Wiktionary
silver medalist
alt. Someone who has received a silver medal n. Someone who has received a silver medal
Usage examples of "silver medalist".
He was still eyeing me with an air of appraisal, as though I were a prime entrant in the Silver Medalist Round at the Shropshire Fat Pigs Show.
There was a burst of applause for the gold and bronze medalists when they passed, but the silver medalist was nowhere in sight.
Back in her day, the black woman had been an Olympic silver medalist for target shooting, and she was the second-best long distance shooter among the companions.