Across
- 3. first African American to win a gold medal in swimming
- 4. first black man to win a gold medal in the winter Olympics
- 7. she is known as “the flying squirrel”
- 10. won a gold medal at the 1988 Olympics
- 13. first African American to win a gold medal in the Olympics
- 14. first man to win four gold medals in track
Down
- 1. first black person to win a gold medal in gymnastics
- 2. won a gold medal in the 100-meter dash in the 1964 Olympics
- 5. broke the 29-feet barrier with a jump of 29 feet, 2.5 in., in the 1968 Mexico Olympics
- 6. swam at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games setting a world record
- 8. first African American woman to win an individual gold medal
- 9. fought and beat silver medalist Nia Abdallah
- 11. the US fencing teams secret weapon
- 12. one of the few black male gymnasts to ever grace the Olympian floormats