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gold medal Definition

gold medal

noun

a medal, made of or like gold, given as an award to the person winning a competition, race, etc.

gold medal Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • win: The ladies team won the Gold medal in the team event.
  • award: His work has been shown widely including exhibitions at Faenza and Vallauris ( awarded gold medals in 1974 and 1976 ).
  • receive: Guy has just received the gold medal awarded him by the Lifeboat Institution.
  • achieve: Last summer, he became the first swimmer to achieve six gold medals at the world swimming championships in Japan.
  • get: No one thought we could come here and get six gold medals.
  • have: Neil is a passionate plantsman and has several gold medals to his name including five consecutive Golds at Chelsea for his grasses.

Preposition: at

  • championship: Last summer, he became the first swimmer to achieve six gold medals at the world swimming championships in Japan.
  • year: It follows the college's achievement of a second gold medal at last year 's show.

Adjective modifier

  • Olympic: Official site for Steve's triple Olympic gold medal winning rowing partner, Matthew Pinsent.
  • coveted: Members of the Serpentine Swimming Club leap into the murky, freezing depths of the Serpentine to frantically compete for the coveted gold medal.
  • consecutive: Abebe Bikila, of Ethiopia, won consecutive gold medals in the marathon in 1960 and 1964, first barefoot, then with shoes.
  • paralympic: Bob Matthews Hon MA Paralympic Gold medal winning blind runner Bob Matthews lives in Leamington Spa.
  • fourth: She has reclaimed her British, European and World Marathon Canoeing titles, including her fourth world gold medal.
  • third: The London-based left-hander is looking forward to his third appearance in the Games as he bids for a third gold medal.

Modifies a noun

  • winner: Britain's only gold medal winner ( with Matthew Pinsent ) at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
  • haul: Perhaps the biggest prize will not be a record gold medal haul but a nation that's fit and healthy.
  • hope: King's best Gold medal hope suffered a setback in the semi-final stage of the fifteen year olds ' A ' eights event.

Noun used with modifier

  • team: Dave chased and caught to claim both a team gold medal and the day's fastest lap of 9 min 27 sec.
  • world: She has reclaimed her British, European and World Marathon Canoeing titles, including her fourth world gold medal.

Preposition: in

  • event: The ladies team won the Gold medal in the team event.