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Michael Steinbach
Michael Steinbach (born 1969 in Überlingen, Germany) is a German former rower who won Olympic gold in the men's quadruple sculls at Barcelona 1992, then retired.
Michael Wall
Michael Wall (Michael Allen "Mike" Wall, born 1946), American distance swimmer, Santa Clara SC and Stanford; 1964 and 1968 Olympic relay heat swimmer, 1965 Universiade 1500 m freestyle champion, and 4x200 m freestyle relay world record holder.
Michael Warriner
Michael Henry Warriner (1908–1986), British rower and engineer; won 1928 Amsterdam Olympic gold in the men's coxless fours with Lander, Beesly, and Bevan; three-time Boat Race winner and CUBC president; MBE 1945.
Michael Wolfgramm
Michael Wolfgramm, East German rower (born 1953, Schwerin), SC Dynamo Berlin; last-minute replacement for the ill Martin Winter, won 1976 Montréal Olympic gold in the men's quadruple sculls.
Michal Martikan
Michal Martikán, Slovak canoe slalom C1 paddler born 1979 in Liptovský Mikuláš; five Olympic medals (gold 1996, 2008), first Olympic champion of independent Slovakia, still competing in 2025.
Michel Andrieux
Michel Andrieux, born 1967 in Bergerac, France, is a rower who with Jean-Christophe Rolland won Olympic coxless pair gold at Sydney 2000, bronze at Atlanta 1996, and world titles in 1993 and 1997.
Michel Scheuer
Michel Scheuer (1927–2015), German canoeist, Olympic gold in K2 1000 m at Melbourne 1956 with Meinrad Miltenberger, first German postwar Olympic gold; also two Olympic bronzes in K1 10,000 m and two world titles.
Michele Lamberti
Michele Lamberti is an Italian competitive swimmer born in 2000 in Brescia who specializes in backstroke, holds Italian records, and debuted at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Michelle Cameron
Michelle Cameron (Cameron-Coulter), born 1962 in Calgary, Canadian synchronized swimmer; won 1988 Seoul Olympic duet gold with Carolyn Waldo by 0.033 point, plus 1986 Commonwealth and World Championship titles; distinct from the triathlete of the same name.
Michelle Coleman
Michelle Coleman, born in 1993 in Vallentuna, Sweden, is a retired Swedish freestyle swimmer who competed at four Olympic Games from London 2012 to Paris 2024.
Michelle Ford
Michelle Ford (Michelle Jan Ford-Eriksson), Australian swimmer born 1962 in Sydney; 1980 Moscow Olympic gold in the 800 m freestyle and bronze in the 200 m butterfly; dual 800 m world record holder; founding IOC Athletes' Commission member.
Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith (Michelle Smith-de Bruin), Irish swimmer born 1969 in Rathcoole, Dublin; won three golds and a bronze at Atlanta 1996, Ireland's most successful Olympian, banned four years by FINA in 1998 for a tampered sample.
Michiel Bartman
Michiel Bartman (born 1967, Haarlemmermeer) is a Dutch rower and coach: Olympic gold in the 1996 men's eight, silvers in the 2000 quad and 2004 eight, later head coach at Vesper, Harvard, Jefferson, and Saint Joseph's.
Mick Fanning
Mick Fanning (Michael Eugene Fanning, born 1981) is an Australian surfer, three-time world champion (2007, 2009, 2013) with 22 Championship Tour wins, known as White Lightning and for punching a great white shark at the 2015 J-Bay Open final.
Mickey Galitzen
Mickey Galitzen, full name Michael Riley Galitzen, was an American springboard and platform diver who won a medal in all four Olympic events he entered, 1928 and 1932.
Micki King
Micki King (Maxine Joyce King, later Hogue), American diver born 1944 in Pontiac, Michigan; 1972 Munich Olympic gold medalist in 3-meter springboard after fracturing her arm on her ninth dive at Mexico City 1968; retired Air Force colonel and first woman faculty member at a U.S. military academy.
Mie Ø. Nielsen
Mie Ø. Nielsen (Mie Østergaard Nielsen), Danish backstroke and freestyle swimmer born 1996 in Aalborg; 2016 Olympic bronze in the 4x100 m medley relay, 2013 European short-course 100 m backstroke champion in a European record 55.99, retired 2020.
Mieke Cabout
Mieke Cabout (Frederike Jacobie Cabout), Dutch water polo player born 1986 in Gouda; won gold with the Netherlands at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2010 European bronze, granddaughter of Olympian Joop Cabout.
Mighty Mary (sailing yacht)
Mighty Mary, also America³, was the 1995 America's Cup yacht of the first all-women's crew, funded by Bill Koch and captained by Dawn Riley; it lost the Citizen Cup to Dennis Conner's Stars and Stripes by 52 seconds.
Miguel Noguer
Miguel Noguer (Miquel Noguer i Castellví), Spanish sailor born 1956 in Barcelona; won Flying Dutchman gold with Alejandro Abascal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics in Tallinn, Spain's first gold since 1928; later a Barcelona dentist.
Mihály Bozsi
Mihály Bozsi (Bozsiderácz Mihály, 1911–1984), Hungarian water polo player and swimmer of Újpesti TE; 1936 Berlin Olympic gold medalist, three-time European champion, 12-time Hungarian champion, later Vasas head coach.
Mihaly Hesz
Mihaly Hesz (Hesz Mihály, later Hess), born 1943, Hungarian canoe sprint kayaker; K1 1000 m silver at Tokyo 1964 and gold at Mexico City 1968; two-time world champion; later a dentist in West Germany.
Mihaly Mayer
Mayer Mihály (Mihaly Mayer, 1933–2000), Hungarian water polo defender, two-time Olympic champion (1956, 1964) and bronze medalist (1960, 1968), later champion coach of OSC, Ferencváros, and the Hungarian national team.
Miho Boskovic
Miho Bošković, born 1983 in Dubrovnik, is a retired Croatian water polo attacker, Olympic 2012, World 2007, and European 2010 champion with VK Jug and Vasas, later a music teacher.
Mike Austin
Mike Austin (Michael MacKay Austin, born 1943), American swimmer, Yale; 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold and world record in the 4x100 m freestyle relay. Namesake: golfer Mike Austin, 515-yard drive record holder.
Mike Barrowman
Mike Barrowman (Michael Ray Barrowman, born 1968, Asunción, Paraguay) is an American swimmer, 1992 Olympic 200 m breaststroke champion in world-record 2:10.16, six-time world record breaker, ISHOF honoree.
Mike Bruner
Mike Bruner (Michael Lee Bruner, born 1956), American swimmer, double 1976 Montreal Olympic gold medalist in the 200m butterfly (world record 1:59.23) and 4x200m freestyle relay; 1978 world champion; ISHOF 1988.
Mike Burton
Mike Burton (Michael Jay Burton, 1947-2026), American distance freestyle swimmer; three Olympic golds (1968 400m/1500m free, 1972 1500m free), first to win the Olympic 1500m freestyle twice; seven world records.
Mike Gleason
Mike Gleason (Michael Daniel Gleason, 1876-1923) was a Philadelphia rower and police officer who won gold in the men's eights for Vesper Boat Club at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics and raced at Henley in 1905.
Mike Heath
Mike Heath (Michael Steward Heath, born 1964, McAllen, Texas), American freestyle swimmer; 1984 Olympics: 3 golds (both freestyle relays, medley relay) and 200 free silver; world records in 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relays; later Florida coach and wildlife officer.