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Leu Tropical Surf School
Leu Tropical Surf School (LTST) is the surf school of the Leu Tropical Surf Team club in Saint-Leu, Réunion, founded 1989, teaching on the Gauche de Saint-Leu inside a shark-risk ZONEX with its Water Patrol; security operations passed to RESSAC in 2025.
Lev Balandin
Lev Nikolayevich Balandin (Лев Николаевич Баландин), 1934-1980, Soviet freestyle swimmer; two-time Olympian (1952, 1956), 1954 European silver medalist, and 4x100 m medley relay world record holder.
Lev Yam
Lev Yam, Hebrew for "heart of the sea," is a water-sports club at the Tel Aviv Marina next to Gordon Beach, teaching sailing, windsurfing, and paddling since the 1980s.
Lew Wilson
Lew Wilson, full name Lindsay Edward Wilson, is a New Zealand rower who won gold in the men's eight at the 1972 Munich Olympics and bronze in 1976.
Lewes Street Surf Beach
Lewes Street Surf Beach is a mapped surfing spot on Lewes Street in Fenwick Island, Sussex County, Delaware (OSM node 3373999536), a beginner-friendly beach break in Fenwick Island State Park with year-round waves, water 2–24 °C.
Lewis Clive
Lewis Clive (1910–1938), British rower and Labour politician; won Olympic gold in the coxless pairs with Hugh Edwards at Los Angeles 1932, later killed fighting for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War.
Li Bingjie
Li Bingjie (李冰洁, born 2002) is a Chinese competitive swimmer from Baoding, Hebei, specializing in freestyle events across distances ranging from 200 m to 1,500 m.
Li Guangyuan
Li Guangyuan (李广源), Chinese backstroke and butterfly swimmer born 1997 in Taizhou; three golds and a bronze at the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics, sixth in the 200 m backstroke at Rio 2016, and world and Asian Games relay medals.
Li Na (olympedia 90556)
Li Na (李娜, born 1984, Hefei, Anhui) is a Chinese platform diver, Olympedia athlete 90556, who won synchronized platform gold with Sang Xue and 10 m platform silver at Sydney 2000; distinct from the fencer and tennis Li Na.
Li Zhesi
Li Zhesi (李哲思), Chinese swimmer from Shenyang, 2009 world champion and former 4x100 medley relay world record holder (3:52.19), 2010 Asian Games 50m freestyle champion, banned two years for EPO in 2013.
Li Zhuhao
Li Zhuhao (李朱濠), born 1999 in Wenzhou, Chinese butterfly swimmer; 2014 Youth Olympic triple gold medalist, 100m fly national record holder 50.96 (2017–2026), now a coach.
Lia Thomas
Lia Thomas, American swimmer, first openly transgender NCAA Division I champion (500-yard freestyle, 2022, Penn). CAS dismissed her 2024 challenge to World Aquatics' transgender eligibility rules; Penn later modified her records.
Liam Corrigan
Liam Corrigan (born 1997, Toronto) is an American rower, stroke of the US men's coxless four that won gold at Paris 2024 in 5:49.03, the first US win in the event since 1960; Harvard and Oxford educated.
Liam Heath
Liam Heath (Liam Nicholas Heath), British sprint canoeist born 1984 in Guildford, Wey Kayak Club; four Olympic medals (K2 bronze 2012, K1 gold and K2 silver 2016, K1 bronze 2020), Britain's most successful Olympic canoeist, MBE, retired April 2022.
Liam Tancock
Liam Tancock (born 1985, Exeter) is an English former backstroke swimmer, two-time 50m backstroke world champion (Rome 2009, Shanghai 2011) whose 24.04 world record stood from 2009 to 2018, and an Olympian for Great Britain.
Liane Weigelt Buhr
Liane Weigelt Buhr (Liane Buhr, born 1956, Pritzwalk) is a German rowing coxswain who won Olympic gold in the women's coxed quadruple sculls for East Germany at Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980, plus world titles in 1974, 1975, and 1979.
Libby Trickett
Libby Trickett (Lisbeth Constance Trickett, OAM, née Lenton, born 1985), Australian swimmer; four Olympic golds across Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012; multiple 100m freestyle world record holder.
Lifesaving (sport)
Life saving (lifesaving sport) is competitive aquatic rescue sport governed by the International Life Saving Federation, with pool, beach, ocean, SERC, surf boat, and IRB events, biennial Lifesaving World Championships since 1994, and World Games inclusion since 1985.
Liliana Gafencu
Liliana Gafencu, Romanian rower (born 1975), triple Olympic champion in the women's eight at Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, and Athens 2004 with Dinamo București; also world champion in the eight in 1997 and 1998.
Liliana Szilagyi
Liliana Szilagyi (Szilágyi Liliána), born 1996 in Budapest, Hungarian butterfly swimmer; double 2014 Youth Olympic champion, 2016 European 200 fly silver medalist, two-time Olympian; in 2021 accused her father Zoltán Szilágyi of abuse; now a yoga instructor.
Lilly King
Lilly King, American breaststroke swimmer from Evansville, Indiana; 2016 Rio Olympic 100m breaststroke champion (1:04.93 OR) famous for finger-wag confrontation with Russia's doped Yulia Efimova; six Olympic medals, 20 world titles; retired August 2025.
Lin Li (olympedia 46089)
Lin Li (林莉), Chinese swimmer born 1970 in Nantong, Jiangsu; won 200m IM gold at Barcelona 1992 in world record 2:11.65, plus two silvers and a 1996 bronze across three Olympics.
Lin Yue
Lin Yue (林跃), Chinese platform diver born 1991 in Chaozhou, Guangdong; two Olympic golds in men's synchronized 10m platform (Beijing 2008 with Huo Liang, Rio 2016 with Chen Aisen), sixth in 2012 individual platform, three world titles.
Lina Kaciusyte
Lina Inga Kačiušytė (Лина Качюшите), born 1963 in Vilnius, Soviet-Lithuanian breaststroke swimmer; 1980 Olympic 200 m breaststroke champion (2:29.54), 1978 world champion, and three-time 200 m world record holder.
Linda Andersen
Linda Andersen, later Linda Cerup-Simonsen, Norwegian sailor born 1969 in Tønsberg; won 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold in the Europe dinghy class, first Norwegian woman with Summer Olympic gold; tenth in the 1996 470 with sister Ida Andersen.
Linda Gustavson
Linda Gustavson (Linda Lee Gustavson, later McGuire), American swimmer born 1949 in Santa Cruz, California; won gold, silver, and bronze at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and set world records in the 200 m freestyle and 4x100 m freestyle relay.
Linda Jezek
Linda Jezek (Linda Louise Jezek-Witwer), American backstroke swimmer born 1960 in Palo Alto; 1976 Olympic medley relay silver, 1978 world champion and 200 m backstroke world record holder (2:11.93), 1980 U.S. Olympic team member.
Linda Mackenzie
Linda June MacKenzie, Australian freestyle swimmer born 1983 in Mackay, Queensland; won 4x200m freestyle relay gold at Beijing 2008 in world record 7:44.31; also competed at Athens 2004.
Lindsay Benko
Lindsay Benko, later Lindsay Benko Mintenko, is an American former swimmer who won Olympic gold in the 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.
Lindsay Shoop
Lindsay Dare Shoop (born 1981) is an American rower, Olympic gold medalist in the 2008 women's eight, three-time world champion, rowing coach at Virginia and Miami, and NBC rowing analyst.