medalist

Example Sentences

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Sharapova, an Olympic medalist and five-time Grand Slam winner, retired from the professional tennis circuit in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Meanwhile Team GB's four-time Olympic medalist Elinor Barker almost quit cycling because she was in too much pain to even sit on a bike.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

“You have two gold medalist teams just hanging out before we’re going back to our respective cities. And it was just great to hear their experience.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The challenge to do better now falls to Colón’s successor, Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, a 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the 100-meter hurdles.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

During that ceremony, silver medalist Larisa Iordache of Romania stood on one side of me, and Kyla Ross, who’d won bronze, was on the other.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles