Olympic medalists
Games award recipients
Olympic medalists are athletes who have won medals at the Olympic Games—gold for first place, silver for second, bronze for third.
The term covers both individual competitors and team members: The ceremony honored Olympic medalists from three different sports.
Countries often track their Olympic medalists as a measure of athletic achievement.
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- goldElement seventy-nine
- ChinaEast Asian superpower
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athletic elite vs. general population
Olympic medalistsordinary people
Everyday individuals, unremarkable