| BRYANT | David ___, English bowls champion who won the Commonwealth Games singles bowls championship on four occasions |
| NIELSON | Hans ......., Danish rider who won the world speedway championship on four occasions (7) |
| REDNALL | Katherine ....... , 2022-24 World Indoor Bowls Championships singles winner (7) |
| MUGURUZA | Former Hobart International champion who won the 2017 Wimbledon women's final (8) |
| NAOMIOSAKA | 2021 Australian Open champion who won the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award in 2021: 2 wds. |
| REID | Coach Andy who's a 3x Super Bowl champion |
| BUCCANEERS | Tampa Bay was for centuries a pirates' haven, hence this name of its Super Bowl champion NFL team |
| ASANTE | Two-time Super Bowl champion Samuel |
| GERRYBUCKYBUCHANAN | Montreal-born Golden Gloves champion who won the silver medal for Canada in Heavyweight Boxing on August 6th, 1954 at #16-Down, ___ "___" ___ (b.1934 - d.2021) |
| BAGNAIA | Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer who won the 2022 MotoGP World Championship on 6 November (7) |
| FRANCESCO | Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer who won the 2022 MotoGP World Championship on 6 November (9) |
| NAVEEN | 19-year-old wrestler who won gold in the 74 kg freestyle category at the Commonwealth Games. (6) |
| GILMOUR | David ___ English instrumentalist who was a member of the rock band Pink Floyd |
| GARRICK | David ___, English actor and dramatist who managed the Drury Lane Theatre from 1747 to 1776(7) |
| BRIANHARMAN | US golfer who won his first Open Championship on 23 July 2023 (5,6) |
| BIANCA | Runner who has represented England at the Commonwealth Games in the 200m and the 4 x 100m relay, _ Williams (6) |
| HELEN | ..... Troke, in badminton, two-time winner of the women's singles at the Commonwealth Games (5) |
| TROKE | Helen ....., twotime women's singles badminton champion at the Commonwealth Games (5) |
| RENUKA | ... Singh Thakur, who took four quick wickets in the Commonwealth Games match against Australia. (6) |
| LOMBARDI | Vince ___, American football coach after whom the trophy for the Super Bowl championship game is nam |
