In this third year at the university, Hans, in 1797, was awarded the first important token of recognition, a gold medal for his essay on `` Limits Of Poetry And Prose ''.

Connes was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982, the Crafoord Prize in 2001 and the gold medal of the CNRS in 2004.

In 2003 the medal was awarded to Valéry Giscard d ' Estaing.

The " Cogadh na Saoirse " medal, awarded since 1941 by the Irish government to IRA veterans of the War of Independence, bears a ribbon with two vertical stripes in black and tan.

When awarded for acts of heroism, the medal is awarded with the " V " Device.

The Bronze Star Medal was conceived by Colonel Russell P. " Red " Reeder in 1943, who believed it would aid morale if there was a medal which could be awarded by captains of companies or batteries to deserving people serving under them.

Thus, the first Olympic medals in curling, which at the time was played outside, were awarded for the 1924 Winter Games, with the gold medal won by Great Britain and Ireland, two silver medals by Sweden, and the bronze by France.

In 1942 The National Institute of Arts and Letters awarded her a gold medal for lifetime achievement.

was conferred upon Brewster by Marischal College, Aberdeen ; in 1815 he was made a member of the Royal Society of London, and received the Copley medal ; in 1818 he received the Rumford Medal of the society ; and in 1816 the French Institute awarded him one-half of the prize of three thousand francs for the two most important discoveries in physical science made in Europe during the two preceding years.

It was announced by War Department General Order No. 6, 1918-01-12, with the following information concerning the medal: " A bronze medal of appropriate design and a ribbon to be worn in lieu thereof, to be awarded by the President to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army shall hereafter distinguish himself or herself, or who, since 1917-04-06, has distinguished himself or herself by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility in time of war or in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United States.

In addition, the medal may also be awarded to other service members whose direct and individual contributions to National security or National defense are recognized as being so exceptional in scope and value as to be equivalent to contributions normally associated with positions encompassing broader responsibilities.

Baudot received little help from the French Telegraph Administration for his system, and often had to fund his own research, even having to sell the gold medal awarded by the 1878 Exposition Universelle during 1880.

Three years later, James Hird was jointly awarded the medal with Michael Voss of Brisbane.

Dyson was awarded the Lorentz Medal in 1966, Max Planck medal in 1969 and the Harvey Prize in 1977.

In gratitude, the city of Milan awarded, in 1909, the " commemorative medal of deliverance ", which still adorns the regimental flags of the Second Regiment.

On June 15, 2012, Powers was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for demonstrating “ exceptional loyalty ” while enduring harsh interrogation in the Lubyanka Prison in Moscow for almost two years.

For this film Örnekhe was awarded an honorary medal in the general division of the Order of Australia.

He was awarded a bronze medal by the Royal Photographic Society in 1934, the Howard N. Potts Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1941, the Albert A. Michelson Medal from the same Franklin Institute in 1969, and the National Medal of Science in 1973.

The top 50 % of the contestants are awarded medals, such that the relative number of gold: silver: bronze: no medal is approximately 1: 2: 3: 6 ( thus 1 / 12 of the contestants get a gold medal ).

Canadian military attaché Herbert Cyril Thacker served in the field with Japanese forces in the Russo – Japanese War ( 1904 – 05 ), for which the Japanese government awarded him the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class and the Japanese War medal for service during that campaign.

In 1819, Severn was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Academy for his painting Una and the Red Cross Knight in the Cave of Despair which was inspired by the epic poem The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.

This event has been an Olympic medal event since the first modern Olympics in 1896 ( a medal event for women since 1948 ) and has a history in the Ancient Olympic Games.

Her medal also meant the breakthrough for sporting women in Morocco and other mostly Muslim countries.

It has been a full medal event at the Olympic Games since 1896 for men and 2000 for women.

In both games Brazil's women team beat the United States for the gold medal.

In 1980, the Garden hosted the first World judo championships for women, Jane Bridge ( UK ) in 48 kg won the gold medal.

Australian women have made an even bigger impact in the US Women's National Basketball Association, with Lauren Jackson captaining the Seattle Storm, and the Australian women's basketball team have won three silver and one bronze medal at the Olympics.

In 1991 Kim Zmeskal became the first American World All-Around Champion ; the following year at the 1992 Olympics the American women won their first team medal ( bronze ) and highest all-around ranking by Shannon Miller in a fully attended Games.

He was a strong swimmer and was awarded a bronze medal by the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand in 1918 for helping rescue two women from the sea off Waikanae Beach, Gisborne.

Riise's biggest achievement with Norway was winning the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, to become one of only three women in the world to win the Olympics, the World Cup and the European Championship ( with Gro Espeseth and Bente Nordby ).

One hundred twenty-eight archers from forty-six nations competed in the four gold medal events — individual and team events for men and for women — that were contested at these games.

The water polo competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw Hungary ’ s return to the gold medal platform and the introduction of the women ’ s tournament.

Six nations competed in the women ’ s tournament with home team Australia winning the gold medal over the United States.

One hundred twenty-eight archers from forty-three nations competed in the four gold medal events — individual and team events for men and for women — that were contested at these games.

The medals were split among 22 countries, Romania topping the medal table, their women winning 3 golds, with the traditionally strong Germany, Great Britain and Australia picking up four medals in total.

She also helped her team to earn the team gold medal, a first for the American women.

In 2004, Huang Shanshan won the bronze medal of women bumping jump on Athens Olympic Games.

She had beaten most of the women in the field, but in the last days of her career, though Nordhagen still maintained the reflexes of a cat, she had acquired the battle-scarred knees of a Bobby Orr and did not make the final four for a medal shot.

The Games featured 24 medal events for men and 9 for women.

Men and women competed together, and the horses were also declared medal winners.

The Singapore women table tennis team went on to win the silver at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, Singapore ’ s first Olympic medal in 48 years.

Won a silver medal in 1987 World Indoor Championships in a tight finish with Nelli Cooman, both women were time in 7. 08, but after a photo finish the judges gave the Championship to Cooman, who looked to have crossed the line with her shoulder first.

Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics consisted of two medal events, one for men and one for women.

The women were much more successful than the men, though none of the archers won a medal.