medallist
Britishnoun
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a designer, maker, or collector of medals
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sport a winner or recipient of a medal or medals
Example Sentences
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Men's curling gold medallists Canada had their campaign dogged by allegations of cheating.
From BBC
Snowboard gold medallist Benjamin Karl says he is "99 percent" sure that parallel giant slalom will remain on the Winter Olympics programme despite fears it will be axed.
From Barron's
Early in the Games, two of the USA's gold medallists, Breezy Johnson and Alysa Liu, revealed the ribbon had come away from their medals soon after they received their prize.
From BBC
The gala included Olympic figure skating medallists and invited skaters including former Italian Olympic medallist Carolina Kostner.
From Barron's
But they will leave as silver medallists for the second successive Olympics.
From BBC
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