 men's quadruple sculls, 2023 European single sculls champion, 2023 world quad champion, 2026 men's four silver.
Lenny Krayzelburg
Lenny Krayzelburg, born Leonid Krayzelburg in 1975 in Odesa, is a Ukrainian-born American swimmer who swept the backstroke events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won four gold medals.
Lenore Kight-Wingard
Lenore Kight-Wingard (1911-2000), American freestyle swimmer for the Carnegie Library Athletic Club; Olympic silver 1932 and bronze 1936 in the 400 m freestyle, seven world records, 23 AAU titles, ISHOF 1981.
Léon Huybrechts
Léon Huybrechts (1876–1956), Belgian Olympic sailor, four-time Olympian 1908–1928; silvers in the 6-metre class 1908 and 1920, gold in the 1924 Olympic monotype; first sailor medaled at two Games.
Léon Marchand
Léon Marchand (born 2002, Toulouse) is a French swimmer, quadruple 2024 Olympic champion, world-record holder in the 400 m and 200 m individual medley, coached by Bob Bowman at ASU and Texas.
Leon Rotman
Leon Rotman (born 22 July 1934, Bucharest) is a Romanian sprint canoeist, first Romanian to win two Olympic golds at one Games: C-1 1000 m and 10,000 m at Melbourne 1956, plus C-1 1000 m bronze at Rome 1960.
Leonard Carpenter
Leonard Griswold Carpenter (1902-1994), Minneapolis-born American rower, won gold in the men's eight at the 1924 Paris Olympics rowing bow seat for the Yale crew, then led a Minnesota lumber company.
Leonard Martin
Leonard Jack Martin (1901–1967), British sailor; Olympic gold in the 6-metre class aboard Lalage at Berlin 1936, and crew of Tommy Sopwith's Endeavor in the 1934 America's Cup challenge.
Leonardo Deplano
Leonardo Deplano (born 1999, Florence) is an Italian sprint freestyle swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Paris 2024, holder of three short-course relay world records, and a four-time world short-course champion.
Leonid Geyshtor
Leonid Geyshtor (Леонид Гейштор), born 1936 in Homel, Soviet Belarusian canoeist; with Sergey Makarenko won C2 1,000 m gold at Rome 1960, the first Olympic gold by a Belarusian, in 4:17.04.
Leonid Kolesnikov
Leonid Nikolayevich Kolesnikov (Леонид Николаевич Колесников, 1937–2010), Soviet breaststroke swimmer from Tashkent; 100 m breaststroke world record holder (1:11.4, 1961), 1958 European 200 m breaststroke champion, 1960 Olympian for CSKA Moscow.
Les Boardman
Les Boardman (Leslie Boardman, 1889-1975), Australian swimmer of the Sydney Swimming Club; won 1912 Stockholm Olympic gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay for Australasia with world-record times, replacing Bill Longworth on the third leg.
Lesley Thompson Willie
Lesley Thompson-Willie, Canadian rowing coxswain born 1959 in Toronto, won five Olympic medals (gold, Barcelona 1992 women's eight) over a record-tying eight Games and 10 world championship medals.
Leslie Wormald
Leslie Graham Wormald (1890-1965), English rower, Magdalen College Oxford and Leander Club; won gold in the men's eights for Great Britain at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics; won three Boat Races; Military Cross recipient.
Let's Go Surfing
Let's Go Surfing is an Australian surf school founded in 1995 by Brenda Miley and Craig Wachholz, operating at Bondi, Maroubra, Byron Bay, and Ballina-Lennox Head, known for small-group lessons, Parks Eco Pass licensing, LGBTQIA+ inclusion programs, and NSW Tourism Awards.