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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That all changed shortly after the turn of the century, when in 2003, Yamazaki 12 Year Old was awarded the gold medal at the International Spirits Competition in the UK.
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Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
The new rules also resulted in Hernandez sharing the gold medal podium with two other students in a shared first place win in one event.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 3 June 2025
Last summer at the Paris Summer Games, Frazier, along with other members of the U.S. team, received his gold medal for team performance from the Beijing Olympics, over two years after the Russian doping scandal.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 2 June 2025
Those Olympians includes Yoon Dong-ju (Park Bo-gum), a gold medal Olympic boxer turned police officer, and Ji Han-na (Kim So-hyun), a police officer and winner of a gold medal for shooting.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
The new rules also resulted in Hernandez sharing the gold medal podium with two other students in a shared first place win in one event.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 3 June 2025
Last summer at the Paris Summer Games, Frazier, along with other members of the U.S. team, received his gold medal for team performance from the Beijing Olympics, over two years after the Russian doping scandal.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 2 June 2025
Those Olympians includes Yoon Dong-ju (Park Bo-gum), a gold medal Olympic boxer turned police officer, and Ji Han-na (Kim So-hyun), a police officer and winner of a gold medal for shooting.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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“Gold medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20medal. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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