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bronze medal

American

noun

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 British

noun

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

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bronze medalist noun

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Great Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson agonisingly missed out on an ice dance bronze medal at the World Figure Skating Championships after being deducted two points.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Miho Takagi of Japan took the bronze medal.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

There was also the Norwegian biathlete who celebrated his bronze medal by revealing on national television that he’d cheated on his now-ex-girlfriend and begging her for a second chance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

His bronze medal from the Sochi 2014 Olympics was only awarded five years later because of retrospective doping bans.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

I even got a lovely big bronze medal from the Egyptian Photographic Society in Cairo, and I still have the photograph that won it.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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