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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Adebayo, as one of the big men on Team USA’s roster, and Spoelstra, as a Team USA assistant coach, won a gold medal together at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Now, Hogshead joins XX-XY Athletics as the brand's first Olympic gold medal brand ambassador.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
In 2022, just days before his 18th birthday, Chinese snowboarder Su Yiming found himself atop an Olympic podium with a gold medal hanging around his neck.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Spoelstra will lead the United States at the 2027 FIBA Men’s World Cup in Doha, Qatar, and at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where the team will attempt to capture a sixth straight Olympic gold medal.
—Evan Dammarell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Now, Hogshead joins XX-XY Athletics as the brand's first Olympic gold medal brand ambassador.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
In 2022, just days before his 18th birthday, Chinese snowboarder Su Yiming found himself atop an Olympic podium with a gold medal hanging around his neck.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Spoelstra will lead the United States at the 2027 FIBA Men’s World Cup in Doha, Qatar, and at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where the team will attempt to capture a sixth straight Olympic gold medal.
—Evan Dammarell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Gold medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20medal. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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