Across

1. 2020 Olympic and 2022 World champion in the 400 meter hurdles; holds the world record in the 400 meter hurdles; broke the world record four times in 13 months and the only woman to break 51 seconds; holds six out of the nine fastest times on the world all-time list; voted 2022 World Athletics Female Athlete of the Year 

3. The first American foil fencer to win an individual Olympic gold medal in history; four time NCAA champion and nine time individual Pan American champion; ten time team Pan American champion and 2018 team world champion.

5. Former professional tennis player, has won 23 Grand Slam women’s singles titles; the only player to accomplish a career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles; won 14 major women’s doubles titles with her sister; the world’s highest paid woman athlete in 2016.

7. The 2024 National champion in figure skating and the sixth American woman to land a clean triple Axel in international competition.

8. The North American indoor record holder for the pentathlon; won the silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2023 World Championships and a bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships; three-time U.S. national champion and two time NCAA Division I champion.

10. Lacrosse player who won a national championship with the Boston College Eagles in 2021; became the NCAA’s all-time goals scored leader; two-time Tewaaraton Award winner.

12. Professional beach volleyball player; won Olympic gold medals in three consecutive games and three FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships with teammate Misty May-Treanor, and set a win streak of 112 consecutive matches together. 

18. Professional golfer who won the LPGA Tour seven times; won gold at the 2020 Olympics in the women’s individual golf event; reached number one in the Women’s World Golf Rankings.

19. Hawaiian American surfer who won the first ever Olympic Gold Medal in women’s short board surfing in 2020; five time WSL Women’s World Tour Champion; the first surfer in history to win a WSL world title and the Olympic title in the same year.

21. The youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding gold medal and the first woman to win two gold medals in halfpipe; the World, Olympic, Youth Olympic, and X Games champion in the halfpipe and the first to win the title at all four major events.

22. The youngest woman in history to become an Olympic and World champion in an individual track and field event; the 2020 Olympic champion and national record holder in the 800 meters. 

23. Professional soccer player in the NWSL and US National Team; named The Best FIFA Women’s Player in 2019, one of the Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020 and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022 from Joe Biden.

Down

2. Former UNC field hockey midfielder and won four national championships during her time as a player; led the Tar Heels to another national championship as the head coach a year after graduating; was selected to be in the U.S. Women’s National Team at the age of 16. 

4. The first Black woman to win an individual gold medal in winter Olympic history; the 2018 Olympic 500m speed skating champion; the first Black American woman to medal in speed skating.

6. 2017 World Champion and 10 time US National champion in the 3000 meter steeplechase; set a championship record and broke her own American record by five seconds at the 2017 World Championships.

9. The head softball coach at the University of Oklahoma; led the Sooners to seven national championships and a winning percentage of .808.

10. College basketball player for the Iowa Hawkeyes that is the NCAA Division I all-time scorer; a first-team All-American that was the first women’s player to lead Division I in both single season points and assists. 

11. The first African American to become an Olympic individual all-around champion in artistic gymnastics; part of the “Fierce Five” and “Final Five” teams. 

13. The most decorated American artistic gymnast in history; seven time Olympic medalist; holds the most World Championship medals in gymnastics with 30; six time World all around champion; was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Joe Biden in 2022. 

14. Alpine skier with the most world cup wins ever in history, and a 2-time Olympic gold medalist.

15. Most decorated track athlete in history, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020 and 2021, and prompted sportswear brands to expand their maternity policy to guarantee salary protections for their athletes.

16. Professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 3 in singles and of world No. 1 in doubles by the WTA; won seven WTA Tour singles titles, a major, and eight doubles titles; became the youngest player in Wimbledon’s history to qualify for the main draw.  

17. Swimmer that has 7 Olympic and 21 World Championship gold medals — the most for any female swimmer; has broken 16 world records; was the most decorated US female athlete of the 2020 Olympic Games. 

20. The first Hmong-American Olympian and 2020 Olympic all-around artistic gymnastics champion.