medalist
Example Sentences
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The Olympic gold medalist became undisputed champion at cruiserweight before moving up to heavyweight, where he outpointed Fury to become boxing's first undisputed champion in 25 years.
From BBC
But there is still Olympic influence in the regional with Chiles, UCLA’s Olympic silver medalist, and Utah’s Amelie Morgan, who helped Great Britain to the bronze medal in Tokyo.
From Los Angeles Times
Olympian Jade Carey, the floor exercise gold medalist, is already on the list of perfect 10 leaders in college gymnastics after a mere two seasons at Oregon State.
From Washington Post
Ukrainian government and sports officials want the IOC to ban all Russians from the 2024 Games and claim most of the country’s recent Olympic medalists were affiliated with the military.
From Seattle Times
Had Yang Hak-seon – who was South Korea's first Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics – been competing, I know he could've shimmied up somehow to grab that ball, despite being one of the shortest competitors there.
From Salon
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