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.

Examples of gold medal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But, in the meantime, French bakers have already won their version of a gold medal: a new world record for the longest baguette. —

Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024 With its 2024 awards, The New Yorker has won eight Pulitzer Prizes, including the gold medal for public service. —

The New Yorker, 6 May 2024 Winners of the prizes, which span 15 journalism categories and eight letters, drama and music categories, receive $15,000 as an award with one exception: The winner of the public service category receives a gold medal instead. —

Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024 Jim Thorpe Jim Thorpe, who died in 1953, was the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal. —

Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024 Still, not every gold medal worthy property has been snapped up. —

Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 3 May 2024 At the 2016 Olympics, Douglas helped the U.S. women to their second consecutive win in the team event, garnering her a third Olympic gold medal. —

Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024 López joins past gold medal recipients such as Spanish singer-songwriter Víctor Manuel, writer Rosa Montero, musician Santiago Auserón, actor Javier Cámara and painter Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau, among others. —

Griselda Flores, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2024 That’s because Kerr was an assistant coach for Team USA when Adebayo was part of the national team’s roster that won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. —

Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024

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