| SHOOTING | Sport in which Britain's Peter Wilson won an Olympic gold medal winner in 2012 (8) |
| SAILING | Sport in which Britain's Rodney Pattisson won two Olympic gold medals (7) |
| WIGGINS | Sir Bradley ......., cycling's Tour de France winner in 2012 (7) |
| ARTHUR | James, The X Factor winner in 2012 noted for his debut single Impossible (6) |
| ADELE | Six-Grammy winner in 2012 |
| BOARDMAN | Chris _, British cyclist who won an Olympic gold medal in the men's individual pursuit in 1992 (8) |
| MARIANNE | Gold medal winner in the 2012 Olympics women's road race (8,3) |
| ALOERTER | Gold medal winner in four consecutive Summer Olympics |
| BENHASSI | Hasna ___, Moroccan runner who won an Olympic 800m silver medal in 2004 behind Kelly Holmes |
| BRASSARD | Canadian skier who was the winner of an Olympic gold medal in 1994 |
| COACHMAN | Alice ___, high jumper who in 1948 became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal |
| MARYRAND | Former long jumper; the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field (4,4) |
| REDGRAVE | British rower; gold medal winner at five consecutive Olympics from 1984-2000 (5,8) |
| ABRAHAMS | Harold ******** , Jewish 100 metre Gold Medal winner at the 1924 Olympics (8) |
| NELLIEKIM | Soviet gymnast, Olympic gold medal winner in 1976 and 1980 (6,3) |
| OLYMPIAN | Gold medal winner (MAIL PONY anagram) (8) |
| POLEVAULT | Event in which Steve Hooker won an Olympic gold medal (4,5) |
| HERB | - Elliott, Australian middledistance runner who won an Olympic gold medal in Rome in 1960 for the 1500m (4) |
| ELLIOTT | Name an Australian runner who won an Olympic Gold Medal in 1960, Herb ... (7) |
| PEDROSO | Ivan ___, Cuban long jumper who won an Olympic gold medal in Sydney in 2000 |
