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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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.
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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
His career, which also included being named NBA Coach of the Year three times and an Olympic gold medal, earned him a place in the Hall of Fame in 2023.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
Even so, the organization awarded the architect its gold medal in 1949.
—Carrie Hojnicki, Architectural Digest, 21 May 2025
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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
His career, which also included being named NBA Coach of the Year three times and an Olympic gold medal, earned him a place in the Hall of Fame in 2023.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
Even so, the organization awarded the architect its gold medal in 1949.
—Carrie Hojnicki, Architectural Digest, 21 May 2025
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“Gold medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20medal. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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