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bronze medal Definition

bronze medal

noun

a medal, made of or like bronze, given as an award to the person coming in third in a competition, race, etc.

bronze medal Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • win: Tom Allen from the City of Chester won the bronze medal in the 400m Individual Medley more than three seconds inside his personal best.
  • take: Luke Jones ran an outstanding race in the intermediate boys championship where he took the bronze medal just 10 seconds behind the race winner.
  • secure: Wales ' girls ' team secured a team bronze medal at the European U-18 Championships.
  • claim: Great Britain did well and claimed bronze medals ( third place ).
  • get: Our third medallist was Nina MacArthur who got the bronze medal in the younger Youth's age-group.
  • collect: These 3 boys collected the bronze medal for third team place and were only 10 points off the gold medal.

Adjective modifier

  • individual: Janet also won an overall individual bronze medal in the championships.

Modifies a noun

  • position: She cleared 11.15 meters to take fourth place, just two centimeters off the bronze medal position.

Noun used with modifier

  • team: Wales ' girls ' team secured a team bronze medal at the European U-18 Championships.

Preposition: in

  • championship: Janet also won an overall individual bronze medal in the championships.
  • boy: Teenager Jonathan Burgess took the individual bronze medal in the boys under 13 race but he was hoping to do better.
  • class: Ian Barker and Simon Hiscocks are already guaranteed a bronze medal in the spectacularly fast 49er class.

Preposition: for

  • place: Our Lady Queen of Peace enjoyed their day and they worked hard to earn their bronze medals for third place.

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