Possible Clues:

• In 2015, Nigel ____ became the second Welsh referee of a rugby union world cup final
• Jesse ---, great US athlete
• Four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympics
• Jesse who won four Olympic gold medals in 1936
• Eponym for U.S. track and field's highest award
• Sprinter Jesse
• Olympian who triumphed in 1936
• Old athlete running backwards in US, New Orleans
• Long jump legend Jesse
• Patricia --, actress who played Hélène Delambre in the 1958 film 'The Fly'