Olympic champion
Games gold medalist
An Olympic champion is an athlete who has won a gold medal at the Olympic Games.
The title carries lifelong prestige—once an Olympic champion, always an Olympic champion: She's a three-time Olympic champion in gymnastics.
The phrase emphasizes individual achievement even in team sports, where each gold medalist becomes an Olympic champion.
- goldElement seventy-nine
- gold medalistCompetition's top performer
- medalMetal honor token
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- victoryDefeating an opponent
victory lap · athlete · glory · record · world stage · torch · rings · triumph · standing ovation · world record · personal best · record breaker · ceremony · anthem · training · dedication · laurel · stadium
- Sports greatnessUsain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Wayne Gretzky, Simone Biles, Serena Williams
- athletesathlete, swimmers, runner, swimmer, sprinter
- OlympicsIOC, Paralympics, Paralympic, Paralympic Games, Winter Games
- track and fieldtrack and field, sprinters, sprinter, sprinting, sprint
- achieversachiever, high achiever, overachiever, go-getter, striver
- elite performerssuperstar, virtuoso, all-star, MVP, maestro
Olympic championweekend warrior
Sporadic recreational exerciser
couch potato · benchwarmer · washout · spectator · never-was
Olympic championLance Armstrong
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