Definition of medalist
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That new composition will be one of the works featuring Haochen Zhang, gold medalist of the 2009 Cliburn International Piano Competition.
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The top six performers in each discipline will receive invitations to X Games Minneapolis, as will the top three medalists from 2016’s X Games in Austin.
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Jennie Finch: Olympic softball gold medalist and MLB Youth Softball Ambassador.
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A bronze medalist at the 2012 London Olympics, Conlan was robbed of a shot at another medal at the Rio Games by a miscarriage of judging that was shameful even by boxing's shadowy standards.
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The Carolina Panthers honored the Bronze Star medalist, who doubled as a diehard football fan, by putting his initials on their helmets in 2015.
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Felix, a six-time Olympic gold medalist and a nine-time world champion, spoke to a group of high school athletes Friday with Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson.
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Galen Rupp, 2016 Olympic 1,500-meter gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz, 2017 Boston Marathon third-place finisher Jordan Hasay, 1,500-meter and 5,000-meter American record holder Shannon Rowbury and several others.
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Kristina Mladenovic might have been a German tennis star if her father, Dragan, an Olympic gold medalist in team handball for Yugoslavia, had decided to make a move to the German Handball Bundesliga, the top European league, in 1992.
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MEDALIST Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of medalist for English Language Learners
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: a person who receives or wins a medal
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