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medalist

[ med-l-ist ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
(in a golf tournament) the player having the lowest score in a qualifying round scored by strokes.
a designer, engraver, or maker of medals.

1965–70; < French médailliste < Italian medaglista. See medal, -ist

Greg Louganis, four-time Olympic gold medalist, is also a judge on this year's tour.

But a former college athlete and Olympic gold medalist sees a potential problem with that.

"I did ask Ashton Eaton to come out," the driver of USA-1 said of the 2012 Olympic decathlon gold medalist, who declined.

Ryan Lochte Dabbles in Fashion Design: The swimmer and 11-time Olympic medalist's fashion design career is gaining steam.

The Olympic medalist posted the video on Twitter, where he has almost 2.5 million followers.

Charles Combe died; an eminent English physician and critic, and highly distinguished as a medalist.

Meantime, I would enjoy myself and prepare to bear off the more shining honors of the orator and society-medalist.

Benedetto Pistrucci, medalist to the queen of England, died at Windsor, aged 73.

John Foy Vaillant, a celebrated French physician, medalist and traveler, died.

William Wyon, a celebrated British medalist and die sinker, died at Brighton, aged 57.

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