| MARYLOU | The first American woman to win the all-around gold medal in Olympic gymnastics (4,3,6) |
| RETTON | The first American woman to win the all-around gold medal in Olympic gymnastics (4,3,6) |
| SILVER | Runner-up medal in Olympic sport (6) |
| CUBA | Country with the most all-time medals in Olympic baseball |
| SWAHN | Identify this family that holds the record of winning the most medals in Olympic history for a father and son duo? (5) |
| MARY | ___ Lou Retton (gymnast who won gold in the All-Around at the 1984 Olympics) |
| NADIA | She won the All-Around gymnastics gold eight years before Mary Lou |
| FRANCESARNOLD | First American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018: 2 wds. |
| NADIACOMANECI | The first person to be awarded a perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics |
| OHIO | Home of the first man to walk on the moon, the first American to orbit Earth and the first American woman to walk in space |
| LINDSEY | ___ Vonn former alpine ski racer who was the first American woman to win an Olympic gold in downhill skiing |
| RONDA | Rousey who was the first American woman to win an Olympic judo medal |
| LINDSAY | She became the first American woman to win the US Open since Chris Evert in 1982, ... Davenport |
| JANEADDAMS | Social worker who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize |
| ABBOTT | Margaret ___ golfer and the first American woman to win an Olympic event |
| PEARLSBUCK | First American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938: 3 wds. |
| RESTAURANTCAR | Others managed, improving cart around gold part of train (10,3) |
| ALTHEAGIBSON | American tennis player who became the first African-American woman to win a Grand Slam title in 1956 |
| DIANNE | Durham who was the first African American woman to win a national title in gymnastics |
| CHALLENGER | Space shuttle in which Sally Ride became the first American woman in space (June 19, 1983) |
