bronze medal

noun

1. a medal, traditionally of bronze or bronze in color, awarded to a person or team finishing third in a competition, meet, or tournament.

bronze medal

noun

1. a medal of bronze, awarded to a competitor who comes third in a contest or race Compare gold medal silver medal

Other Word Forms

• bronze medalist noun

Example Sentences

She competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics - where Great Britain lost in the bronze medal match - and for England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast.

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He qualified for the bronze medal ride but lost, "and I remember crying my eyes out afterwards because I wanted it really badly".

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Having won a bronze medal with the US sevens team at Paris 2024, she joined Premiership Women's Rugby side Bristol Bears on a three-month contract in January to help her acclimatise to the 15-a-side game.

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"In our training sessions, we studied Edwards videos day in, day out," Jerome Romain, who took the bronze medal in Gothenburg, said.

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She is the youngest medallist at a major international competition since Denmark's Inge Sorensen won a bronze medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 1936 Olympics, less than a month after her 12th birthday.

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