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A bronze medal from the 1980 Summer Olympics The bronze commemorative Medal of John VIII Palaeologus by Pisanello (1438), made in various metals, but usually in bronze. A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc.
The medal is a circular bronze disc 35 millimetres (1 + 3 ⁄ 8 inches) in diameter. On the obverse , or front, the National Emblem of India appears in the centre on a raised circle surrounded by four copies of the vajra , the weapon of Indra , the ancient Vedic king of the gods.
Third place (the bronze medal): In 2010 it was 97% copper with 0.5% tin and 2.5% zinc; the metal value was about US$3 in 2010. [19] At the Tokyo games it was 95% copper and 5% zinc with a metal value of about $5. [21] Event details: The sport for which the medal has been awarded should be written on the medal.
She made her second consecutive Olympic appearance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and won a bronze medal, becoming the first-ever Indian woman to win two Olympic medals. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Sindhu won her first superseries title at the 2016 China Open and followed it up with four more finals in 2017, winning the titles in South Korea and India .
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. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have been awarded in the arts, for example, by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts , usually as a symbol of ...
Sakshi Malik Kadian (born 3 September 1992) is a former Indian freestyle wrestler.At the 2016 Summer Olympics, [9] she won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category, becoming the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics.
Bronze Medal for Merit, awarded by the President of the Republic of South Africa; Bronze Medal for Civil Valor, an Italian medal for civic virtue; Bronze Medal of Valor (American), awarded by the United States Civil Air Patrol; CNRS Bronze Medal, awarded by the French National Centre for Scientific Research; Congressional Bronze Medal, awarded ...
A Bronze medal should not be confused with a bronze duplicate of a gold medal. Bronze duplicates of gold medals are sometimes offered for sale by the U.S. Mint. Bronze medals are rarely awarded: In 1900, Congress directed that a gold medal be made for First Lieutenant Frank H. Newcomb, and to each of his officers a silver medal, and to each ...