The medal may be awarded not only to members of the Society but also to non-members and to representatives of any nation. Members of the ACS Board of Directors are ineligible to receive this award.

The need to create trophies and medals for Para athletes arose at the Stoke Mandeville Games – the predecessor of the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games – which began in 1948. While today, ...

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games medals embody French history and artistry. Each medal incorporates a piece of original iron from the Eiffel Tower, making them both symbolic and priceless. The front of ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

The Soviet Union tops the all-time list with 62 gold medals won in Olympic wrestling. Among current countries, the United States leads with 57 gold medals. Who has the most medals in Olympic wrestling ...

A man who sold fake military medals and poppy pin badges has been ordered to repay more than £50,000 he made from the scam. Henry Lyttel, of Ashbourne Road in Mackworth, Derbyshire, bought medal ...

The Olympics are the most prestigious sporting event in the world, and the medals are hard to come by. Over 10,000 athletes ...

Coming into the Games, winning a team medal was the No. 1 goal for the U.S. men's gymnastics team. The team had not been on an Olympic medal podium since 2008, but didn't miss a beat in Paris to ...

With the victory, he became world No. 1 for the first time. The Spaniard has won two Olympic gold medals in his career, one in singles and one in doubles. Olympic gold medal in singles - 2008 ...

Two Olympic gold medals have been stolen from the family home of one of Britain's most successful male equestrians. The medals were won by Richard Meade during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and ...

Colorado cideries made a showing by winning three medals before beer took centerstage, and local breweries once again proved why people from across the country come to drink here. In all ...

President Joe Biden presented National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals to dozens of recipients in a White House ceremony Monday. Twenty people, including filmmakers Steven Spielberg ...