bronze medal
noun
: a medal made of bronze that is awarded as the prize for third place in a sports competition
The team won the bronze medal in basketball.
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Canadian Olympic pole vaulter Alysha Newman turned heads at last summer's Paris Games, going viral for a celebratory dance after winning the bronze medal.
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Here are the gold, silver and bronze medal winners in Southern California.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
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Su, 18, served as the closer for bronze medal-winning Chinese Taipei in September’s 18U Baseball World Cup in Okinawa, Japan.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Here are the gold, silver and bronze medal winners in Southern California.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Six Byrd Cider Six Byrd also won a bronze medal at the 2025 World Beer Cup competition.
—Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Su, 18, served as the closer for bronze medal-winning Chinese Taipei in September’s 18U Baseball World Cup in Okinawa, Japan.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Bronze medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bronze%20medal. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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