medalist

Example Sentences

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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

When Stolz trained with former American gold medalist Shani Davis as a teenager, the mass start didn’t even exist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

I was young and inexperienced, and my coach was an Olympic medalist.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad