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Manfred Stengl

Manfred Stengl (1946–1992), Austrian luger, bobsledder, and motorcycle racer. With Josef Feistmantl he won the first Olympic doubles luge gold at Innsbruck 1964; four-man world bronze 1975; died at the 1992 Isle of Man TT.

Manuel Fettner

Manuel Fettner, Austrian ski jumper born 1985 in Vienna (Fetti), SV Innsbruck-Bergisel; 2022 Olympic team gold and normal hill silver, 2013 world team gold; retired March 2026 after 25 years without an individual World Cup win.

Manuela di Centa

Manuela Di Centa (born 1963, Paluzza) is an Italian cross-country skier, seven-time Olympic medalist, who won a medal in all five events at Lillehammer 1994, twice won the World Cup overall, and later became the first Italian woman to climb Everest.

Manuela Henkel

Manuela Henkel, German cross-country skier born 1974 in Neuhaus am Rennweg, WSV Oberhof; 2002 Olympic and 2003 world relay gold champion, three Olympics 1998-2006, retired 2010, sister of biathlete Andrea Henkel.

Mao Asada (浅田真央)

Mao Asada (浅田真央), born 1990 in Nagoya, Japanese figure skater; 2010 Olympic silver medalist, three-time World champion (2008, 2010, 2014), and the first woman to land two triple Axels in Olympic competition.

Marc Gagnon

Marc Gagnon, born 1975 in Chicoutimi, Quebec, is a Canadian short track speed skater with five Olympic medals (three gold) and four overall world titles, later head coach of Canada's national short track team; distinct from the engineer and the mining executive of the same name.

Marcel Fässler

Marcel Fässler (born 1959, Altendorf, Switzerland) is a Swiss bobsledder, not the racing driver of the same name; he won surprise four-man bobsleigh gold at the 1988 Calgary Olympics by 0.07 seconds.

Marcel Hirscher

Marcel Hirscher, born 1989, Austrian alpine ski racer, record eight consecutive overall World Cup titles, 67 wins, two 2018 Olympic golds; retired 2019, returned 2024 racing for the Netherlands.

Marcialonga

Marcialonga (Marcialonga di Fiemme e Fassa) is a 70 km classic-technique cross-country ski marathon from Moena to Cavalese in Trentino, Italy, first held 7 February 1971, a founding Worldloppet race and one of the four Ski Classics Grand Classics.

Marco Albarello

Marco Albarello (born 1960, Aosta) is a retired Italian cross-country skier, 1994 Olympic 4x10 km relay gold medalist at Lillehammer, with five Olympic medals and 1987 world 15 km classical title.

Marco Barale

Marco Barale, Italian biathlete born 2003 in Cuneo; 2020 Youth Olympic mixed relay gold and single mixed relay silver, three junior world relay bronzes, 2026 European Championship relay fourth, Italian absolute championship medalist.

Marco Odermatt

Marco Odermatt, Swiss alpine skier born 1997 in Stans, Nidwalden; five straight overall World Cup titles 2022–2026, 2022 Olympic giant slalom gold, three world titles, 54 World Cup wins.

Marco Sturm

Marco Sturm (born 1978, Dingolfing, Germany), nicknamed the German Rocket, is a former NHL forward of 938 games and the Boston Bruins' 30th head coach since June 5, 2025, the first German NHL head coach, after leading Germany to 2018 Olympic silver.

Marco Worgotter

Marco Worgotter (Marco Wörgötter, born 2002) is an Austrian ski jumper of Kitzbüheler Ski Club, double 2020 Youth Olympic gold medalist, World Cup debutant Sapporo 2020, personal best 214 m.

Maren Lundby

Maren Lundby (Maren Olstad Lundby, born 1994) is a Norwegian retired ski jumper; 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic normal hill champion, overall World Cup winner 2018-2020, 30 World Cup wins, first women's large-hill world champion (2021), retired December 2023.

Margarita Bazyliuk

Margarita Bazyliuk, born 2011, is a Russian women's singles figure skater who won the 2024 Russian junior title and was the first woman to land a quad-plus-quad combination.

Margit Schumann

Margit Schumann (1952–2017), East German luger, 1976 Olympic champion and 1972 bronze medalist in women's singles; four-time world champion (1973–75, 1977), three-time European champion, first woman in the FIL Hall of Fame.

Mari Eder

Mari Eder (née Laukkanen, born 1987, Eno, Finland), Finnish biathlete and cross-country skier; four Olympics 2010-2022, 2016 mixed relay world champion, 2017 Hochfilzen 15 km fourth, retired 2023.

Mari Fukada

Mari Fukada (深田 茉莉), born 2007 in Miyoshi, Aichi, is a Japanese slopestyle and big air snowboarder who won Olympic slopestyle gold at Milan-Cortina 2026 with 87.83 points, took 2025 world big air bronze, and won her 2022 Copper Mountain World Cup debut at age 15.

Maria Costa

María Costa Díez, Spanish ski mountaineer born 2002 in Santpedor, Barcelona; 2020 Winter Youth Olympic champion in the girls' sprint and mixed-relay bronze medallist; 12th in the women's sprint at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Maria Hartz Melling

Maria Hartz Melling, Norwegian cross-country skier (born 2002, Drammen; club Konnerud IL), 2020 Winter Youth Olympics gold medalist in the mixed youth team event, also a former youth track athlete with IF Sturla.

Mariama Jamanka

Mariama Jamanka (born 1990, West Berlin), German bobsleigh pilot; Olympic two-woman gold Pyeongchang 2018 with Lisa Buckwitz, silver Beijing 2022 with Alexandra Burghardt; world champion 2019, overall World Cup winner 2018/19; retired 2022, now ARD presenter.

Marianne Fatton

Marianne Fatton, Swiss ski mountaineering racer born 1995 in Neuchâtel; first Olympic champion in the sport, winning the women's sprint at Milano Cortina 2026 plus mixed relay silver; 2025 sprint world champion at Morgins and 2020 overall World Cup winner.

Marianne Timmer

Marianne Timmer (Maria Aaltje Timmer), Dutch speed skater born 1974 in Sappemeer; three Olympic golds (1000 m and 1500 m Nagano 1998, 1000 m Turin 2006), world 1000 m champion 1997 and 1999, World Sprint champion 2004, retired 2010.

Marie Dorin Habert

Marie Dorin Habert (born 1986, Lyon) is a retired French biathlete, 2018 Olympic mixed relay champion, with 4 Olympic medals, 5 world titles, and 7 World Cup wins; retired March 2018.

Marie Krista

Marie Krista (Marie Karoline Krista), born 2002, Swiss freestyle skier in ski cross from Ski Club Matten. Double gold medalist at Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympics (girls' ski cross and mixed relay); later European Cup podiums and World Cup starts; FIS code 2535891.

Marie Theres Nadig

Marie-Theres Nadig (Maite), Swiss alpine skier born 1954 in Flums; double 1972 Sapporo Olympic gold medalist in downhill and giant slalom, 1980 bronze, 1981 World Cup overall champion, later Swiss national head coach.

Marie-Reine Le Gougne

Marie-Reine Le Gougne (born 1961), French figure skating judge; her 2002 Salt Lake City admission of pressure by Didier Gailhaguet caused the pairs gold scandal and the ISU's adoption of the IJS.

Marieke Stam

Marieke Stam, born 1964 in Alkmaar, Dutch speed skater; competed at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics (12th at 1,500 m) and set an unofficial 10,000 m world record of 17:20.0 in 1984; retired 1994.

Marielle Goitschel

Marielle Goitschel, French alpine skier (born 1945, Sainte-Maxime), double Olympic champion in giant slalom 1964 and slalom 1968, sister and rival of Christine Goitschel, with 11 World Championship medals and three World Cup discipline titles.