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IOC President Thomas Bach stated that the award reconnects the Olympics the ideals and values of the Ancient Olympic Games. [2] The trophy features a laurel wreath and the Olympic rings which are made out of Fairmined Gold and the base is a stone from Ancient Olympia. [3] [2]
A laurel wreath is a symbol of triumph, a wreath made of connected branches and leaves of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), an aromatic broadleaf evergreen. It was also later made from spineless butcher's broom ( Ruscus hypoglossum ) or cherry laurel ( Prunus laurocerasus ).
Wreaths of leaves from laurel, olive, oak, myrtle, and celery were particularly symbolically significant, with the laurel wreath the victor's crown at the Pythian Games and at a Roman triumph, and the olive wreath the prize at the Olympic Games.
Joan Benoit celebrates on the top step of the podium after winning gold in the women's marathon at the L.A. Olympic Games on Aug. 5, 1984. ... one of the last medal ... a laurel wreath after ...
The olive wreath, also known as kotinos (Greek: κότινος), [1] was the prize for the winner at the ancient Olympic Games. It was a branch of the wild olive tree [ 2 ] Kallistefanos Elea [ 3 ] (also referred to as Elaia Kallistephanos ) [ 4 ] that grew at Olympia , [ 5 ] intertwined to form a circle or a horse-shoe.
The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games mark, encompassed by laurel leaves Au 90%, Ag 6%, Cu 4% Authorized: 300,000 (max) Uncirculated: 9,210 W Proof: 38,555 W 1996 $5: Centennial Olympics half eagle (Flag Bearer) Athlete bearing a flag and a following crowd The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games mark, encompassed by laurel leaves
These Games include a mix of athletic events that took place at the previous Olympic Games, and musical events. The prize to the winner of the Pythian Games is a laurel wreath [2] (also known as bay laurel, Laurus nobilis). In Pausanias' Description of Greece, he lists Cleisthenes of Sicyon as the winner of the first Pythian Games chariot race ...
The reverse of the medals featured the Olympic rings, the official name of the games, and a laurel wreath. The medal itself had curved ridges that were said to represent ancient Greek columns. [12] For the first time in Olympic history, medals awarded to athletes were given out on podiums.