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Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour
Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT), the official governing body of women's professional racquetball, formed 2012 under T. J. Baumbaugh after the WIRT and LPRA; Tier 1 events, best-of-five matches to 11 points, champions include Paola Longoria and Maria Jose Vargas.
Ladislav Moc
Ladislav Moc (1931–2022), Czechoslovak race walker, set 50 km walk world records in 1955 and 1956, placed 8th and 11th at the 1960 Rome Olympics, and coached Olympic champion Jozef Pribilinec.
Ladislav Vacha
Ladislav Vácha (1899–1943), Czech Sokol gymnast from Brno, won five Olympic medals including parallel bars gold at Amsterdam 1928 and world team titles in 1926 and 1930; he died in 1943 after Gestapo torture as a resistance member.
Ladislav Vizek
Ladislav Vízek is a Czech former footballer who was top scorer of Czechoslovakia's gold-medal 1980 Moscow Olympic team and scored 115 goals in 310 league games for Dukla Praha.
Lado Gogoladze
Lado Gogoladze (Vladimer Gogoladze, ვლადიმერ გოგოლაძე), Soviet artistic gymnast from Tbilisi, 1988 Seoul Olympic team gold medalist, 1985 European all-around and parallel bars bronze medalist; died 2026.
Lady Araminta Spencer-Churchill
Lady Araminta Spencer-Churchill, British junior eventing rider, daughter of the 12th Duke of Marlborough; rides Neds Legacy, won 2024 Junior European team bronze and the Osberton 2, debuted at Le Bal 2025.
Lady Blossom
Lady Blossom, born Jeanie Clarke, was an English professional wrestling valet best known for managing "Stunning" Steve Austin in USWA and WCW from 1990 to 1991.
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, annual NHL award since 1924-25 for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct with high playing ability; PHWA-voted; Frank Boucher won it seven times, Cole Caufield is the 2025-26 winner.
Lady Dimitrescu
Lady Dimitrescu (Alcina Dimitrescu, オルチーナ・ドミトレスク) is the 9'6" mutant aristocrat antagonist of Resident Evil Village (2021), a viral meme, voiced by Maggie Robertson, playable in the Winters' Expansion DLC.
Lady Henrietta Guinness
Lady Henrietta Guinness (Henrietta Elizabeth St Lawrence) was an Anglo-Irish heiress, daughter of the Earl of Howth, who married Captain Benjamin Lee Guinness in 1881 and had three sons.
Lady Juliet Tadgell
Lady Juliet Tadgell is a British peeress and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder, the only child of Peter, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, who inherited his estate in 1948.
Ladybeard
Ladybeard (レディビアード) is the cross-dressing wrestler and kawaiicore metal singer persona of Australian Richard Magarey, born 1982 in Adelaide; created in Hong Kong, famous in Japan through LADYBABY, Deadlift Lolita, and BABYBEARD.
Lafnitz
SV Licht-Loidl Lafnitz, Austrian football club founded 1964 in Lafnitz, Styria; rose from sixth tier to the 2. Liga (2018/19–2024/25), declined Bundesliga promotion, relegated 2025, now Regionalliga Süd.
Lagido Surf Point
Lagido Surf Point (Pico do Lagido) is a left-hand reef break near Baleal, about 5 km north of Peniche, Portugal. Best on NW swell, S/E wind, mid-to-high rising tide; intermediate to advanced, rocky bottom, often crowded.
Laguna Seca
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (Laguna Seca Raceway), 2.238-mile road course at Salinas, Monterey County, California, opened November 9, 1957 on Fort Ord land; famed for the Corkscrew's 59-foot drop and IMSA, IndyCar, and historic racing.
Lahore Qalandars (لاہور قلندرز)
Lahore Qalandars (لاہور قلندرز), Lahore's Pakistan Super League T20 franchise since 2016, won PSL titles in 2022, 2023, and 2025 under Shaheen Shah Afridi, and runs the Qalandars High Performance Centre.
Laila Ali
Laila Ali (born 1977), daughter of Muhammad Ali, is an American retired professional boxer who competed 1999–2007, retiring undefeated at 24-0 with 21 knockouts, a five-time world champion, and later a TV host and entrepreneur.
Laila Edwards
Laila Edwards, American ice hockey defenseman/forward from Cleveland Heights, Ohio; first Black woman on a U.S. Olympic hockey team (2026 gold), 2024 worlds MVP, three NCAA titles at Wisconsin, PWHL San Jose's 4th overall pick in 2026.
Laila Schou Nilsen
Laila Schou Nilsen (1919-1998), Norwegian all-round athlete; 1936 Olympic alpine combined bronze and downhill winner, world allround speed skating champion 1937-1938, first woman awarded Egebergs Ærespris.
Laine Erik
Laine Erik (Erik-Kallas, 1942-2024), Estonian 800 m runner for the Soviet Union; sixth at Tokyo 1964, ninth at Mexico City 1968, 1965 Universiade gold, Soviet record 2:03.6.
Lainey Reid
Lainey Reid, real name Tylynn Register (born 1998, Gadsden, Alabama), is a WWE SmackDown wrestler and former track star. A Fatal Influence member, she won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship with Fallon Henley in July 2026.
Laird Hamilton
Laird Hamilton (born Laird John Zerfas) is a Hawaiian big-wave surfer and waterman, pioneer of tow-in surfing, stand-up paddleboarding, and foil boarding, famous for the 2000 Teahupo'o Millennium Wave and never competing professionally.
Lajae Jones
Lajae Jones (Lajae Leo Jones), American basketball guard-forward, born 2004, Neptune Beach, Florida; NJCAA champion at Barton CC, Florida State senior, drafted 54th overall by the Golden State Warriors in the 2026 NBA Draft.
LaJohntay Wester
LaJohntay Wester, Baltimore Ravens wide receiver and punt returner (No. 10), 2025 sixth-round pick (203rd overall) from Colorado and FAU's all-time receptions leader; 108-catch, 1,168-yard 2023 season.
Lajos Dunai
Lajos Dunai (Drestyák), Hungarian footballer, 1942–2000, defender and midfielder for MTK Budapest; won Olympic gold in men's football at Mexico 1968 and the 1968 Hungarian Cup; two national caps in 1966.
Lajos Keresztes
Lajos Keresztes (Keresztes Lajos, 1900-1978), Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler, lightweight 67.5 kg: Olympic silver Paris 1924, gold Amsterdam 1928, later Vasas coach of István Kozma.
Lajos Kocsis
Lajos Kocsis (Kocsis Lajos, 1947–2000), Hungarian midfielder for Budapest Honvéd; Olympic football gold 1968 and silver 1972; 308 NB I matches, 112 goals, 33 caps. Not Sándor Kocsis.
Lajos Kovacs
Lajos Kovács (Kovács Lajos, 1936–1997) was a Hungarian middle-distance runner, 1960 Rome Olympian at 800 m and 1500 m, 800 m best 1:47.7, and member of Hungary's 1959 world-record 4x1 mile relay team.
Lajos Werkner
Lajos Werkner (Werkner Lajos, 1883–1943), Hungarian sabre fencer nicknamed Pápa; two Olympic team sabre golds at London 1908 and Stockholm 1912, individual 6th and 7th; later co-founded the Hungarian Fencing Association.
Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar (Lake David Bachar, born 1995) is an MLB right-handed reliever for the Pittsburgh Pirates, formerly Marlins; a former college football kicker drafted in 2016 who debuted in 2024 at age 29.