Artefacts

Reference record. Vancouver 2010, winner's medal, silver.

Physical description

Medal with ondulating surfaces, which represents the waves, mountains and drifting snow found throughout Canada. Obverse: Detail from the Corrine Hunt's artworks Down below, on the right, Olympic Symbol. Reverse: Down below, on the right, emblem of the Vancouver's games 2010 and Olympic Symbol. Legend: "XXI OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES ; XXIes JEUX OLYMPIQUES D'HIVER". Ribbon: blue and green with games motto in both official languages: "With gloving hearts", "Des plus brillants exploits". Games emblem, olympics rings and legend: "Vancouver 2010".

Created

Created: Monnaie Royale Canadienne Created: Rivera Design Group Created: Omer ARBEL Created: Corrine HUNT Created: Teck Resources Limited

Materials

silver

Colors

green, silver, blue

Dimension

ø 10 x 0,6 cm, 552 g

Literature

Jeux olympiques d'hiver. Comité d'organisation. 21, 2010, Vancouver. VANOC official Games report = Rapport officiel des Jeux COVAN / Comité d'organisation des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques d'hiver de 2010 à Vancouver. Edité par John Wiley & Sons. Hoboken, N.J., 2010. Le Centre d'Etudes Olympiques. Les médailles des Jeux Olympiques d'hiver de Chamonix 1924 à Beijing 2022. Le Centre d'Etudes Olympiques, 2022 The Olympic Studies Centre. Olympic Winter Games Medals from Chamonix 1924 to Beijing 2022. 2022

Type of item

Medals -> winner's medal

Reference number

141080

Keywords

victory Vancouver 2010, Olympic Winter Games Canada Canada Sea Mountain Snow Olympic emblem Olympic symbol