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

Dutch superstar Bol, 25, who successfully defended her world title in Tokyo in September, has also won bronze medals at the past two Olympics in that discipline.

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Hunter Bell upgraded her Olympic bronze medal in a personal best time of 1:54.90 - a mere one hundredth of a second ahead of training partner and good friend Hodgkinson.

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He went on to win the bronze medal.

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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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