| LAUGHER | Jack -, British springboard diver whose four Olympic medals include a gold from the 2016 Rio Games (7) |
| GRAINGER | Katherine, Scottish rower whose five Olympic medals include a gold for the double sculls event in 2012 (8) |
| BOHL | Queensland Olympic swim coach whose daughter competed at 2016 Rio Games (4) |
| MAXWHITLOCK | British gymnast whose six Olympic medals include two golds on the pommel horse (3,8) |
| NANDA | Identify the surname of this Indian athlete who won women's 200m gold in the 2016 South Asian Games, bronze at the 4x100m relay in the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and participated in the 200m in the 20 |
| LAURATROTT | Female British track and road cyclist who won gold in the omnium at the 2016 Rio Olympics (5,5) |
| SIMONE | ____ Biles, U.S. gymnast who won four gold medals at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics (6) |
| HAHN | Sophie, British sprinter who won the 100 metres gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics (4) |
| ELAINE | ____ Thompson-Herah, athlete who won the sprint double at the 2016 Rio Olympics (6) |
| KIPKEINO | Kenyan runner with four Olympic medals, and first Olympic Laurel recipient (3,5) |
| DALEY | Diver Tom with four Olympic medals |
| GREENE | Maurice, U.S. sprinter born in 1974 who won four Olympic medals (6) |
| BOLDON | Trinidadian sprinter with four Olympic medals, Ato ... (6) |
| TAIT | NZ equestrian with four Olympic medals, Blyth ___ (4) |
| JESSICAH | Brisbane butterflier with four Olympic medals, ... Schipper (8) |
| COE | Runner Sebastian with four Olympic medals |
| CHADLECLOS | Which South African swimmer has four Olympic medals to his name? |
| COMPASS | Instrument whose four ordinal points are represented by the initials of the four starred entries, which also explains their placement in the grid |
| ROWING | Sport in which Australia's Kim Brennan won 2016 Rio Olympics gold (6) |
| JESSICAFOX | Penrith canoeist with 4 Olympic medals (7,3) |
