Water sports

Lineup Test Center

Lineup Test Center, Corralejo, Fuerteventura: water sports test center, school, and shop by Line Up Watersports S.L. (founded 2010) offering kite, surf, SUP, wing, and foil rentals with unlimited gear swaps, Naish/F-One/Firewire distribution, and test-and-buy discounts.

Lisa Carrington

Lisa Carrington, New Zealand canoe sprint kayaker (Dame, born 1989, Tauranga), most successful NZ Olympian with nine Olympic medals including eight golds across London 2012 to Paris 2024, plus 10 world titles.

Lisa Jacob

Lisa Jacob (Lisa Rae Jacob, born 1974) is an American freestyle swimmer who won two relay golds at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, plus three golds and a silver at the 1991 Pan American Games.

Lisa Rocke

Lisa Rocke (born c. 1912, Magdeburg) was a German breaststroke swimmer who set the women's 200 m breaststroke world record, 3:08.2, on 21 April 1932 in Leipzig, and was German champion in 1930 but was not selected for the 1932 Olympics.

Lisa Schmidla

Lisa Schmidla (born 1991, Krefeld) is a retired German rower, stroke of the women's quadruple sculls. Olympic gold Rio 2016, world champion 2014 with World Best Time 6:06.84, European champion 2015 and 2016.

List of successful English Channel swimmers

The list of successful English Channel swimmers covers ratified unaided crossings since Matthew Webb's first in 1875, including Gertrude Ederle in 1926 and record holders like Trent Grimsey.

List of water sports

The list of water sports covers activities performed in or on water, from Olympic disciplines such as swimming and water polo to surfing, kayaking, sailing, and kitesurfing.

List of world records in swimming

World records in swimming, ratified by World Aquatics for long course (50 m) and short course (25 m) pools; includes supersuit-era marks, 2026 record breakers like McEvoy (20.88) and Douglass (23.19), and progression research.

Liu Hao

Liu Hao (刘浩), born 1993 in Yuxi, Yunnan, Chinese canoe sprint paddler; two Tokyo 2020 silvers (C1 and C2 1000m) and Paris 2024 C2 500m gold with Ji Bowen; distinct from other athletes named Liu Hao.

Liu Huixia

Liu Huixia (刘蕙瑕), Chinese platform diver born 1997 in Daye, Hubei; 2016 Olympic gold and 2013, 2015 world titles in women's synchronized 10 m platform with Chen Ruolin; 2014 FINA Female Diver of the Year.

Liu Limin

Liu Limin (刘黎敏), Chinese butterfly swimmer born 1976 in Wuhan; 1996 Olympic 100 m butterfly silver behind Amy Van Dyken, triple gold at the 1994 Rome World Championships, and multiple short-course world records.

Liu Zige

Liu Zige (刘子歌), born 1989, Chinese swimmer; 2008 Olympic 200 m butterfly champion in world record 2:04.18, long course record holder 2:01.81 (2009), 2013 world champion, retired 2016.

Live To Surf

Live To Surf, founded by Liz Zed in 1984, is a family owned surf shop in Tofino, British Columbia, selling and renting surf, skate, and paddleboard equipment.

Lloyd Butler

Lloyd LeMarr Butler (1924–1991), American rower from Sparks, Nevada; Cal-Berkeley oarsman who won gold in the men's eight at the 1948 London Olympics (5:56.7), his only Games, and later a Standard Oil executive.

Lola Anderson

Lola Anderson (Lola Estelle Bliss Anderson, born 1998) is a British rower, Leander Club captain, and MBE who won Paris 2024 Olympic gold in the women's quadruple sculls, Britain's first in that boat class, after the 2023 world title.

Long-distance swimming

Long-distance swimming, or marathon swimming, is open water swimming of 10 km or longer, shore to shore with no supportive contact; governed by WOWSA and World Aquatics rules, with thermal risk and ratified courses like the English and Catalina channels.

Lorenzo Mora

Lorenzo Mora (born 1998, Carpi, Italy) is an Italian backstroke swimmer for GS Fiamme Rosse; short-course world record holder in the 4x50m medley relay (1:29.72, Melbourne 2022) and Italian record holder in the 100m backstroke (49.04).

Lorenzo Zazzeri

Lorenzo Zazzeri (born 1994, Florence) is an Italian freestyle sprint swimmer, captain of the Italian national team, with Olympic relay silver (Tokyo 2020) and bronze (Paris 2024), world and European relay titles, and a parallel painting career as ZazzArt.

Lorne Currie

Lorne Campbell Currie (1871-1926), British sailor born in Le Havre, France; owner of the yacht Scotia and winner of two gold medals in sailing at the 1900 Paris Olympics at Meulan; Royal Army Service Corps captain.

Lorne Loomer

Lorne Kenneth Loomer (1937-2017), Canadian rower of the UBC "Cinderella 4"; won gold in the men's coxless four at Melbourne 1956, Canada's first Olympic rowing gold, and founded the University of Victoria rowing program.

Lorraine Crapp

Lorraine Crapp (Lorraine Thurlow), born 1 October 1938, Australian freestyle swimmer; 23 world records, first woman under 5 minutes for 400m freestyle, double gold medalist at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

Lotte Friis

Lotte Friis, born 1988, Danish distance freestyle swimmer; 2008 Olympic 800 m bronze, world 800 m gold Rome 2009 and 1,500 m gold Shanghai 2011; retired 2017.

Lou Abell

Lou Abell (Louis Grenville Abell, 1884–1962), American coxswain who steered the Vesper Boat Club eight to Olympic gold at Paris 1900 and St. Louis 1904, later a board of health worker in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Lou Handley

Lou Handley (Luigi de Breda Handley, 1874-1956), Italian-born American swimmer and water polo player with the New York Athletic Club, won two golds at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics and became the first official coach of a U.S. women's Olympic swim team.