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Mike Mooney
Mike Mooney (Michael Macdonald Mooney, 1930–1985), American sailor and author; won 1948 Olympic 6-metre gold as crew on Llanoria, then wrote eight books including The Hindenburg.
Mike Stamm
Mike Stamm (Michael Eugene Stamm, 1952–2026), American backstroke swimmer; 1972 Munich Olympic gold (4x100 m medley relay) and silver (100, 200 m backstroke) behind Roland Matthes; 1970 world 200 m backstroke record holder; Indiana University Hall of Famer.
Mike Wall
Mike Wall (Michael Allen Wall, born 1946, Atlanta) is an American swimmer who swam relay heats at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics, helping the US win three relay golds but receiving no medal under then-current rules; 1965 Universiade 1,500 m champion. Not the hockey goalie or volleyball coach of the same name.
Mike Wenden
Mike Wenden (Michael Vincent Wenden, born 1949 in Sydney) is an Australian swimmer who won the 100 m and 200 m freestyle at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
Mike West
Mike West (Michael West, born 1964), Canadian backstroke swimmer from Kitchener, Ontario; 1984 Olympic bronze in 100 m backstroke and silver in 4x100 m medley relay; later a physician.
Mikhail Ivanov (olympedia 54826)
Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov (Михаил Владимирович Иванов), Soviet water polo center forward, Olympedia athlete 54826: Olympic gold 1980 Moscow, bronze 1988 Seoul, world champion 1982, Dynamo Moscow captain, later coach. Not the 1977 cross-country skier.
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Mikhail Kuznetsov (Михаил Николаевич Кузнецов), Soviet rower born 1952 in Moscow, TsSK VMF Moskva; won gold in the men's coxed four at Montreal 1976 (6:40.22) and world silver in the eight in 1977; distinct from the 1979 Kazakh triathlete and 1985 Russian canoe slalomist of the same name.
Miki Oca
Miki Oca (Miguel Ángel Oca Gaia, born 1970), Spanish water polo player and coach; Olympic silver Barcelona 1992 and gold Atlanta 1996 as a player, and coach of Spain's women to Paris 2024 Olympic gold, now China's women's head coach.
Mikko Kolehmainen
Mikko Kolehmainen (Mikko Yrjö Ilmari Kolehmainen, born 1964, Mikkeli) is a Finnish sprint canoeist, Olympic K1 500 m champion at Barcelona 1992 (1:40.34) and 1993 Copenhagen world champion; not the University of Eastern Finland professor of the same name.
Miklos Ambrus
Miklós Ambrus (Copák), 1933-2019, Hungarian water polo goalkeeper; 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and 1962 European champion with Ferencváros; 55 caps, five Hungarian titles; briefly emigrated to Australia after 1956.
Miklós Martin
Miklós Martin (Martin Miklós, Nick Martin), Hungarian water polo center forward, 1952 Helsinki Olympic and 1954 Torino European champion; 1956 non-starter who defected to the US and became a romance languages professor.
Miklos Sarkany
Miklós Sárkány (Sárkány Miklós), Hungarian water polo defender (1908–1998), won Olympic gold at Los Angeles 1932 and Berlin 1936, three European titles, then coached Hungary and West Germany.
Milan Aleksic
Milan Aleksić (Милан Алексић): Serbian water polo player born 1986 in Belgrade, three Olympic medals (gold 2016 and 2020, bronze 2012), 15 World Aquatics medals; also a footballer born 2005 at Partizan.
Milena Duchkova
Milena Duchkova (Milena Duchková), born 1952 in Prague, is a Czech diver who won 10 m platform gold at the 1968 Olympics and silver in 1972 for Czechoslovakia.
Miles Bellville
Miles Aubrey Bellville (1909–1980), British Olympic sailor who won gold in the 6-metre class aboard Lalage at the 1936 Berlin Games, crewed on Endeavor in the 1934 America's Cup, won the Military Cross with the Royal Marine Commandos, and served as Sheriff of Hereford.
Milivoj Bebic
Milivoj Bebić (Миливој Бебић), born 1959, Croatian water polo great; Olympic gold 1984 and silver 1980 with Yugoslavia, FINA world player of the year 1982, 1984, 1985, and record 620 international goals.
Milorad Čavić
Milorad Čavić (Милорад Чавић), Serbian butterfly swimmer born 1984 in Anaheim, California; took 2008 Olympic 100m butterfly silver 0.01s behind Michael Phelps, won 2009 world 50m fly gold, held 100m fly world records, retired 2012.
Milos Milosevic
Milos Milosevie (Miloš Milošević), Croatian swimmer born 1972 in Split; 1993 world short-course 100 m butterfly champion and 1998 short-course 50 m butterfly world record holder (23.30), Olympian 1996 and 2000.
Minna Atherton
Minna Atherton (born 2000, Auchenflower, Australia) is an Australian backstroke swimmer, London Roar ISL competitor, and short course 100m backstroke world record holder at 54.89, with Gwangju 2019 world titles and medals.
Mirjana Segrt
Mirjana Šegrt (Мирјана Шегрт), born 1950 in Dubrovnik, Croatian swimmer for Yugoslavia; 1968 Olympic finalist (7th, 100 m freestyle; 5th, 200 m freestyle), 1968 European 200 m freestyle record holder, and three-time silver medalist at the 1970 Barcelona European Championships.
Mirka Topinkova Knapkova
Miroslava "Mirka" Topinková Knapková, Czech single sculls rower born 1980 in Brno, won Olympic gold at London 2012, the 2011 world title, and five European titles across four Olympics.
Mirko Nisovic
Mirko Nisovic (Mirko Nišović), born 1961 in Zemun, Yugoslav sprint canoeist; with Matija Ljubek won C2 500 m gold and C2 1000 m silver at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and three world titles.
Miron Lifintsev
Miron Lifintsev (Мирон Лифинцев), Russian backstroke swimmer born 2006 in Vyborg; seven-time world champion competing as Neutral Athlete B; holds SCM 4x100 medley relay world record 3:18.68 and world junior records 22.47/48.76.
Miroslav Koranda
Miroslav Koranda (1934–2008) was a Czechoslovak rowing coxswain who steered the coxed four to surprise gold at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, his country's first rowing medal.
Miroslav Poljak
Miroslav Poljak (Мирослав Пољак), Croatian water polo player (1944–2015) of Mladost Zagreb; won 1968 Olympic gold with Yugoslavia, four European Champions Cups, four Yugoslav titles, and was four times Europe's top scorer.
Mislav Bezmalinovic
Mislav Bezmalinović (Mislav Bezmalinovic), Croatian water polo player (1967–2024), Seoul 1988 Olympic gold with Yugoslavia, 1991 world champion, European club champion with VK Jadran Split.
Missiontosurf Portugal Surfcamp
Missiontosurf Portugal Surfcamp (Mission to Surf, Lda.) is an Austrian-run surf camp in Aljezur, Algarve, operating since 2006, offering 5-day courses with video analysis, a villa with pool, and a 4.6 Google rating.
Missy Franklin
Missy Franklin (Melissa Jeanette Franklin, born 1995), American swimmer nicknamed Missy the Missile; five Olympic golds, 2012 London 200m backstroke world record 2:04.06, 11 World Championship titles, retired 2018.
Misty Hyman
Misty Hyman (Misty Dawn Marie Hyman), American swimmer born 1979 in Mesa, Arizona; won 200 m butterfly gold at Sydney 2000 upsetting Susie O'Neill; Stanford star, underwater dolphin-kick pioneer, later ASU coach.
Mitch Ivey
Mitch Ivey (Mitchell Ivey, born 1949, San José) is an American backstroke swimmer, Olympic silver 1968 and bronze 1972 in the 200 m backstroke behind Roland Matthes, later Santa Clara Swim Club coach, banned for life by USA Swimming in 2013.