Description:
Olympic Winter Games Salt Lake 2002 Medals
Front: Athlete carrying torch bursting from flames representing the resilience of the human spirit and the power to inspire. The figure has triumphed over adversity and is thus released from a mountain of ice and rock. Olympic rings below. Games theme, "Light the Fire Within" and legend "XIX Olympic Winter Games" at top of medal.
Back: Nike holding small olive leaf symbolizing olive wreaths present in ancient Olympic Games with sport event illustrated behind. Salt Lake City Olympic logo above. Legend along outer rim.
All medals in river rock shape, symbolic of the American West.
Ribbon: Colors of mountain blue, deco blue and lapis with Olympic rings
Medal presented in walnut box
Designer: Scott Given
Mint: O.C Tanner, Salt Lake City, Utah
Front: Athlete carrying torch bursting from flames representing the resilience of the human spirit and the power to inspire. The figure has triumphed over adversity and is thus released from a mountain of ice and rock. Olympic rings below. Games theme, "Light the Fire Within" and legend "XIX Olympic Winter Games" at top of medal.
Back: Nike holding small olive leaf symbolizing olive wreaths present in ancient Olympic Games with sport event illustrated behind. Salt Lake City Olympic logo above. Legend along outer rim.
All medals in river rock shape, symbolic of the American West.
Ribbon: Colors of mountain blue, deco blue and lapis with Olympic rings
Medal presented in walnut box
Designer: Scott Given
Mint: O.C Tanner, Salt Lake City, Utah
Title:
Salt Lake City 2002
Fun fact(s):
Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers won the first Olympic gold medal in women's bobsled. With this win, Flowers became the first black athlete to earn a gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games.
More Info:
The Salt Lake City prize medals are the first to have the organizing committee's vision statement or theme of the Games included on the medal.
The medals are designed in the shape of river rocks, like those found in Utah's streams and rivers. Part modern and part rustic, they embody the spirit of the American West from the forging of the West to the technological present. Each medal is hand-finished and is slightly different from the other medals similar to individual rocks sculpted by water and wind.
The medals are designed in the shape of river rocks, like those found in Utah's streams and rivers. Part modern and part rustic, they embody the spirit of the American West from the forging of the West to the technological present. Each medal is hand-finished and is slightly different from the other medals similar to individual rocks sculpted by water and wind.
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Front: Salt Lake 2002 gold medal, athlete, Olympic rings and legend
Back: Salt Lake gold medal, Nike with speed skating image and text
Front: Salt Lake 2002 silver medal, athlete, Olympic rings and legend
Back: Salt Lake silver medal, Nike with skeleton sport image and text
Front: Salt Lake 2002 bronze medal, athlete, Olympic rings and legend
Back: Salt Lake bronze medal, Nike with speed skating image and text
Front: Salt Lake 2002 gold medal, athlete, Olympic rings and legend
Back: Salt Lake gold medal, Nike with speed skating image and text
Front: Salt Lake 2002 silver medal, athlete, Olympic rings and legend
Back: Salt Lake silver medal, Nike with skeleton sport image and text
Front: Salt Lake 2002 bronze medal, athlete, Olympic rings and legend
Back: Salt Lake bronze medal, Nike with speed skating image and text