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Manfred Klein
Manfred Klein (born 1947, Berlin), German rowing coxswain, nicknamed Willi; Olympic gold in the men's eight at Seoul 1988, bronze at Barcelona 1992, three world titles 1989-91, and German flagbearer in 1992.
Manfred Kluth
Manfred Kluth (2 July 1936 – 22 July 2010) was a West German rower of Neußer RV, 1959 national champion and European silver medallist, who rowed the coxless four at the 1960 Rome Olympics and later became a lawyer.
Manja Kowalski
Manja Kowalski (born 1976, Potsdam) is a German rower, twin sister of Kerstin Kowalski; Olympic quadruple sculls champion Sydney 2000 and 2001 world champion at Lucerne.
Manon van Rooijen
Manon van Rooijen (born 1982, Leerdam) is a Dutch freestyle swimmer who won silver in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at Sydney 2000 and gold at Beijing 2008, swimming the heats.
Manuel dos Santos
Manuel dos Santos, born 1939, is a Brazilian swimmer who won 100-meter freestyle bronze at the 1960 Rome Olympics and in 1961 became Brazil's first male swimming world record holder.
Manuela Lutze
Manuela Lutze, German rower (born 1974, Blankenburg im Harz), quadruple sculls Olympic champion 2000 and 2004, bronze 2008, five-time world champion with Rudernclub Magdeburg.
Manuela Mucke
Manuela Mucke (born 1975, Lutherstadt Wittenberg) is a German flatwater canoeist of KC Potsdam who won Olympic K4 500 m gold at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, plus 4-8-1 world and 2-2-2 European medals, and retired in 2004.
Manuela Stellmach
Manuela Stellmach (Stellmach-Schubert), born 1970 in East Berlin, East German and German freestyle swimmer; double 1988 Olympic relay champion, 1988 200 m freestyle bronze, 1992 relay bronze, multiple world-record relays.
Marc Foreman
Marc Foreman (also spelled Mark Foreman), American swimmer for the University of Tennessee 1977-1979; SEC 400 IM and 200 backstroke champion, 13-time All-American, member of the 1978 NCAA championship team, later suspended by the AAU in 1978.
Marcel Gery
Marcel Gery (Marcel Géry), born 1965 in Smolenice, is a Slovak-Canadian swimmer who defected from Czechoslovakia in 1986, set a short course 50 m butterfly world record in 1990, and won 1992 Olympic bronze in the 4x100 medley relay.
Marcel Wouda
Marcel Wouda (Marcel Reinier Wouda), Dutch swimmer born 1972 in Tilburg; 1998 world champion 200 m medley at Perth, only Dutch male long-course world champion, Sydney 2000 relay bronze; later KNZB national coach.
Marcelo Ferreira
Marcelo Bastos Ferreira, Brazilian Star-class sailor born 1965 in Niterói; Torben Grael's forward hand, winning Olympic gold in 1996 and 2004 and bronze in 2000, plus Star world titles in 1990 and 1997.
Marco Koch
Marco Koch (born 1990, Darmstadt), German breaststroke swimmer; 2015 world champion and 2014 European champion in the 200 m breaststroke; short-course world record 2:00.44 (2016-2018); three Olympian; later Hessen state coach.
Marco Orsi
Marco Orsi (born 1990, Budrio, Italy) is an Italian sprint swimmer with Fiamme Oro, a 2012 and 2016 Olympian, holder of short-course world records in the 4x50 m medley relay, and a finswimming World Cup winner.
Marco Polo Surf Escola
Marco Polo Surf Escola is a surf school in the Campeche neighborhood of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, founded and run by Marco Polo, a former WSL competitor.
Marcos Soares
Marcos Soares (Marcos Pinto Rizzo Soares), Brazilian sailor born 1961 in Rio de Janeiro; won 470 class gold with Eduardo Penido at Moscow 1980 with 36.4 points; not the footballer or hurdler of the same name.
Marcus Groß
Marcus Groß (born 1989, Görlitz) is a German sprint canoeist, double Olympic gold medalist at Rio 2016 in K2 and K4 1000 m, three-time K2 1000 m world champion, and a federal police officer.
Marek Kolbowicz
Marek Antoni Kolbowicz, Polish rower born 1971 in Szczecin; five-time Olympian (1996–2012) and 2008 Beijing Olympic champion in the men's quadruple sculls with Wasielewski, Jeliński, and Korol, plus four world titles (2005–2009).
Marek Petrusewicz
Marek Petrusewicz (1934–1992), Polish breaststroke swimmer from Wrocław, first Polish swimming world record holder (100 m, 1953 and 1954), European silver medalist Turin 1954, Helsinki 1952 Olympian, later Solidarity activist.
Maresias Beach
Maresias Beach (Praia de Maresias), a 5 km white-sand beach and district of Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo state, Brazil; a top Brazilian surf break with strong tombo waves, Canto do Moreira point, nightlife, and CETESB-monitored water.
Margaret Edwards
Margaret Edwards (Margaret Wilding), born 28 March 1939, British backstroke swimmer; 1956 Olympic 100 m backstroke bronze medalist, 1958 world record holder (1:12.4), and 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games medley relay gold medalist.
Margaret Hoelzer
Margaret Hoelzer (Margaret Josephine Hoelzer), born 1983 in Huntsville, Alabama, is a retired American swimmer, two-time Olympian, and three-time 2008 Beijing medalist who set the 200m backstroke world record in 2008 and later became a child sexual abuse advocate.
Margaret Woodbridge
Margaret Woodbridge was an American freestyle swimmer who won a 1920 Olympic gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and silver in the 300 m freestyle.
Margareta Rylander
Margareta Rylander, known as Meta, is a Swedish swimmer who set the women's 1500 meters freestyle world record, 19:02.8, at age 14 in Uppsala in 1961.
Margot Thien
Margot Thien is an American former synchronized swimmer, born 1971 in San Diego, who won team gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and world titles in 1993 and 1994.
Maria Lenk
Maria Lenk was a Brazilian swimmer, the first South American woman to compete at the Olympics, in 1932, and the first woman to use the butterfly stroke in international competition.
Maria Littomeritzky
Maria Littomericzky (Littomeritzky Mária, 1927-2017), Hungarian swimmer, 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, three-time Olympian, 1954 European relay champion, later pharmacist and coach.
Maria Stefan Mihoreanu
Maria Ștefan-Mihoreanu (born 1954, Jurilovca, Romania), also known as Maria Cosma, is a Romanian canoe sprinter who won K4 500 m gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and took nine world championship medals, one silver and eight bronze, from 1973 to 1983.
Maria Tanasa Fricioiu
Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu (Maria Fricioiu), Romanian rower born 1960 in Grădinari, Iași; Olympic gold in the women's coxed four at Los Angeles 1984 and World silver in 1983 and 1985.
Maria Tivodariu
Maria Tivodariu (Maria Tivodariu-Lehaci, born 1999), Romanian rower, CS Dinamo Bucuresti. Olympic gold 2024 women's eight, Tokyo 2020 sixth; 2017 junior world pair champion; first-ever mixed eight world title, Shanghai 2025. Distinct from rower Gabriela Tivodariu.