gold medal
noun
: a medal made of gold that is awarded as the prize for first place in a sports competition
He won three gold medals in the Olympics.
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Hašek led the Czechs on a stunning run to a gold medal at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
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Jesse Granger, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Vonn won a gold medal in the downhill and a bronze medal in the super-G at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games and a bronze medal in the downhill at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Games.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Ilia Malinin saved the United States with a gutsy and gritty free skate Sunday to win the country’s second consecutive Olympic team figure skating gold medal at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Johnson is the second American woman to ever win the Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing, the first being Vonn at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
—Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
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Jesse Granger, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Vonn won a gold medal in the downhill and a bronze medal in the super-G at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games and a bronze medal in the downhill at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Games.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Ilia Malinin saved the United States with a gutsy and gritty free skate Sunday to win the country’s second consecutive Olympic team figure skating gold medal at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Johnson is the second American woman to ever win the Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing, the first being Vonn at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
—Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
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“Gold medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20medal. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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