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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.
Karnam Malleswari, the first female Indian to win an Olympic medal, hails from Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. She won the bronze medal on 19 September 2000, in the 69 kg category with a lift of 240 kg. [13] Dandamudi Rajagopal Rao, the first male Indian to win 13 Year national weightlifting champion.
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.
Gilding metal is a type of tombac which is one of the most common jacketing materials for full metal and hollow-point jacketed bullets. The 1980 Olympic 'Bronze' medals were actually tombac. During World War II, Canada minted 5-cent pieces in tombac in 1942 and 1943. The German military used it for some combat medals during World War II.
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 ...
In the bronze medal match held on 30 July, the Indian duo defeated Oh Ye-jin and Lee Won-ho of South Korea to win the bronze. Bhaker became the first Indian multiple medalist from a single Olympics after Indian independence. [160] In the mixed skeet team event, Indian duo of Maheshwari Chauhan and Anantjeet Singh Naruka finished fourth in the ...
The martial arts and combat sports events instead award two bronze medals. Since the 1952 Summer Olympics, boxing has automatically awarded bronze medals to both losing semi-finalists, on the grounds that there was not enough time to recover between the semi-final bouts and a third place bout. [3] Judo, taekwondo, and wrestling also award two ...
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