Exceptional medals with Paris 2024, symbols of history and commitment.
For the first time in the history of the Games, every Olympic and Paralympic medal of the Paris 2024 Games is imprinted with a historical and precious symbol: a piece of metal from the Eiffel Tower. Paris is preparing to host The 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, an event celebrating sport and unity. At the heart of this celebration, the medals, symbols of excellence and self-transcendence, embody the spirit of the Games. The result of a collaboration with the Maison Chaumet, These medals reflect the elegance and savoir-faire of France, uniting the medal-winning athletes with our nation. By presenting these precious jewels, we celebrate unity and diversity, affirming our commitment to memorable Games.
Benoit Verhulle 13th Head of Atelier at the Maison CHAUMET
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Built to dazzle the world at the 1889 World’s Fair, the Eiffel Tower, constructed in «puddlé» iron, embodies Gustave Eiffel’s audacity and ingenuity alone. During the 20th century, as the structure underwent renovations, some metallic elements were removed and preserved. To The Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, The Société d’Exploitation de la tour Eiffel thus gives these fragments a second life, integrating them into the heart of the most prestigious sports medals.
Thus, Paris 2024 entrusts the jeweler Chaumet the task of designing these medals as true jewels. Founded in 1780 and renowned for its French savoir-faire, Chaumet Imagine a design based on three inspirations: the hexagon, the radiance and the wrapping.
On the faces of the medals, the iron of the Eiffel Tower, cut in a hexagonal shape, symbolizes the national mobilization for these historic Games. This piece of heritage is framed by fine radiating lines, evoking France’s radiance through the performances of the athletes. The «griffe» embroidery, used by Chaumet, It elegantly combines iron with gold, silver or bronze, recalling the rivets of the Eiffel Tower. It is worth noting that the Olympic and Paralympic medals share a common face, adorned with the iron from the Eiffel Tower, while the other face tells unique stories. For the Olympic Games, the goddess of victory, Nike, is depicted in front of the Panathenaic Stadium, with the Acropolis and the Eiffel Tower mirrored in the background. The Paralympic medal face offers a unique view from below the Eiffel Tower, with the words «Paris» and «2024» inscribed in Braille.
These medals of Paris 2024 Games Thoughts about the right bank of the Seine, at Place Vendôme, are made on its left bank at the Hotel de la Monnaie.
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This other emblematic place in the capital produced the medals of the 1924 edition. It is once again producing the medals of the Paris 2024 Games, Thus perpetuating a savoir-faire at the service of history and sporting excellence. It should be noted that, to take shape, these medals undergo a more complex manufacturing process than that of a coin. Metal blanks previously cut into discs are brought to the workshops of the Monnaie de Paris. They are then struck several times in a press equipped with a tool called a coiner. Specially designed to reveal the design imagined by Paris 2024 and Chaumet.
As requested by the IOC and the IPC, the gold and silver medals are made of solid silver, with a purity of 925 parts per million. This silver, like the six grams of gold awarded for the highest prize at the Games, is also certified 100% recycled by the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC). This is one of the main bodies for the control of good practices in the supply of gold and precious metals. For the bronze medals of the final step of the podium, the copper, tin and zinc alloy comes from the reuse of metal scraps from other productions at the Monnaie de Paris.
Thus, each medal not only testifies to sporting excellence, but also to a commitment to sustainability and respect for the environment. Making these unique symbols into Paris 2024 Games True witnesses to the values of our time.
In short, these medals of Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 They embody not only sporting excellence but also a perfect marriage between French history, craftsmanship and contemporary values of sustainability.
Credit Visual Medals 2024 Cyril Masson
