| VICTOR | Amazing Spaniard who was an Olympic Bobsleigh competitor, a water-skiing world champion, and took a World Formula 750 title for Yamaha. (6,6) |
| PALOMO | Amazing Spaniard who was an Olympic Bobsleigh competitor, a water-skiing world champion, and took a World Formula 750 title foryamaha. (6,6) |
| RUNNINGS | _, film about an Olympic bobsleigh team (8) |
| REBAGLIATI | Canadian who was an Olympic snowboarding champion |
| ANNE | British princess who was an Olympic equestrian |
| PHANTOM | Name used by Olympic bobsleigh finalist Toby Olubi in the rebooted Gladiators TV series (7) |
| CLAMBAKE | Elvis is the son of a millionaire who switches places with a water-skiing instructor in this 1967 movie |
| HOY | Chris ..., British cyclist who is a 11-time world champion and 6-time Olympic champion. (3) |
| PLAYER | An actor; a bugler, cellist or other instrumentalist; a competitor; a gambler or gamer; or, a trifler (6) |
| NIGEL | ..... Mansell, 1992 F1 world champion and 1993 PPG Indy Car World Series champion (5) |
| BARBER | 2019 and 2022 javelin world champion and 2020 Olympic bronze medallist, Kelsey-Lee ... (6) |
| NYMPHBALANCE | Attribute of a water-skiing naiad? |
| TOWS | Pulls with a water-skiing boat, say |
| GEORGELYON | RIO 2016: Prior to Rio, the last time Golf was an Olympic sport was St. louis 1904 when a canadian w |
| MARK | Who won seven gold medals in swimming at the 1972 Munich Games, which was an Olympic record for most golds at a single Olympics that stood for the next 36 years? (4) |
| SPITZ | Who won seven gold medals in swimming at the 1972 Munich Games, which was an Olympic record for most golds at a single Olympics that stood for the next 36 years? (5) |
| MAIER | Three-time skiing world champion Hermann |
| KILLY | Jean-Claude, 1966 men's downhill skiing world champion (5) |
| WEBSTER | Back when Sidecars raced the same day as the solo GP classes, this Brit was a popular World Champion and home GP winner. (7) |
| STAR | Yachting class which was an Olympic event from 1932 to 2012, when it was discontinued (4) |