Olympic medal
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An Olympic medal is an honorary medal that is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal to be won: gold, silver, and bronze, awarded to first, sec
A silver medal awarded to the winner of an event at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.
A silver medal from the 1900 Summer Olympics, designed by Frédérique Vernon
A collection of medals won by Polish athletes, at the Museum of Sport and Tourism in Warsaw
The bronze medal from the 1980 Summer Olympics showing Cassioli's obverse design portraying Nike, the Greek goddess of victory
Jim Thorpe
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James Francis Thorpe was an American athlete who won Olympic gold medals and played professional football, baseball, and basketball. A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation, he was the first Native Americ
Olympic medal
…design Vincent Hancock with his gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the heaviest Summer Olympics medal prior to the 2016 Rio Olympics Presentation Jim Thorpe receives his medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics The presentation of the medals and awards varied significantly until the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los…
Thorpe in 1913
Thorpe with the Canton Bulldogs, c. 1915 – c. 1920
Thorpe with the New York Giants
Thorpe in 1912