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Lasha Talakhadze (ლაშა თალახაძე)
Lasha Talakhadze (ლაშა ტალახაძე), Georgian superheavyweight weightlifter born 1993; three Olympic golds (2016, 2020, 2024) and absolute world records of 225 kg snatch, 267 kg clean and jerk, 492 kg total.
Lashawn Merritt
LaShawn Merritt (born 1986, Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American 400m sprinter, 2008 Olympic champion, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and eight-time world champion who served a 21-month doping ban.
Lashinda Demus
Lashinda Demus (born 1983, Inglewood, California), American 400m hurdler; 2011 world champion, PB 52.47; upgraded to 2012 Olympic gold after Antyukh's doping DQ, medal received in Paris 2024.
Lasith Malinga (සෙපරමාදු ලසිත මාලිංග)
Separamadu Lasith Malinga (සෙපරමාදු ලසිත මාලිංග), Sri Lankan right-arm fast bowler born 1983 in Galle; 546 international wickets, first ODI four-wickets-in-four-balls (2007 World Cup), 2014 T20 World Cup-winning captain, retired 2021.
LASK
LASK (Linzer Athletik Sport Klub), Austrian football club from Linz founded 1908; black and white; first non-Vienna champion and cup double winner 1965, repeated the double 2025/26, and reached the Champions League group stage in 2026 after a 5-1 comeback over Celtic.
Lassana Diarra
Lassana Diarra, also Lass Diarra, French midfielder born 1985 in Paris; played for Chelsea, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Real Madrid, Marseille, and PSG, won 34 France caps, and won the 2024 CJEU transfer-rules case against FIFA.
Lasse Andersson
Lasse Andersson (Lasse Bredekjær Andersson), Danish handball left back born 1994; world, European, and Olympic champion with Denmark; played for FC Barcelona and Füchse Berlin, then joined HØJ Elite in 2026.
Lasse Efskind
Lasse Efskind (Lasse Daniel Efskind, born 1944, Oslo) is a Norwegian former sprint speed skater, 1972 Olympian, and 1973 Davos world-record holder at 500 m and 1,000 m, later a physician, surgeon, and author of Trylleringen.
Lasse Kjus
Lasse Kjus, born in 1971, is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer who won 16 Olympic and World Championship medals and two overall World Cup titles.
Lasse Norman Hansen
Lasse Norman Hansen, since 2022 Lasse Norman Leth, Danish track cyclist born 1992; double Olympic champion (omnium 2012, Madison 2020 with Mørkøv) with five Olympic medals and four world titles.
Lasse Schöne
Lasse Schöne (Lasse Schøne), Danish midfielder born 1986; Ajax 2012-2019 (287 games, 64 goals, three titles), later Genoa, Heerenveen, NEC; 51 Denmark caps; retired 2025.
Lasse Svan
Lasse Svan (Lasse Jemon Svan Hansen, born 1983) is a retired Danish handball right wing who won Olympic, World, and European gold and the 2014 EHF Champions League with SG Flensburg-Handewitt, and now works as a mental and performance coach.
Last Drop (video game)
Last Drop is an open-world action-adventure game by the Finnish studio Lohkare Games, released in Early Access on Steam in 2026, set in the Finnish town of Nykylä in 1994.
Laszlo Berti
Laszlo Berti (Berti László, 1875–1952), Hungarian fencer and army officer; Olympic team sabre gold 1912, team sabre silver and team foil bronze 1924, 1926 European foil silver; later fencing master and author.
Laszlo Budai
László Budai (Budai II, born Bednarik, 1928–1983), Hungarian right winger of the Golden Team, 39 caps, Olympic football gold 1952, World Cup silver 1954, champion with Ferencváros and Budapest Honvéd; distinct from Budai I, the coach born 1922.
Laszlo Cseh
Laszlo Cseh (László Cseh), Hungarian swimmer born 1985 in Budapest, individual medley and butterfly specialist; six Olympic medals without gold, all behind Michael Phelps, two world titles (2005, 2015), and 14 European Championships golds.
Laszlo Csongradi
Laszlo Csongradi (Csongrádi László, born 1959), Hungarian sabre fencer nicknamed Csongi; reserve who clinched Hungary's 1988 Seoul Olympic team sabre gold by beating Mindirgasov, plus 1990 world team silver.
Laszlo Fabian (olympedia 10052)
László Fábián (1936–2018), Hungarian sprint kayaker, Olympedia athlete 10052; won K-2 10,000 m gold with János Urányi at Melbourne 1956, Hungary's first Olympic kayaking title, plus 4 world and 6 European titles. Distinct from the 1963-born pentathlete of the same name.
Laszlo Fazekas
László Fazekas (1947–2026), Hungarian winger and inside forward, Újpesti Dózsa legend with nine league titles, 1968 Olympic gold, 92 caps, and 1980 European Silver Shoe; later Royal Antwerp player and coach.
László Felkai
László Felkai (1941–2014), Hungarian water polo wing nicknamed Róka; Olympic gold at Tokyo 1964, bronze at Rome 1960 and Mexico City 1968; 120 caps, Ferencváros champion, later youth coach. Distinct from namesakes Felkai Mátyás László and Tomisa László.
Laszlo Foltan
Laszlo Foltan (Foltán László, born 1953, Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist, 1980 Moscow Olympic champion in C-2 500 m with István Vaskuti, and three-time world champion (1977, 1978, 1981) in the same event.
Laszlo Hammerl
László Hammerl (1942–2024), Hungarian sports shooter, 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in 50 m small-bore rifle prone (597), also 1968 silver and 1964 bronze; later physician and national team captain.
Laszlo Jeney
László Jeney (Pierre), Hungarian water polo goalkeeper (1923–2006), won Olympic gold 1952 and 1956, silver 1948, bronze 1960, European titles 1954 and 1958, 65 caps.
László Keglovich
László Keglovich (Keglovich László), born 4 February 1940 in Sopron, is a Hungarian footballer who won Olympic gold at Mexico City 1968 and played 312 league matches for Győri Vasas ETO, 1963 Hungarian champion.
Laszlo Papp
László Papp (Papp László), Hungarian boxer (1926–2003), first fighter to win three Olympic boxing golds (1948, 1952, 1956), later undefeated professional European champion and national head coach.
László Polgár
László Polgár, born 1946, is a Hungarian educational psychologist who home-schooled his three daughters with intensive chess training to prove geniuses are made, not born.
Laszlo Rajcsanyi
László Rajcsányi (1907–1992), Hungarian sabre fencer; won men's team sabre gold at the 1936, 1948, and 1952 Olympics, fourth individually in 1936; later engineer, Képes Sport publisher, and 1956 fencing federation president.
Laszlo Sarosi
László Sárosi (born 1946, Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, Újpesti Dózsa 1958–1980, who won Olympic bronze 1968, silver 1972, and gold 1976, plus 1973 world and 1974 European titles; distinct from the footballer Sárosi László (1932–2016).
Laszlo Szabados
Laszlo Szabados, a Hungarian freestyle swimmer from Subotica, specialized in relays. He won a European title in 1931 and an Olympic bronze in 1932.
Laszlo Tabori
László Tábori (Laszlo Tabori), Hungarian middle-distance runner (1931–2018), third man to break the four-minute mile (3:59.0, 1955), equalled the 1500m world record 3:40.8, fourth at Melbourne 1956, later a US coach.