Artefacts

Reference record. Sochi 2014, winner's medal, gold.

Physical description

Obverse: detail of the patchwork quilt motive from the Look of the Games and Olympic symbol. Reverse : emblem of the Games. In the center is inserted a piece of see-through polycarbonate showing the patchwork quilt motive from the Look of the Games. Edge: caption "XXII Jeux Olympiques d'hiver / XXII Olympic Winter Games" in Russian, English and French.

Created

Created: Bosco Sport Created: Adamas Created: Leo Burnett Company Inc.Created: Interbrand

Materials

silver, gold 999, textile, polycarbonate

Colors

gold, blue, multi coloured, transparent

Dimension

ø 9.65 x 1 cm, 520 g

Literature

"Sochi Olympic Medals will contain Fragments of the Chelyabinsk Meteor that Slammed into Russia Last Year". In: Daily Mail, 31 January 2014, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2549607/Sochi-Olympic-medals-contain-fragments-Chelyabinsk-meteor-slammed-Russia-year.html Bryantsev, Alexander | Jeux olympiques d'hiver. Comité d'organisation. 22, 2014, Sochi. Sochi 2014 official report = Sotchi 2014 rapport officiel = ... / The Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Edité par The Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Moscow, 2015. Knecht, Stéphanie. A triumph of creativity over tradition. In: The Medal, no 69, 2016, pp. 38-44. 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

148791

Keywords

Sochi 2014, Olympic Winter Games Russian Federation (1989-)Tradition victory Olympic emblem visual identity Olympic symbol