| MARIONJONES | US athlete who won three gold and two bronze medals at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, but was later stripped of them for steroid use (6,5) |
| SEIZINGER | Katja ___, the most successful alpine skier from Germany, winning three Olympic gold and two bronze medals and the World Cup three times |
| DOHERTY | Reginald ___ British former tennis player with 3 gold and 1 bronze medal at the Olympics |
| EDMUND | King, later saint, who landed at Hunstanton (6) |
| CATHYFREEMAN | 1998's award was won by this sprinter; she also lit the torch at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympics in Sydney |
| ROBWADDELL | Rower who won New Zealand's only gold at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney (3,7) |
| STEPHCOOK | Winner of the women's modern pentathlon at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney |
| KENDALL | Surname of NZ siblings who between them have two Olympic gold medals, one silver, and two bronze (7) |
| KARENMORAS | Which Australian freestyle swimmer won a bronze medal at the 1968 Olympic Games, three gold medals at the 1970 Commonwealth Games and was the swimming team captain at the Munich Olympic Games? (5,5) |
| EDWARDS | Jonathan, British athlete who won gold in the triple jump at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney (7) |
| LIDDELL | Eric ---, Chinese-born Scottish athlete, rugby player and missionary who won a gold and a bronze medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics (7) |
| ALVIN | Twin US athletes who won gold medals in the 2000 Olympics 400m relay, Calvin and ... Harrison |
| THORPE | Ian, Australian former swimmer who won three gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics (6) |
| QUEALLY | Jason, British cyclist who won gold at the 2000 Olympics in the 1km time trial (7) |
| ERKINOOL | Estonian decathlete who won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney |
| KYNAN | Identify the first name of the Indian sportsperson who won the bronze medal at the ISSF World Cup shotgun mixed team event held in Nicosia, Cyprus in May 2025. (5) |
| RAMESHBUDIHAL | Who won the bronze medal at the 2025 Asian surfing championships held in August in Mamallapuram, thus becoming the first from India to win an individual medal at this continental level event? (6,7) |
| JESSEOWENS | US athlete who won four medals at the 1936 Olympics, then had to ride the Waldorf-Astoria's freight elevator to the reception held to celebrate his achievement (5,5) |
| OWENS | Jesse, US athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin (5) |
| ZATOPEK | Nicknamed the "Czech Locomotive", the runner who won three gold medals at the 1952 Olympics, the third in a last-minute marathon, a distance he had never attempted before (7) |
