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Marian Enache
Marian Florin Enache, Romanian rower (born 1995, Târgu Cărbunești), Olympic champion in men's double sculls with Andrei-Sebastian Cornea at Paris 2024, Romania's first men's sculling medal; also 2024 European champion.
Marianne Heemskerk
Marianne Heemskerk (Marianne Yvonne Heemskerk-Oudkerk), Dutch butterfly swimmer born 1944 in Rotterdam; 1960 Rome Olympic silver in 100 m butterfly and 1960 world record 200 m butterfly (2:34.4).
Maricica Taran
Maricica Titie Țăran (Iordache), born 1962, Romanian rower; Olympic gold in coxed quadruple sculls at Los Angeles 1984, world silver and bronze in quadruple sculls, later competed for West Germany.
Marie Baron
Marie Baron (Mietje Baron, later du Puy; 1908–1948), Dutch swimmer and diver of ODZ Rotterdam. 1928 Olympic 200 m breaststroke silver behind Hilde Schrader; disqualified in 1924 despite the fastest time; held 200 m and 400 m breaststroke world records.
Marie Braun
Marie Braun, nicknamed Zus, was a Dutch swimmer who won gold in the 100 meters backstroke at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, the first Dutchwoman to win an individual Olympic event.
Marie Corridon
Marie Corridon (Marie Louise Corridon-Mortell, 1930–2010), American swimmer of the Women's Swimming Association of New York; 1948 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay and ninth-place finisher in the 100 m freestyle.
Mariechen Wehselau
Mariechen Wehselau (Jackson), "Squeaky", Honolulu swimmer, 1924 Paris Olympics silver in 100 m freestyle and gold, world record 4:58.8, in the 4x100 m freestyle relay; Hawaii's first woman Olympic gold medalist.
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer (D'Cruz), Australian sprint swimmer born 1986 in Adelaide; 2004 Olympic 100m backstroker who reinvented herself in butterfly, won 50m fly gold at Rome 2009 worlds, set short-course world records 24.99 (50 fly) and 26.17 (50 back), and won the 2008 FINA World Cup.
Marilyn Ramenofsky
Marilyn Ramenofsky, born 1946 in Phoenix, Arizona, American swimmer; set the 400m freestyle world record three times in 1964 (best 4:39.5) and won 400m freestyle silver at Tokyo 1964 behind Ginny Duenkel.
Marina Alabau
Marina Alabau (Marina Alabau Neira), Spanish windsurfer born 1985 in Seville; Olympic RS:X gold at London 2012, fourth at Beijing 2008, fifth at Rio 2016; multiple RS:X and iFoil world and European champion; retired 2021.
Marina Golyadkina
Marina Golyadkina (Марина Сергеевна Голядкина), born 1997 in Donetsk, is a retired Russian artistic swimmer, Tokyo 2020 Olympic team gold medalist for ROC, and five-time world and five-time European champion in team events.
Marina Koshevaya
Marina Koshevaya (Марина Владимировна Кошевая), Soviet breaststroke swimmer born 1960; 1976 Olympic 200 m breaststroke champion in world record 2:33.35 and 100 m bronze at Montreal.
Marina Wilke
Marina Wilke (Jährling), born 1958 in Berlin, East German rowing coxswain of SC Berlin-Grünau; won Olympic gold in the women's eights at Montréal 1976 and Moskva 1980, plus four World Championship medals.
Mario Gyr
Mario Gyr (Mario-Elio Gyr), Swiss rower born 1985 in Lucerne, Seeclub Luzern; Olympic gold in the men's lightweight coxless four at Rio 2016, fifth at London 2012, 2015 world and European champion; retired 2018.
Mario Majoni
Mario Majoni (Mario Guglielmo Enrico Majoni, 1910–1985), Italian water polo player and coach; 1948 Olympic and 1947 European champion with Italy, later national coach, first Italian in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (1972).
Mario von Appen
Mario von Appen (born 1965, Hamburg) is a German flatwater canoeist, Olympic gold medalist in the men's K4 1000 m at Barcelona 1992 (2:54.18, beating Hungary by 0.64 s), with six K4 World Championship medals; later an IT manager in Australia.
Marioara Popescu Ciobanu
Marioara Popescu Ciobanu (Mărioara Popescu-Ciobanu, also Marioara Ciobanu-Popescu), born 1962 in Corlățeni, Botoșani, is a Romanian rower and double Olympic champion: women's double sculls 1984 and women's eight 1996, plus world titles in 1990 and 1999.
Marion Lay
Marion Beverly Lay (born 1948, Vancouver) is a Canadian swimmer, 1964 and 1968 Olympian, bronze medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Mexico City 1968, and later a leading advocate for women in sport.
Marit Bouwmeester
Marit Bouwmeester (born 1988, Wartena, Netherlands) is a Dutch ILCA 6/Laser Radial sailor, the most decorated female Olympic sailor with two golds (2016, 2024), silver (2012), and bronze (2020), plus four world titles.
Marit van Eupen
Marit van Eupen (born 1969, Arnhem) is a Dutch lightweight rower who won LW2x gold at Beijing 2008 with Kirsten van der Kolk, the first Dutch women's rowing gold, plus 2004 bronze and three world titles in the lightweight single.
Marita Sandig
Marita Sandig (Marita Gasch-Sandig), born 1958, East German rower with SC DHfK Leipzig; Olympic gold in the women's eights at Moscow 1980 and four World Championship golds, including the coxless pair with Silvia Fröhlich.
Mariya Gromova
Mariya Gromova (Мария Игоревна Громова) is a Russian former artistic swimmer, born 1984 in Moscow, who won Olympic team gold at Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, and London 2012.
Mariya Kameneva
Mariya Kameneva (Мария Андреевна Каменева, later Kanaikina), Russian sprint swimmer born 1999 in Orenburg; Tokyo 2020 Olympian for ROC, short course world record holder in mixed 4x50m medley relay, multiple European relay champion.
Mariya Shubina
Mariya Shubina (Мария Тимофеевна Шубина, 1930–2025), Soviet sprint kayaker; 1960 Rome Olympic K-2 500 m gold with Antonina Seredina, four world and three European titles, later a Volgograd sports-medicine researcher.
Marjorie Gestring
Marjorie Gestring (1922-1992), American diver, youngest woman Olympic champion: won 1936 Berlin 3m springboard gold at 13 years 267-268 days with 89.27 points; eight AAU titles; 1948 comeback failed.
Mark Evans
Mark Evans (Marcus Evans, born 1957), Canadian Olympic rower, twin of Mike Evans; won gold in the men's coxed eight at Los Angeles 1984 (5:41.32) and rowed in Oxford's winning 1983 and 1984 Boat Race crews. Not the powerlifter or AFL administrator of the same name.
Mark Foster (swimmer)
Mark Foster (born 1970, Billericay, Essex), British swimmer, five-time Olympian and six-time world champion in 50m freestyle and butterfly, 51 international medals, 21.13 short-course 50m free record, came out in 2017, now BBC commentator.
Mark Henderson
Mark Andrew Henderson (born 1969), American swimmer; 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay, not the NZ boxer Morgan Henderson or other athletes named Henderson.
Mark Hunter
Mark Hunter (born 1978, Newham) is a British rower, MBE, who with Zac Purchase won 2008 Olympic lightweight double sculls gold in Olympic-record 6:10.99 and London 2012 silver, with world titles in 2010 and 2011.
Mark Kerry
Mark Kerry (born 1959, Temora, NSW) is an Australian backstroke swimmer, triple Olympian 1976-1984, who won gold in the 1980 4x100m medley relay and bronze medals in the 1980 200m backstroke and 1984 medley relay.