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Martina Jäschke
Martina Jäschke (born 1960, Merseburg or Halle) is a German former diver for East Germany; Olympic gold, 10 m platform, Moscow 1980 (596.250 points), fifth in springboard, 1978 world silver.
Martina Miceli
Martina Miceli (born 1973, Roma) is an Italian water polo player and coach; Olympic gold 2004 with Italy, two world titles, and coach of Ekipe Orizzonte Catania's seven consecutive Italian titles.
Martina Moravcova
Martina Moravcova (Martina Moravcová, born 1976) is a Slovak swimmer, five-time Olympian and double Sydney 2000 silver medalist, with 67 championship medals, 105 World Cup wins, and 14 NCAA titles at SMU.
Martina Terre
Martina Terré (Martina Terre), born 2002 in Barcelona, Spanish water polo goalkeeper, Olympic gold medalist Paris 2024 with Spain, first-choice goalkeeper since 2022, sister of goalkeeper Mariona Terré, club CN Sant Andreu then Sabadell.
Martina Walther
Martina Walther (born 1963, Zeulenroda) is a German former rower for East Germany; Olympic gold in the women's coxed fours at Seoul 1988 (6:56.00), plus three world silvers and one bronze.
Martine Grael
Martine Grael (Martine Soffiatti Grael), Brazilian sailor born 1991 in Niterói, two-time 49erFX Olympic gold medalist (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020) with Kahena Kunze, and first female driver in SailGP, leading Mubadala Brazil before her 2026 departure.
Marton Sipos
Márton Sipos (Sipos Márton), Hungarian breaststroke swimmer (1900-1926), world record holder in the 100 m breaststroke at 1:16.2 from 1922 to 1925, three-time Hungarian champion, and 16th-place finisher in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
Marvin Stalder
Marvin Frederick Stalder (1905–1982), American rower; bow seat of the University of California eight that won gold for the United States in the coxed eights at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics; National Rowing Hall of Fame 1967.
Mary Beth Stewart
Mary Slewart is an OCR spelling variant of Mary Stewart McIlwaine (born 1945, Vancouver), Canadian swimmer, two-time Olympian, twice world 110-yard butterfly record holder, and 1962 Commonwealth Games champion.
Mary Descenza
Mary Descenza (Mary DeScenza Mohler), born 1984, American butterfly swimmer; set the 200 m butterfly world record, 2:04.14, at the 2009 Rome World Championships; two-time world champion, never an Olympian.
Mary Kok
Mary Kok, born in Hilversum in 1940, is a Dutch swimmer who held ten world records and was named Dutch Sportswoman of the Year in 1955.
Mary Wayte
Mary Wayte (Mary Alice Wayte Bradburne), American swimmer born 1965 in Mercer Island, Washington; two-time Olympian who won 1984 gold in the 200 m freestyle and 4x100 m freestyle relay, plus 1988 silver and bronze, later a broadcaster and ISHOF inductee.
Mary Whipple
Mary Whipple (Mary Rebecca Whipple, born 1980, Sacramento) is an American rowing coxswain who steered the US women's eight to Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012, silver in 2004, and five world titles.
Masaharu Taguchi
Masaharu Taguchi (田口正治, 1916–1982), Japanese freestyle swimmer; fourth in the 1936 Olympic 100 m freestyle and gold medalist in the world-record 4x200 m relay at Berlin, later head coach at Tokyo 1964.
Masaji Kiyokawa
Masaji Kiyokawa (清川正二, 1913–1999), Japanese backstroke swimmer; 1932 Olympic 100 m backstroke gold in 1:08.6 leading Japan's first Olympic medal sweep, 1936 bronze; later first Asian IOC vice-president and Kanematsu president.
Masami Tanaka
Masami Tanaka (田中雅美, born 1979) is a Japanese breaststroke swimmer who competed at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics, won 4x100 medley relay bronze at Sydney 2000, and set short-course world records in the 200 m breaststroke and medley relay in 1999; later a TV sports commentator.
Masanori Yusa
Masanori Yusa (遊佐正憲), Japanese freestyle sprint swimmer, 1915 to 1975; won Olympic 4 x 200 m relay gold in 1932 and 1936 with world records each time, plus 1936 silver in the 100 m freestyle.
Masaru Furukawa
Masaru Furukawa (古川勝), 1936–1993, Japanese breaststroke swimmer; won 200 m gold at Melbourne 1956 with an underwater technique, set four 200 m world records, and prompted FINA to ban underwater breaststroke.
Massi Rosolino
Massi Rosolino (Massimiliano Edgar Rosolino), Italian swimmer born 1978 in Napoli; Sydney 2000 Olympic champion in the 200 m medley (1:58.98 OR) with four Olympic medals and 60 international medals over four Games.
Massimiliano Ferretti
Massimiliano Ferretti (born 1966, Rome) is an Italian water polo centre forward, 1992 Barcelona Olympic champion who scored the equalizer in the longest Olympic final, with 1988 Games, Worlds, and European medals.
Mate Trojanovic
Mate Trojanović (Мате Тројановић), 1930–2015, Croatian rower for Yugoslavia; won gold in the men's coxless fours at Helsinki 1952 with the Gusar Split crew, Yugoslavia's first Olympic rowing medal.
Mateusz Kusznierewicz
Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Polish sailor born 1975 in Warsaw, Finn-class Olympic gold medalist at Atlanta 1996 (first Polish Olympic sailing medal) and bronze medalist at Athens 2004; five-time Olympian and multiple Finn and Star world champion.
Matheus Santana
Matheus Paulo de Santana, Brazilian freestyle sprint swimmer born 1996 in Rio de Janeiro; 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic 100 m freestyle champion and junior world record holder (48.25), 2015 Pan Am relay gold, Rio 2016 Olympian.
Mathew Belcher
Mathew (Mat) Belcher, born 1982, Australian 470-class sailor; two-time Olympic gold medallist (London 2012 with Malcolm Page, Tokyo 2020 with Will Ryan) and eight-time 470 World Champion; retired October 2022.
Mathilde Cini
Mathilde Cini, French backstroke swimmer born 1994 in Briançon; 2010 Youth Olympic 50 m backstroke champion, Rio 2016 Olympian, world and European short-course relay bronze medalist, 13-time French champion, Valence Triathlon club.
Matt Biondi
Matt Biondi (Matthew Nicholas Biondi, born 1965, Moraga, California), American swimmer, University of California, Berkeley; 11 Olympic medals (8 gold) 1984-1992, five golds at Seoul 1988, first man under 49 seconds in the 100 m freestyle.
Matt Cetlinski
Matt Cetlinski (Matthew J. Cetlinski, born 1964), American distance freestyle swimmer; 1988 Seoul Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay with a 7:12.51 world record, fourth in the 400 and 1,500 free.
Matt Deakin
Matt Deakin (born 1980) is an American rower who won Olympic gold in the men's eight at the 2004 Athens Olympics and world titles in 2003, 2005, and 2007.
Matt Gotrel
Matt Gotrel (born 1989, Chipping Campden) is a British rower and sailor, Olympic gold medallist in the men's eight at Rio 2016, world champion in 2014 and 2015, MBE, later SailGP and INEOS TEAM UK America's Cup sailor.
Matt Gribble
Matt Gribble (Matthew Owen Gribble, 1962-2004), American butterfly swimmer; 1982 world champion, 100 m fly world record holder 53.44 (1983), three 1983 Pan Am golds, 16th at 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.