Ethiopian athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Olympics, known as "the Shifter" Crossword Clue

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Crossword Answer For Ethiopian athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Olympics, known as "the Shifter":

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MIRUTSYIFTER Ethiopian athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Olympics, known as "the Shifter" (12)
5% SAGEKOTSENBURG Winner of the first Olympic gold medal in men's snowboard slopestyle (14) LA Times Daily Oct 29, 2025
5% VENUS Williams with four Olympic gold medals (5) LA Times Daily Oct 12, 2025
5% DANA Swimmer Vollmer with five Olympic gold medals (4) Wall Street Journal Sep 6, 2025
4% SEBASTIANCOE 1980 and 1984 Olympic men's 1,500m gold medallist (9,3) (12) Mirror Quiz Nov 4, 2025
4% MISHA Bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics (5) Wall Street Journal Nov 1, 2025
4% OIL Liquid known as "black gold" (3)
4% RUNNERUP Silver medal winner (8) Universal Oct 22, 2025
4% MIKAELA Gold-medal alpine skier Shiffrin (7) Premier Sunday Sep 21, 2025
4% ECU Olympic code for Ecuadorian athletes (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 10, 2025
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