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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Moore, who won an Olympic gold medal for surfing during the 2020 Tokyo Games, finished fifth in the Paris Games earlier this year. Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024 Also in attendance at the event were Ciara, Cardi B, gold medal gymnast Sunisa Lee, and several others. Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024 Nadal won 22 Grand Slam men’s singles titles, including a record 14 French Open singles titles and is only one of three men (alongside Andre Agassi and Novak Djokovic) to win a Career Grand Slam – all four majors and an Olympic gold medal. Peter White, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024 Sauerbrunn was also part of the squad which took home the Olympic gold medal at London 2012, and a key member of the bronze-winning team at Tokyo 2020. Jamie Barton, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gold medal 

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“Gold medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20medal. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.

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