Complete Clue List
Across
1. English cricketer ___ Taylor, was the ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year in 2012 and 2013 (5)
4. Indian badminton player ___ Nehwal, Commonwealth Games Gold medalist in 2010 and 2018 (5)
7. Spanish motorcycle racer ___ Carrasco, winner of the 2018 Supersport 300 World Championship (3)
8. Lady Cardinals is the nickname of the women's basketball team at this Texas University (5)
9. Romanian gymnast, first to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games, ___ Comaneci (5)
10. In 1887, Lottie ___ became and remains the youngest Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Champion (3)
11. American swimmer ___ Neilson, Gold medalist in the 100m freestyle, at the 1972 Summer Olympics (5)
14. Janet ___ winner of the James E. Sullivan Award in 1989, as the top amateur athlete in the USA (5)
17. Track and field athlete Kristina ___, winner of the 200m at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games (5)
20. Ladies World Figure Skating Champion in both 1949 and 1950, ___ Vrzanova (5)
23. Lidia Valentin, Gold Medal winner at the 2012 Olympics, wearing IOC country code ___ (3)
24. Alexa ___ is the ring name of American professional wrestler Alexis Kaufman (5)
25. Sue ___ was the long Jump Gold Medal winner at the 1978 Commonwealth Games (5)
26. Gymnast ___ Lu, was Silver Medalist at the 2012 Olympics on the balance beam (3)
27. German Gold Medalist in the 4x100m at the 2012 European Athletics Championships, ___ Gunther (5)
28. Swimmer ___ Friis became Danish Sports Name of the Year in 2009 (5)
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1. US Open Tennis Champion in both 1991 and 1992, Monica ___ (5)
2. US racecar driver Amy ___, Champion of the Trans-Am Series at top level "TA" in 2015 and 2016 (5)
3. American boxer Heather ___ held the WBO featherweight title from October 2018 to September 2019 (5)
4. At the 2019 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards, Emeli ___ performed "Shine" (5)
5. Geeta Phogat, Gold Medal winning wrestler who represented ___ at the 2010 Commonwealth Games (5)
6. In 2012 Nicola ___ became the first female boxer to become an Olympic champion (5)
12. English athlete ___ Packer won Gold in the 800 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games (3)
13. ___ Richardson was a Gold Medal Winning softball team player for USA, at the 2000 Olympic Games (3)
15. American player ___ Ackerman was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011 (3)
16. Welsh triathlete ___ Stanford became the ITU World Champion in 2013 (3)
17. The Afghanistan women's football team are based at Ghazi Stadium in ___ (5)
18. First winner of The Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year Award, in 1988, ___ Jones (5)
19. Gold Medal javelin winner for GB at the 1984 Summer Olympics, ___ Sanderson (5)
20. Birth name of former lady professional wrestler AJ Lee, ___ Jeanette Mendez (5)
21. Chris ___, was the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Champion in 1974, 1976 and 1981 (5)
22. Ethiopian marathon runner, Gold Medal winner at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics, ___ Bikila (5)