| KEELY | Runner who was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2024, _ Hodgkinson (5) |
| WHITBREAD | Fatima _, retired British athlete who was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1987 (9) |
| PIRIE | Gordon ?, athlete voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1955 (5) |
| ARYNA | Who won the WTA player of the year award for 2024? (5) |
| PUNAM | Scottish doctor who was voted out after the Hallowe'en episode of Strictly (5,7) |
| SNELL | New Zealand runner who was the last man to win gold medals in the 800m and 1500m at the same Olympics (5) |
| BOBBI | _ Gibb, US former runner who was the first woman to run the entire Boston Marathon (5) |
| HURST | Red Sox pitcher Bruce who was voted the 1986 World Series MVP... until the Mets tic comeback |
| FARAH | Somali-born British long-distance runner who was one of the London 2012 "Super Saturday" gold medallists with Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford (5) |
| KUMAR | Which parathlete was awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award for 2024? (7,5) |
| MURRAY | Who was recently voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2015? (6) |
| JAKOB | Norwegian runner who broke the 3000m world record in 2024, _ Ingebrigtsen (5) |
| LASKI | The French runner who was a political scientist (5) |
| LAURA | _ Muir, British middle-distance runner who was 2018's 1500 metres European champion (5) |
| DELTA | This Lancia was voted European Car of the Year in 1980 (5) |
| JEMMA | Scottish athlete who won the UK Indoor Athletics Championships 800m in 2024, _ Reekie (5) |
| LYDIA | Golfer who won the AIG Women's Open in 2024, _ Ko (5) |
| CHRIS | English boxer who lost the WBO cruiserweight title in 2024, _ Billam-Smith (5) |
| NURMI | Paavo ___, runner who was nicknamed the "Flying Finn" |
| OWENS | Runner who was called "The Buckeye Bullet" |
