Vancouver 2010

Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010 Prize Medals

Vancouver Prize Medals not in Crawford Collection.

Front: Undulating round medal with Olympic rings in relief with Aboriginal designs of an orca whale by Corinne Hunt created by laser.

Back: Official emblem and name of the Games in English and French as well as sport and event.

Ribbon: Blue ribbion with "Vancouver" and emblem of the Games
Medal presented in fabric case

Designer: Omer Arbel and Corinne Hunt
Mint: Royal Canadian Mint

The United States-1 four-man bobsled team piloted by Steve Holcomb with Steve Mesler, Curt Tomasevicz and Justin Olsen won gold in the distinctive, jet-black sled known as the Night Train. Their victory was the first for a male American crew since 1948.

The distinctive look of the Vancouver prize medals requires the medal to be struck nine times as part of the 30-step fabrication process. The inspiration for these medals came from a large artwork by Corrine Hunt, a Vancouver-based artist of Komoyue and Tlingit heritage. Each of the medals has a hand-cropped section of the artwork, thus making each medal one of a kind.