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Matt Jaukovic
Matt Jaukovic, born Matija Jaukovic in 1985, is an Australian butterfly swimmer who set a short course 50 meter butterfly world record of 22.50 seconds in 2008.
Matt King
Matt King (Matthew Carl King, born 2002, Snohomish, Washington) is an American sprint freestyle swimmer, 2024 Paris Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay and two-time world champion in the 4x100 m medley relay (Fukuoka 2023, Doha 2024).
Matt Langridge
Matt Langridge (Matthew Keir Langridge, born 1983) is a British rower, MBE, with Olympic gold (Rio 2016 eight), silver (Beijing 2008), and bronze (London 2012), and two world titles in the men's four.
Matt Macdonald
Matt Macdonald (born 1999, Auckland) is a New Zealand rower; Olympic gold in the men's eight at Tokyo 2020 and silver in the coxless four at Paris 2024; distinct from other namesakes.
Matt Mitcham
Matt Mitcham (Matthew John Mitcham, b. 1988), Australian diver, won 10m platform gold at Beijing 2008 with 112.10, the highest-scoring single dive in Olympic history; first openly gay Olympic champion.
Matt Welsh
Matt Welsh (Matthew James Welsh, born 1976) is a retired Australian backstroke swimmer, three-time Olympic medalist at Sydney 2000, and world record holder in short-course backstroke and long-course 50m butterfly.
Matteo Rivolta
Matteo Rivolta, Italian butterfly swimmer born 1991 in Milan, two-time Olympian (2012, 2016), three-time short-course world champion, short-course 4x50 medley relay world record holder (1:29.72), retired February 2024.
Matthew Brittain
Matthew Brittain (born 1987, Johannesburg) is a South African rower, gold medallist in the lightweight men's coxless four at London 2012 with Thompson, Smith, and Ndlovu; brother of Lawrence Brittain.
Matthew Dunn
Matthew Stephen "Matt" Dunn (born 1973), Australian individual-medley swimmer; three Olympics (1992, 1996, 2000), eight short-course world titles, four world records including 400 m IM 4:04.24; now World Aquatics First Vice President.
Matthew Pinsent
Sir Matthew Pinsent (born 1970, Holt, Norfolk) is a British rower who won four consecutive Olympic golds (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) and ten world titles, mostly alongside Steve Redgrave, then became an umpire and broadcaster.
Matthew Wearn
Matt Wearn (Matthew Wearn, born 1995, Perth) is an Australian ILCA 7 dinghy sailor, two-time Olympic gold medallist (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), the first to defend the men's dinghy title, and 2023-2024 world champion.
Matthias Mellinghaus
Matthias Mellinghaus (born 1965, Iserlohn) is a German rower and film director; he won Olympic gold in the 1988 Seoul men's eight for West Germany and later worked as an assistant director in Vancouver.
Matthieu Androdias
Matthieu Androdias, French rower born 1990 in La Rochelle, Olympic gold medalist in the men's double sculls at Tokyo 2020 with Hugo Boucheron, two-time world and European champion, four-time Olympian, retired December 2025.
Mattias Ohlin
Mattias Ohlin (Rolf Lennart Mattias Ohlin, born 1978, Trelleborg) is a Swedish swimmer, Olympian at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, and short-course 4x100 m freestyle relay world champion and record holder (3:09.57, 2000).
Matty Lee
Matty Lee, full name Matthew Lee, is a retired English diver from Leeds who won Olympic gold with Tom Daley in the 10-meter synchro at Tokyo 2020.
Maud van der Meer
Maud van der Meer (born 1992) is a retired Dutch freestyle swimmer who won world and European relay titles and set short-course world records at the 2014 Doha championships.
Maurice Lusien
Maurice Lusien (1926-2017) was a French breaststroke swimmer who competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, took 1950 European silver in the 200 m breaststroke, won Mediterranean Games golds, and set pre-recognition world records in the 400 m individual medley.
Max Amann
Max Amann is a German water polo player from Magdeburg who won gold with Germany at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and silver at the 1931 European Championships.
Max Hainle
Max Hainle (Max Otto Hainle, 1882-1924), German swimmer and water polo player; won gold in the 200 m team swim at Paris 1900, fourth in the 1,000 m freestyle, and German 1,500 m champion 1898 and 1900.
Max Hoff
Max Hoff (born 1982, Troisdorf) is a German sprint and former wildwater canoeist; Olympic K4 1000 m champion 2016, K2 silver 2020, K1 bronze 2012, and multiple K1 1000 m world champion.
Max Lemke
Max Lemke (born 1996, Heppenheim) is a German sprint kayaker, KC Potsdam, with three Olympic golds: K4 500 m Tokyo 2020 and K2 500 m plus K4 500 m at Paris 2024; multiple K4 500 world champion.
Max Rendschmidt
Max Rendschmidt (born 1993, Bonn) is a German sprint canoeist with four Olympic golds: K2 and K4 1000 m at Rio 2016, K4 500 m at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, plus multiple world and European titles.
Max Rudolf
Max Rudolf (Max Heinrich Rudolf, born 12 February 1891, Zürich), Swiss rower of Grasshopper Club Zürich; won 1920 Olympic gold in the coxed four and seven European titles, rowing with brother Paul Rudolf.
Max Salminen
Max Salminen, Swedish sailor born 1988 in Lund, Olympic gold in Star with Freddy Lööf at London 2012, 2017 Finn world champion, Finn sixth at Rio 2016 and ninth at Tokyo 2020.
Maxime Grousset
Maxime Grousset, French swimmer born 1999 in Nouméa, New Caledonia; sprint freestyle and butterfly specialist; triple long-course world champion (100 fly 2023, 50 and 100 fly 2025) and Paris 2024 relay bronze medalist.
Maximilian Reinelt
Maximilian Josef Reinelt (1988–2019), German rower with Ulmer RC Donau and the Deutschlandachter men's eight; Olympic gold London 2012, silver Rio 2016, world champion 2010 and 2011; died skiing in Sankt Moritz.
Maya DiRado
Maya DiRado, American swimmer, Stanford 2014, won four medals at Rio 2016: golds in the 200m backstroke (2:05.99) and 4x200m freestyle relay, silver 400m IM, bronze 200m IM, then retired to management consulting.
Mayumi Aoki
Mayumi Aoki (青木まゆみ), born 1953 in Yamaga, Kumamoto, is a Japanese swimmer who won the 1972 Munich Olympic 100 m butterfly gold in world record 1:03.34, held the record twice in 1972, and took 1973 world bronze.
Medley swimming
Medley swimming, or individual medley (IM), combines butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle in one race; relays use a different order, and Olympic IM events are the 200 m and 400 m.
Meg Harris
Meg Harris (born 2002) is an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer with two Olympic relay golds (Tokyo, Paris), 50m freestyle silver in Paris, world 50m title in 2025, and six golds at Glasgow 2026.