Women in Sports

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Across
  1. 3. This ex-gymnast won 5 medals in the 1984 summer Olympics.
  2. 4. This former American soccer player/coach is in the National Soccer Hall of Fame and a six time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year Award.
  3. 6. The woman was on the US Ski team and won four WoldCup overall championships.
  4. 9. This woman won the best female athlete ESPY award in 2003 and 2013.
  5. 11. This competitive athlete has won the most awards for a female swimmer.
  6. 13. This woman has seven Grand Slam singles titles; five at Wimbledon and two at US Open.
  7. 15. This former American swimmer had the world record for women's 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:09:87.
  8. 16. This tennis player has won eighteen major singles titles; seven at the French Open.
Down
  1. 1. During the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, this woman dropped out of the competition early.
  2. 2. This woman was the first drafted for the WNBA.
  3. 5. This soccer player as of 2023; plays for Diego Wave FC as a striker.
  4. 7. This soccer player as of 2023; played as a winger for the US team.
  5. 8. This woman defeated Bobby-Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes.
  6. 10. This former American figure skater was the 1968, female,singles champion in skating.
  7. 12. This American surfer lost her arm in a shark attack in 2003.
  8. 14. This woman was a Polio survivor who went on to win at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics.