bronze medal
noun
: a medal made of bronze that is awarded as the prize for third place in a sports competition
The team won the bronze medal in basketball.
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Instead, she was stripped of her bronze medal after a late score inquiry—a ruling that still feels cruel for an athlete who had delivered the performance of her life.
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Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
Maltais translated the resort’s steepest terrain into speed for snowboard-cross competitions—winning a bronze medal at the 2006 Turin Olympics and a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
—Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
Her gold and first bronze came in 2010 at the Vancouver Olympics and her second bronze medal was earned in 2018 at the PyeongChang Olympics.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Canadian Olympic pole vaulter Alysha Newman turned heads at last summer's Paris Games, going viral for a celebratory dance after winning the bronze medal.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
Maltais translated the resort’s steepest terrain into speed for snowboard-cross competitions—winning a bronze medal at the 2006 Turin Olympics and a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
—Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
Her gold and first bronze came in 2010 at the Vancouver Olympics and her second bronze medal was earned in 2018 at the PyeongChang Olympics.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Canadian Olympic pole vaulter Alysha Newman turned heads at last summer's Paris Games, going viral for a celebratory dance after winning the bronze medal.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bronze medal
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“Bronze medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bronze%20medal. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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