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unusual facts about bronze medal



1994 Goodwill Games

In the gymnastics competition, Alexei Nemov set a Goodwill Games record for the number of medals won at a single edition, having won four gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze.

Adrien Deghelt

He then won the bronze medal at the 2011 European Indoor Championships.

André Luiz Moreira

He won bronze medal at 1996 Summer Olympics.

André Perchicot

André Perchicot (August 9, 1888 - May 3, 1950) was a French cyclist who won the bronze medal at the 1912 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's Sprint in Newark, New Jersey and the 1912 French National Track Championships.

Annika Viilo

She received a silver medal on the Classic distance at the 1993 World Championships in West Point, and also a silver medal with the relay team, and she received a bronze medal with the relay team in 1989 (Skaraborg).

Bat-El Gatterer

In 2007, she won a gold medal in the under-55 kg class at the Austrian Open in Innsbruck, Austria, and bronze medals at the Trelleborg Open in Trelleborg, Sweden, and the Belgian Open in Herentals, Belgium.

Chicago Yacht Club

Among those who have sailed for the club is Robert Halperin, who won an Olympic bronze medal in 1960 and a Pan American Games gold medal in 1963 in yachting, and who was also a football player at Notre Dame, Wisconsin, and in the NFL, one of Chicago's most-decorated World War II heroes, and Chairman of Commercial Light Co.

Dawn Burrell

She attended Penn Wood High School and enjoyed her first athletic successes in 1991 when she won four Pennsylvania state titles in the jumps and hurdles and won a bronze medal at the United States Junior Championships.

Dean Woods

In the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Wayne McCarney, Stephen McGlede, Scott McGrory, Brett Dutton and Woods won the bronze medal for the team pursuit, defeated by the USSR (gold) and German Democratic Republic (silver).

Fay Moulton

Moulton won a bronze medal at the 1904 Summer Olympics in the men's 60 metre dash.

Fletcher Gilders

Fletcher Gilders is the older brother of Barbara Gilders-Dudeck, a 1956 Olympic Games finalist in the three-meter springboard diving event; she finished a half-point from the bronze medal.

Football in Ghana

In 1992, Olympic U-23 team became the first African country to win a medal at Olympic Games football and in 2011 the Black Meteors were crowned 2011 All-Africa Games champions for the first time.

Gerhard Stöck

Gerhard Stöck was born in Kaiserswalde, Province of Posen (modern Grabionna, Poland), he represented Germany at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, earning a bronze medal in the shot put and a come-from-behind gold medal in the javelin throw.

He Ying

In the quarterfinals, He Ying faced 21st-ranked and eventual bronze medalist Alison Williamson of Great Britain, missing the target entirely with 2 of 12 arrows.

Helga Pichler

A natural track luger, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1986 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Fénis-Aosta, Italy.

Jean Saubert

At the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Saubert won a bronze medal in the slalom and a silver medal in the giant slalom, losing only to French sisters Christine and Marielle Goitschel.

José Luis Blanco

He won the bronze medal in the steeplechase at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, but was later stripped of the medal due to his giving a positive doping test for EPO at the Spanish Championships in July.

Junior Mikamou

Mikamou won a bronze medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games, losing to Manyo Plange of Ghana.

Kenza Dahmani

Her half marathon performance led to her first senior international selections: she was runner-up at the Arab Athletics Championships, the bronze medallist at the 2007 All-Africa Games, and the silver medallist at the 2007 Pan Arab Games.

Kosuke Fukudome

He was also a member of the Japanese national baseball team, winning a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and placing first in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Mitch Richmond

Before coming to the NBA, he played for the U.S. men's national basketball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, winning the bronze medal.

Rohullah Nikpai

Nikpai competed in the 58 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics, defeating two-time world champion Juan Antonio Ramos of Spain to win the bronze medal, making him Afghanistan's first Olympic medalist in any event.

Rosa Morató

She took the individual bronze medal and team gold (alongside fellow steeplechaser Marta Domínguez) at the 2007 European Cross Country Championships and took the silver medal at the 2009 edition, leading the Spanish women to the team bronze.

Royal Canoe Club

Along with Brabants, the club membership includes several world championship medallists (among them Alan Williams, Grayson Bourne, Chris Canham, Steve Jackson, Jeremy West) and Ian Wynne who won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Athens 2004.

Tom Lingenfelter

An active athlete, Lingenfelter won a bronze medal in indoor sprinting at the National Masters, was Pennsylvania's champion indoor sprinter, was a Keystone Games medalist in field hockey and shooting, and won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games as a member of the United States' Olympic field hockey team.

Wassana Winatho

Winatho was her region's best performer in the 400 m – taking the bronze medal behind Estie Wittstock and Doris Jacob – and won a second bronze in the 400 m hurdles.

Weightlifting in India

Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, which made her the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.

Yoshimi Ozaki

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, she made her senior international debut at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and although she finished in 19th place, this was enough to help Japan to the women's team bronze medal.

Zhang Juanjuan

She then lost to 21st-ranked and eventual bronze medalist Alison Williamson of Great Britain 165-161, finishing 10th in women's individual archery.


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Alina Maksymenko

At the 2011 Universiade held in Shenzhen, she won the silver medal in the hoop final (28.100) and the bronze medal in the clubs final.

Bachir Douadi

In 1979, Douadi was a member of the Algeria national team that won the bronze medal at the 1979 Mediterranean Games.

Björn Bach

His most recent success came at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, where he won a K-4 1000 m bronze medal.

Carmen Anderson

Carmen Anderson is a Norfolk Islander lawn bowls player, who won Norfolk Island's first and only medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, when she won a bronze medal.

Christopher Hedquist

Career highlights include: Bronze Medal 2003 U.S. National Championships, 4th 2003 Junior World Championships, 2004 Overall European Cup Champion, Gold 2005 World Universiade, 7th overall 2006-2007 World Cup

Clark Voorhees

He was awarded a bronze medal at the 1904 St. Louis Exposition and in 1905 received one of the National Academy’s three Hallgarten Prizes, honoring the best three oil paintings produced in the United States by artists under the age of thirty-five.

Dallas Chamber Symphony International Piano Competition

The event’s 2013 jury panel included Andrey Ponochevny, Bronze Medal Winner of the 2002 International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow; Dr. Young-Hyun Cho, Assistant Professor of Piano for The University of Texas at Arlington and international master instructor; and Dr. Pamela Mia Paul, Regents Professor of Piano at the University of North Texas and critically acclaimed Steinway artist.

Deborah Acason

Initially a discus thrower (she won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics), she won three silver medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Dorfmark

Bronze medal winner in the decathlon at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo; silver medal winner in the decathlon at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.

East Coast Japan America League

Peter Westbrook Six-time member of the US Olympic Team, winner of the bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics

Edgar Itt

Edgar Itt (born June 8, 1967, Gedern) was a West German athlete who competed for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Norbert Dobeleit, Jörg Vaihinger and Ralf Lübke.

Edward Moulton

He trained many well-known track and field athletes from the 1880s through the 1910s, including the original "world's fastest human," Al Tharnish, and Olympic medalists Alvin Kraenzlein (four gold medals in 1900), Charlie Paddock (two gold medals and one silver in 1920), Morris Kirksey (one gold and one silver in 1920), George Horine (bronze medal in 1912), and Feg Murray (bronze medal in 1920).

Gornji Hrašćan

Dražen Ladić, former goalkeeper of the Croatian national football team and winner of the bronze medal at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, grew up in the village.

Gymnastics in India

Gymnastics came of age in India, when at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Ashish Kumar won the first-ever medal in gymnastics for India, he also won a bronze medal.

Hermann Mayr

He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1955 European luge championships in Hahnenklee, West Germany.

Ismail Yunos

He was also part of the Singapore Under-23 team that took part in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games in Philippines and also won a bronze medal for the 2007 edition in Korat, Thailand.

Jamaal Charles

In the summer between his sophomore and junior years, Charles won the bronze medal in the 400m hurdles at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics.

James Espir

His maternal grandfather Edward Smouha won the bronze medal as a member of the Great Britain team in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Jeanne Ellegaard

The following year, she won another bronze medal, this time throwing third rocks for Madeleine Dupont at the 2007 World Junior Curling Championships.

Jiří Měchura

He won a bronze medal in the K-1 team event at the 1983 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Meran.

Joe Dial

Joe Dial (born 26 October 1962 in Marlow, Oklahoma) is a retired American pole vaulter, best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships in Budapest.

Jordi Sangrá Gibert

He won a bronze medal in the C-1 team event at the 2000 European Championships in Mezzana.

Josef Hilgartner

A natural track luger, he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1970 FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships in Kapfenberg, Austria.

Josef Leistentritt

He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1954 European luge championships in Davos, Switzerland.

Kurt Ams

Ams was also selected to officiate the Bronze Medal game between Chile and China at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympics.

Luca Bellisomo

Bellisomo captained Canada to a fourth-place finish at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, eventually finishing in fourth place when Canada lost on penalties to hosts Thailand in the bronze medal playoff game.

Lucie Décosse

Décosse retired from judo after losing her bronze medal match against South Korea's Kim Seong-Yeon at the 2013 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

Mandy Jones

She rode the world road race championship for Britain in 1980, when she was 18, and took the bronze medal behind the American Beth Heiden on a tough circuit at Sallanches, in the French Alps.

Mario Fucini

On 16 February 1917, he brought back his flaming Voisin to a landing at Monfalcone; he received a Bronze Medal for Military Valor for saving the craft and himself.

Mark Byrne

In 2005 Byrne won a bronze medal playing for Republic of Ireland U18 in the European Youth Olympic Festival.

Nicolae Mărăscu

The highest point of Mărăscu career was at the 1924 Olympic Tournament, when Romania, even losing to France (59-3) and the United States (39-0) still won the bronze medal by finishing in 3rd place.

Nurhan Çınar

She played in the Turkey U18 girls' national team, and won the bronze medal at the 2011 EuroHockey U18 Girls' Championship III held in Smolevichi, Minsk, Belarus.

Paweł Midloch

He won a bronze medal in the C-4 1000 m event at the 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.

Peta-Gaye Dowdie

As a member of the Jamaican sprint relay team she won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships and gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and 2007 Pan American Games.

Peter Sack

He finished fourth at the 1998 World Junior Championships and won the bronze medal at the 1999 European Junior Championships behind Ralf Bartels and Mikuláš Konopka.

Petra Chocová

At 2012 European Long Course Championships in Debrecen, Chocová won a bronze medal in non-Olympics distance of 50-metre breaststroke in a time of 31.25, a national record.

Raymond Moody

Moody's most famous book was made into a movie of the same name, Life After Life, for which he won a bronze medal in the Human Relations Category at the New York Film Festival.

Reinaldo Lizardi

Reinaldo Lizardi (born October 23, 1954) is a retired sprinter from Venezuela, best known for winning the bronze medal in the men's 100 metres at the 1979 South American Championships in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Reinhold Frosch

Frosch also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1962 FIL European Luge Championships in Weissenbach, Austria.

Roland Thöni

His best year was 1972, which he opened with a bronze medal in the slalom at the Winter Olympics in Sapporo, finishing behind his cousin Gustav and Francisco Fernández Ochoa, the gold medalist from Spain.

Sébastien Squillaci

At under-21 level, he played on the team that won the bronze medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games.

Shinri Shioura

He won the bronze medal by swimming for the Japanese team in the 4×100m medley event at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona alongside his team mates Ryosuke Irie, Kosuke Kitajima and Takuro Fujii.

Solomon Islands at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

Cliff Wale was the sole medalist from Solomon Islands, winning a bronze medal in the bantamweight category of boxing after reaching the semifinal, which he lost to Qais Ashfaq of England.

Susan Shields

She represented the United States as a 16-year-old at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where she received a bronze medal for her third-place performance in the 100-meter butterfly, finishing behind Australian Lyn McClements and fellow American Ellie Daniel.

Svetlana Krivelyova

However the winner, compatriot Irina Korzhanenko, tested positive for Stanozolol and was stripped of her title, promoting Krivelyova to the bronze medal position.

Svilen Neykov

As the coach of Bulgaria's national rowing team, Neykov has qualified for World Championships, brought teams to a top three Rowing World Cup finish, earned a bronze medal from the 1999 World Rowing Championships and a 2000 Summer Olympics quota.

Syed Meesaq Rizvi

Rizvi came to the limelight when he earned a bronze medal in the 800 meters event at the National Athletics Championship in Peshawar in 1982.

Tibor Bojati

He won a bronze medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the 1986 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montreal in a team with Tibor Helyi, László Nieberl and Kálmán Petrovics.

Ursula Kadan

At the World Games in 2013 she won a bronze medal in the mixed relay, together with Gernot Kerschbaumer, Robert Merl and Anna Nilsson Simkovics.

Zé Maria

José Marcelo Ferreira (born 1973), footballer, bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics