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Linn Kristin Riegelhuth Koren
Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren, called Linka, born 1984 in Ski, is a Norwegian retired handball right wing; two Olympic golds (2008, 2012), World gold 2011, five European titles, 279 caps and 971 goals for Norway, IHF World Player of the Year 2008.
Linq
Linq is a word-based bluffing and deduction party game by Erik Nielsen, first published by Endless Games in 2004. Two of 4-8 players secretly share a word and find each other through one-word clues; Spiel des Jahres recommended 2008.
Lio Rush
Lio Rush (Lionel Gerard Green, born 1994), also known as LI Green and Lennon Duffy, American high-flying wrestler and musician; NXT Cruiserweight, MLW Middleweight, AAA Cruiserweight, Impact X Division, and ROH TV champion; current AEW wrestler.
Lionel Cox
Lionel Cox (Lionel Malvyne Cox, 1930–2010), Australian track cyclist; won tandem sprint gold with Russell Mockridge and individual sprint silver behind Enzo Sacchi at Helsinki 1952; not the swimmer Lauren Cox.
Lionel Emmett
Lionel Charles Renwick Emmett (1913-1996) was an Indian field hockey player and physician who won gold with India at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and later patented intrauterine contraceptive devices; not the footballer Luke Emmett or umpire Emmett Ashford.
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi (Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini), Argentine forward born 1987 in Rosario; Barcelona, PSG, Inter Miami and Argentina legend with a record 8 Ballons d'Or, 45 trophies, the 2022 World Cup, 900+ career goals, and 208 caps before his 2026 international retirement.
Lionel Plumenail
Lionel Plumenail (born 1967, Bordeaux) is a French left-handed foil fencer, Olympic silver medalist in individual foil at Atlanta 1996 and Olympic team foil champion at Sydney 2000, later a French national fencing coach.
Lionel Scaloni
Lionel Sebastián Scaloni, Argentine coach of the national team 2018-2026; won Copa América 2021 and 2024, Finalissima 2022, and World Cup Qatar 2022; lost the 2026 final to Spain.
Lionheart (UK wrestler)
Lionheart (Adrian McCallum), Scottish pro wrestler, ICW World Heavyweight Champion, Pro Wrestling Elite owner, died 19 June 2019 at 36 after an 18-year UK indie career.
Lions (United Rugby Championship)
The Lions, officially the Emirates Lions, are a South African professional rugby union team from Johannesburg that has played in the United Rugby Championship since 2021.
Lisa Ashton
Lisa Ashton, "The Lancashire Rose", English darts player from Bolton; four-time women's world champion; first woman to win a PDC Tour card via Q School (2020); won the PDC Women's World Matchplay.
Lisa Barbelin
Lisa Barbelin (born 2000) is a French recurve archer, Gendarmerie sergeant, and Sorbonne chemistry student; Olympic bronze medalist in women's individual archery at Paris 2024, two-time European champion, and former world number one.
Lisa Baum
Lisa Baum, born 2006 in Dar es Salaam, is a German left-footed winger for Arsenal in the WSL and Germany; formerly Hamburger SV and RB Leipzig, €600,000 2026 transfer.
Lisa Bluder
Lisa Bluder (born 1961) is an American retired women's basketball coach, head coach at St. Ambrose, Drake, and Iowa (2000-2024), retiring with 884 NCAA wins, 10th all-time, and back-to-back 2023-24 national runner-up finishes.
Lisa Bonder
Lisa Bonder (Bonder-Kreiss, Bonder-Kerkorian), American former professional tennis player, WTA tour 1981-1991, career-high singles ranking No. 9 in August 1984, French Open quarterfinalist 1984, Los Angeles Strings TeamTennis player.
Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Brennauer, German cyclist born 1988 in Kempten, Bavaria; 2014 world time trial champion, Tokyo 2020 Olympic team pursuit gold medalist, three-time world team time trial champion; retired August 2022 with Ceratizit-WNT.
Lisa Brown Miller
Lisa Brown Miller (Elizabeth "Lisa" Brown-Miller, 1966-2025), American ice hockey forward from Union Lake, Michigan; Providence College star, Princeton coach, and oldest player on the 1998 US Olympic team that won the first women's Olympic hockey gold at Nagano.
Lisa Buckwitz
Lisa Buckwitz (Lisa-Marie Buckwitz), German bobsledder born 1994 in Berlin; 2018 Olympic two-woman gold as brakewoman to Mariama Jamanka, 2026 silver as pilot with Neele Schuten, 2024 world champion and monobob European champion.
Lisa Carrington
Lisa Carrington, New Zealand canoe sprint kayaker (Dame, born 1989, Tauranga), most successful NZ Olympian with nine Olympic medals including eight golds across London 2012 to Paris 2024, plus 10 world titles.
Lisa Fernandez
Lisa Fernandez, born 1971 in Long Beach, California, is an American softball pitcher who won Olympic gold medals in 1996, 2000, and 2004 and starred for UCLA.
Lisa Gelius
Lisa Gelius (1909–2006) was a German athlete from Munich who won the javelin throw at the 1938 European Championships and took silver in the 80 m hurdles.
Lisa Grub
Lisa Grub, German rifle shooter born 1992 in Weingarten, Bundeswehr sports soldier with SV Berg; world record 630.7 in 50m rifle prone at Osijek 2026, multiple world and European champion.
Lisa Jacob
Lisa Jacob (Lisa Rae Jacob, born 1974) is an American freestyle swimmer who won two relay golds at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, plus three golds and a silver at the 1991 Pan American Games.
Lisa Klein
Lisa Klein (born 1996, Saarbrücken) is a German track and road cyclist, Olympic team pursuit gold medalist at Tokyo 2020 and 2021 road mixed relay world champion.
Lisa Leslie
Lisa Deshawn Leslie (born 1972) is an American retired basketball center who played 1997-2009 for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks, winning three MVPs and two titles, four Olympic golds, and the first WNBA dunk.
Lisa Marie Hirner
Lisa-Marie Hirner (born 2003, Leoben, Austria), Austrian nordic combined athlete and ski jumper for SC Erzbergland; double 2020 Youth Olympic gold medalist, 2025 World Championship bronze medalist, and 2026 Olympic ski jumper.
Lisa Marie Varon
Lisa Marie Varon (born 1971), aka Victoria in WWE and Tara in TNA, retired American wrestler, fitness competitor and bodybuilder; two-time WWE Women's Champion, multiple-time TNA Knockouts Champion; final match January 2023, retirement confirmed 2026.
Lisa Post
Lisa Post (born 1999, Veldhoven) is a Dutch field hockey defender, 2024 Paris Olympic gold medallist, 2022 World Cup and 2023/2025 EuroHockey champion with the Netherlands, playing for SCHC.
Lisa Powell Carruthers
Lisa Powell Carruthers (nee Lisa Josephine Powell, born 1970, Sydney) is an Australian field hockey player who won Olympic gold with the Hockeyroos at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, plus 1994 and 1998 World Cups, with 230 caps.
Lisa Rocke
Lisa Rocke (born c. 1912, Magdeburg) was a German breaststroke swimmer who set the women's 200 m breaststroke world record, 3:08.2, on 21 April 1932 in Leipzig, and was German champion in 1930 but was not selected for the 1932 Olympics.