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gold medal
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. 1 A medal made of, or having the colour of, gold, used as a prize for winning 2 (context by extension English) Finishing in first position, winning
WordNet
n. a medal made of gold (or having the appearance of gold) that is usually awarded for winning first place in a competition
Wikipedia
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. The award concept arose in the military, initially by simple recognition of military rank, and later by decorations for admission to military orders dating back to medieval times.
Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have been awarded in the arts, for example, by the Royal Danish Academy, usually as a symbol of an award to give an outstanding student some financial freedom. Others offer only the prestige of the award. Many organizations now award gold medals either annually or extraordinarily, including UNESCO and various academic societies.
While some gold medals are solid gold, others are gold-plated or silver-gilt, like those of the Olympic Games, the Lorentz Medal, the United States Congressional Gold Medal and the Nobel Prize medal. Nobel Prize medals consist of 18 karat green gold plated with 24 karat gold. Before 1980 they were struck in 23 karat gold.
Gold Medal is the sixth studio album by the American hard rock band The Donnas, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music) on Atlantic Records. It was one of the first albums released in the DualDisc format, but was recalled due to a mastering error which resulted in the final track being partially omitted from the CD side of the album. The DualDisc version of the album came with a black velvet limited edition cover slip and the music video for " Fall Behind Me" on the DVD side.
Their single, "Fall Behind Me", was featured as the background song for the new 2006 Nissan Xterra and 2006 U.S. Women's Olympic Snowboarding Team TV commercials. "I Don't Want to Know" is in the Gran Turismo 4 soundtrack and a cover of the song was also used for Donkey Konga 2 for the Nintendo GameCube. "I Don't Want to Know" was also used as the theme song for the first season of The-N's hit series, "South of Nowhere". "Friends Like Mine" was used in trailers & TV spots for the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
The Gold Medal presented by the Royal Geographical Society consists of two separate awards: the Founder's Medal 1830 and the Patron's Medal 1838. Together they form the most prestigious of the society's awards. They are given for "the encouragement and promotion of geographical science and discovery". Royal approval is required before an award can be made.
The awards originated as an annual gift of fifty guineas from King William IV, first made in 1831, "to constitute a premium for the encouragement and promotion of geographical science and discovery". The Royal Geographical Society decided in 1839 to change this monetary award into the two gold medals.
Recipients have included the notable geographers David Livingstone (1855), Nain Singh Rawat (1877), Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen (1878), Alfred Russel Wallace (1892) and William Woodville Rockhill (1893), to more recent winners including Professor William Morris Davis (1919), Sir Halford John Mackinder (1945), Professor Richard Chorley (1987) and Professor David Harvey (1995).
The Gold Medal ( Welsh: Medal Aur) of the National Eisteddfod of Wales is awarded annually in three categories for excellence in either Fine Art, Architecture, or Craft and Design.
Gold medals are the highest medal awarded for highest achievement in may fields.
Gold medal also may refer to:
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Gold medal awards, list of medals called "Gold Medal"
- Gold Medal (RGS), Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal
- Gold Medal (National Eisteddfod of Wales)
- The Gold Medal (film), 1969 Indian Bollywood spy film
- Gold Medal (album), a music album by American rock band The Donnas
- The Gold Medal Collection, 2-CD Harry Chapin music collection
- Gold Medal Studios , a revival of Biograph Studios
- Gold Medal Books, U.S. book publisher
- Gold Medal Park, park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Usage examples of "gold medal".
Cathy thought she was typing the time that black Frenchwoman, the elegant Marie-Jose Perec, had run to win the 400m gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.
In the third and final, Madigan steps up a notch and goes for Clay, who tries to dance out of the way and keep the ferocious Australian at bay but Madigan's got a gold medal in mind, which means he has to get into the finals and he's showing tremendous aggression.
There was a four-inch-wide ribbon around his neck, holding a three-inch gold medal awarded by the Greek government.
It will all be over before you know it, and I'll be back with a gold medal on my chest.
A gold medal reminded her of how Warren had been borne off the field on his schoolmates' shoulders after winning a track meet with a spectacular high jump.
Like Patton, von Wangenheim was an Olympian, winner of a gold medal in dressage at the 1936 games in Berlin.
On their chests they all wore a gold medal that I thought I recognized: I remembered a Renaissance portrait, the big Hapsburg nose, and the curious lamb with legs dangling, hanging by the waist.