Artefacts

Munich 1972, winner's medal, gold, awarded to Lyudmila BOROZNA (USR), volleyball Olympic champion.

Physical description

Medal with a belly strap and chain. Obverse: representation of a woman, allegory of Glory, holding a laurel wreath in her right hand and a palm branch in her left hand. She is sitting on steps that have bas-reliefs representing a chariot with horses. To her right is an amphora. In the background there is a two-storey building with arcades. Caption: "XX. / Olympiad / Munich / 1972". Reverse: Castor and Pollux, twin sons of Zeus and Leda, patrons of sports competitions and friendship, represented by two naked young men. Engraver's hallmark (?) under the twins, resembling a rune. Edge: caption on both sides of the belly: "Volleyball Frauen {} Ludmila Borozna".

Created

Created: Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt Created: Giuseppe CASSIOLI Created: Gerhard MARCKS (18.02.1889)

Used

Used: Lyudmila BOROZNA

Materials

silver, gold

Colors

gold

Dimension

ø 6.7 x 8 x 0.7 cm, 209 g poids avec chaîne

Literature

LENNARTZ, Karl. Olympische Siege: Medaillen, Diplome, Ehrungen. Berlin : Sportverlag, cop. 2000. 474 p. ISBN 3-328-00865-9. Témoins d'une certaine image des Jeux / Evoking an Image of the Games. Lausanne : Musée Olympique, 2003. 148 p. ISBN 92-9160-074-1. GREENSFELDER, Jim. VORONTSOV, Oleg. LALLY, Jim.. Olympic Medals, A Reference Guide. Saratoga : GVL Enterprises, 1998. GADOURY, Victor, Médailles et Monnaies Olympiques, Monaco : Editions Victor Gadoury, 1996. 555 p. ISBN 2-906602-10-8. The Treasures of the Olympic Games / texts by Martha Macintosh. London: Carlton Books, 2008. The Treasures of the Olympic Games / texts by Martha Macintosh. London: Carlton Books, 2011. The Treasures of the Olympic Games / texts by Martha Macintosh. London: Carlton Books, 2016.

Type of item

Medals -> winner's medal

Reference number

235420

Keywords

Olympic champion Munich 1972, Olympic Games Volleyball/volleyball[W]Mythologie classique Laurel victory friendship

Notes

Munich 1972, winner’s medal, gold, awarded to Lyudmila BOROZNA (USR), volleyball Olympic champion. The Olympic Museum medals collection includes a complete series that consists of gold, silver and bronze medals. However, not all the medals in the collection were won by Olympians – the majority of them are blank. It is therefore rewarding to add to the collection with medals that belonged to Olympians. Auction purchase The engraving on the backs of the winners’ medals was by sculptor Gerhard Marck (1889-1981). It represents Castor and Pollux (The Heavenly Twins), brothers of Helen and children of Zeus and Leda. His nude, elongated silhouettes are sculpted in a brotherly and friendly pose. This representation is characteristic of this work. The former member of the Werkbund taught at the Weimar Bauhaus from its opening in 1919 until it was closed down in 1924 and had to be relocated to Dessau. Marck declined to follow Gropuis and his students, preferring to teach at the School of Decorative Arts in Burg Giebichenstein.