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The medal has on occasion been awarded to multiple people at a time ; in 1938 it was won by John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton " for their discovery that nuclei could be disintegrated by artificially produced bombarding particles ", in 1981 by Peter Higgs and Tom Kibble " for their international contributions about the spontaneous breaking of fundamental symmetries in elementary-particle theory ", in 1982 by Drummond Matthews and Frederick Vine " for their elucidation of the magnetic properties of the ocean floors which subsequently led to the plate tectonic hypothesis " and in 1988 by Archibald Howie and M. J. Whelan " for their contributions to the theory of electron diffraction and microscopy, and its application to the study of lattice defects in crystals ".
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File: JohnMcFall-Manchester-20070513. jpg | John McFall, who has an above-knee leg amputation, and uses a prosthetic leg, is a sprinter and winner of a gold medal at the 2007 Paralympic World Cup
Adam Nelson has won silver medals in the shotput in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics to go along with his gold medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki.
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.
The reverse of the medal has the inscription " For Distinguished Service " at the top in raised letters, and within the pentagon the inscription " From The Secretary of Defense To ," all in raised letters.
All 12 Olympic and 36 IIHF World Women's Championships medals have gone to one of these seven countries, and every gold medal in both competitions has been won by either Canada or the United States.
India won the gold medal and has also won gold at the following six Asian Games in Hiroshima in 1994, Bangkok in 1998, Busan in 2002, Doha in 2006 and Guangzhou in 2010.
India won the gold medal and has since won gold at the following three Asian Games in Hiroshima in 1994, Bangkok in 1998, Busan in 2002, and in Doha 2006.
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.
The reverse of the medal has the motto taken from the Great Seal of the United States, "" (" He Has Favored Our Undertakings ") and the date "" ( 1782 ) which is the date of America's first decoration, the Badge of Military Merit, now known as the Purple Heart.
The Executive Order calls for the medal to be awarded annually on or around July 4, and at other convenient times as chosen by the president, but it has not been awarded every year ( e. g., 2010, 2001 ).
A special grade of the medal, known as the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, has a larger execution of the same medal design worn as a star on the left chest along with a sash over the right shoulder, with its rosette ( blue with white edge, bearing the central disc of the medal at its center ) resting on the left hip.
It has been a full medal event at the Olympic Games since 1896 for men and 2000 for women.
It was the first and only time an allround Olympic gold medal has been awarded in speed skating.
Since 2000, taekwondo has been one of only two Asian martial arts ( the other being judo ) that are included in the Olympic Games ; it became a demonstration event starting with the 1988 games in Seoul, and became an official medal event starting with the 2000 games in Sydney.
However, integration of full medal events has not taken place, and the status of athletes with a disability in the Olympic movement remains controversial.
The Bruins have had at least one competitor in every Olympics since 1920 with one exception ( 1924 ), and UCLA has won a gold medal in every Olympics since 1932 with the exception of 1980 ( boycott ).
She has represented Canada at the Winter Olympics four times, capturing three gold and one silver medal and twice being named tournament MVP, and one time at the Summer Olympics in softball.
In numismatics, an error refers to a coin or medal that has a minting mistake, similar to errors found in philately.
* Born and raised in Hamburg, Schmidt is regarded in Germany as an embodiment of hanseatic values, according to which he has never accepted a medal or an order of merit ( not even the Federal Republic's Federal Cross of Merit ).
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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 ''.
To Decathlon Man Rafer Johnson ( Time cover, Aug. 29 ), whose gold medal in last summer's Olympic Games was won as much on gumption as talent, went the A.A.U.'s James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy as the outstanding U.S. amateur athlete of 1960.
A medal awarded to women who served in the Women Army Auxiliary Corps from 10 July 1942 to 31 August 1943, and to the Women Army Corps from 1 September 1943 to 2 September 1945 featured Athena on the front.
A bronze medal on display in the British Museum shows Agrippina ’ s ashes being brought back to Rome by Caligula.
Fleming's Nobel Prize medal was acquired by the National Museums of Scotland in 1989 and is on display after the museum re-opened in 2011.
The medal was created on July 9, 1970 by President Richard Nixon in.
The medal is gold in color and on the obverse it features a medium blue enameled pentagon ( point up ).
* 1980 – The United States Olympic Hockey team completes their Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4-2 to win the gold medal.
* Allen J. Scott ( born 1938 ), winner of Vautrin Lud Prize in 2003 and the Anders Retzius Gold medal 2009 ; author of numerous books and papers on economic and urban geography, known for his work on regional development, new industrial spaces, agglomeration theory, global city-regions and the cultural economy.
She played first board on the U. S. Women's team in the 38th Chess Olympiad, when the U. S. team scored a bronze medal.
Immigrants from Iceland then played on behalf of Canada and won the first ever Olympic medal in hockey.
Also in 1990, Judit and her sisters represented Hungary on the Olympic women's team winning the gold medal.
The team finished in fourth place losing the Bronze medal to Israel on tie-break.
The commemoration at UNESCO itself took place on 6 September 2007 ; UNESCO issued a medal in Rumi's name in the hope that it would prove an encouragement to those who are engaged in research on and dissemination of Rumi's ideas and ideals, which would, in turn, enhance the diffusion of the ideals of UNESCO.
An Act of Congress ( Public Law 671 — 77th Congress, Chapter 508, 2d Session ) on July 20, 1942, established the Legion of Merit and provided that the medal " shall have suitable appurtenances and devices and not more than four degrees, and which the President, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, may award to
On his 90th birthday on 10 November 2009, Kalashnikov was named a " Hero of the Russian Federation " and presented with a medal by President Dmitry Medvedev who lauded him for creating " the brand every Russian is proud of.
Nancy and her husband were jointly awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on May 16, 2002 at the Capitol, and were only the third President and First Lady to receive it ; she accepted the medal on behalf of both of them.
The medal features a profile of Nevanlinna, the text " Rolf Nevanlinna Prize ", and very small characters " RH 83 " on its obverse.
Allen Aylett was a brilliant player in the late 1950s and early 1960s ( and captain between 1961 and 1964 ), as was Noel Teasdale, who lost the Brownlow Medal on a countback in 1965 ( he was later awarded a retrospective medal when the counting system was amended ).
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Also, similar to his father's gold medals in rowing at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics, he competed in the sport at the 1948, 1952 and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where, on November 27, seven months after his sister's Monaco wedding, he won a bronze medal, which he gave to her as a gift of the occasion.
The biggest occasion held in this stadium was the boxing finals of the 1998 Commonwealth Games which saw Malaysian's Sapok Biki won a gold medal.
A gold medal was minted for the occasion of Chevreul's 100th birthday in 1886, and it was celebrated as a national event.
He contributed mightily to team gold medal wins on each occasion he played, winning a total of eight individual medals.
The medal had hurriedly been struck and readied just for that occasion.
On the occasion of the peace of Nystad ( 1721 ), which terminated the Great Northern War's 21 years of struggle between Russia and Sweden, Bestuzhev designed and had minted a commemorative medal with a panegyrical Latin inscription, which so delighted Peter ( then at Derbent ) that he sent a letter of thanks written with his own hand and his portrait set in brilliants.
At the same period the first known medal post-classical medal commemorating a victory was struck for Francesco Carrara ( Novello ) on the occasion of the capture of Padua in 1390.
On each occasion, he made a plus score and at London 1927, earned a team bronze medal.
But in front of the patriotic home crowd, she rose to occasion and improved her best by 5 cm to reach 1. 90 meters – enough to secure the gold medal.
It is believed that this is the only known occasion on which such a medal has ever been awarded to an English lifeboat crew.
The medal may also be awarded to U. S. civilians, but after the initial award, the civilian may only wear the miniature or the lapel pin depending on the occasion.
The Millennium Centre was opened on 22 January 2009, on which occasion Queen Elizabeth II presented Hoddinott with a medal.
He did not, however, receive the actual ' medal ' on this occasion, as it had been mislaid.
Heroes of Socialist Labour who attained further exceptional achievements were awarded a second " Hammer and Sickle " medal and bronze busts of the Heroes were to be constructed in their home towns to mark the occasion.
On that occasion Carey won his first All-Ireland medal, however, there was to be no success for him in 1999.
He won a silver medal from the Royal Astronomical Society in 1827 ; this was the second and last occasion on which such medals were awarded, with the society awarding only gold medals thereafter.
On this occasion Pisanello struck a commemorative medal of the emperor.
In 2006, on the occasion of the 100-year anniversary of Juve's birth Per Ravn Omdal stated that Juve was one of the greatest Norwegian footballers while Sondre Kåfjord, Per Jorsett, Ola Dybwad Olsen and Arne Scheie named Juve as the most important contributor to Norway's only medal in an international football championship for men.
In 1907, on occasion of the 14th International Congress on Hygiene and Demography in Berlin, he was awarded with the gold medal in recognition of the sanitation of Rio de Janeiro.
On almost every occasion, there was one " Grand Prize " recipient who would receive a gold medal and cash prize which in its last years totalled $ 10, 000US.
The medal struck on the occasion bore the inscription: Au poète moral et populaire.
Scanlon was involved in two league title wins – in 1956 and 1957 – but he failed to make enough appearances to earn a winners ' medal on either occasion.
The PPIE organizers were so favorably impressed by the INTA convention that they declared a special " New Thought Day " at the fair and struck a commemorative bronze medal for the occasion, which was presented to the INTA delegates, led by Annie Rix Militz.
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