It signifies that an athlete in an Olympic individual competition or a team in an Olympic team competition has finshed in third place.
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It probably means he earned a Bronze Star Medal. The medal was awarded to the soldier in a case that included three items: A bronze Star Medal, a ribbon and maybe a metallic version of the ribbon. The Bronze Star Medal was a medal in the shape of a STAR that was bronze. It hung from a ribbon that was mainly RED with a BLUE and WHITE strip. If awarded to the soldier, the STAR would have his name engraved on the back. If the ribbon has an Oak Leaf device or a small Star device or a brass "V" attached to the ribbon, this denotes a special recognition for the award. The Oak Leaf represents a second award of the Medal. The "V" recognizes the soldier for Valor.
The Bronze Star medal was established in 1944. The language governing the award of the medal includes "heroic or meritorious achievement or service, not involving aerial flight, while engaged in combat against an enemy or while serving in combat with friendly foreign forces. Do anything noted above, and you would be qualifed for the award.
The language governing the award of the Bronze Star Medal includes "heroic or meritorious achievement or service, not involving aerial flight, while engaged in combat against an enemy or while serving in combat with friendly foreign forces".
The clue is in the name the medal is given, namely gold, silver or bronze (Copper and Tin) however none of them are going to be "Pure" as such they would be alloys containg a percentage of the metal in question with mainly a common metal such as Iron.
The Bronze Star medal was established in 1944. It is awarded for "heroic or meritorious achievement or service, not involving aerial flight, while engaged in combat against an enemy or while serving in combat with friendly foreign forces:. A "V" device is added for valor in combat.
Leander Paes of India won the Bronze medal in 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Kharlan Olga from Ukraine won the bronze medal in Women's Sabre at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
The bronze medal winner in Women's Epee at the Rio 2016 Olympics was Yiwen Sun.
France won the bronze medal in men's épée at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Serbia won the bronze medal
Canada won the bronze medal
Italy was the winner of the Bronze medal for the men's 400 m freestyle at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
The United States won the bronze medal in equestrian individual eventing at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Kim Jung-Hwan of South Korea was the winner of the bronze medal in men's sabre at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Bronze of course!
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