Medallist (Noun)
Meaning 1
Someone who has won a medal.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Olympic medallist was greeted with cheers and applause as she stepped off the plane.
- She was a proud medallist, having won the gold medal in her event at the national championships.
- The young athlete was overjoyed to be a medallist at her first international competition.
- As a medallist at the World Cup, he was considered one of the top contenders for the upcoming tournament.
- The medallist was awarded a cash prize and a trophy in addition to her medal.
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Meaning 2
(golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Tiger Woods was the medallist at the 1994 U.S. Amateur Championship.
- Phil Mickelson was the medallist at the 1990 U.S. Amateur Championship, but lost in the first round of match play.
- The medallist of the tournament earns a bye into the quarterfinal round of the match play portion of the competition.
- In a surprise upset, the low amateur was not the medallist of the event, due to a course record set by a relative unknown.
- Rory McIlroy was only a shot back of the medallist at the 2014 World Amateur Team Championship.