| NURMI | Runner nicknamed the Flying Finn who was one of the first athletes to win five gold medals at a sing |
| PAAVONURMI | Middle distance runner, nicknamed 'the Flying Finn', who won nine Olympic gold medals and set 22 world records (5,5) |
| LYLEALZADO | Raider great who was one of the first athletes to admit to steroid use |
| OERTER | Who was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympics? (6) |
| SPITZ | This swimmer was the first athlete to win seven gold medals in a single Games |
| OTTO | German swimmer who was the first woman athlete to win six gold medals at a single Olympics (4) |
| VIREN | Lasse, Finnish former long distance runner nicknamed The Flying Finn (5) |
| PAAVO | ___ Nurmi, 1920s Olympic runner nicknamed the "Flying Finn" |
| MARKSPITZ | First athlete to win seven gold medals in a single Olympics |
| ROGERBANNISTER | British doctor who was the first athlete to run the mile in less than four minutes? (5,9) |
| KAKA | Mononymic soccer star who was the first athlete to have 10 million Twitter followers |
| MILE | English neurologist Roger Bannister became the first athlete to run this distance in less than four minutes. (4) |
| ERIC | Speed skater Heiden who won five gold medals at the 1980 Olympics |
| HEIDEN | Winner of five gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics |
| MATTBIONDI | Winner of five gold medals at the '88 Olympics |
| PHELPS | Michael, swimmer who won five gold medals at the 2016 Olympics in Rio (6) |
| ILIE | Tennis pro Nastase, the first athlete to sign an endorsement deal with Nike |
| ISRAELI | Triathlete Shachar Sagiv became the first ... athlete to compete in Saudi Arabia. (7) |
| FONSI | Nephew of the great Angel who went on to win five 250cc Grands Prix. (5) |
| LASSE | --- Viren, "Flying Finn" who won 5,000m and 10,000m gold at consecutive Olympics (5) |
