Presentation sculpture given to Simone Manuel during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games
date: label: date made
content: 2016
name: label: user
content: Manuel, Simone
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Presentation sculpture given to Simone Manuel during the medal's ceremony at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. This sculpture was given to all the athletes who won a medal in lieu of the traditional presentation of flowers. The small plastic sculpture has a green base and a stylized group of three people holding hands which are green, blue, yellow and orange. The base is inscribed in white, "XXXI Olimpiada Rio 2016" and has the Rio Olympic logo in white. The base is also autographed in gold on the base by Simone Manuel. Manuel became the first African American woman in history to win an individual Olympic Gold medal in swimming during the Rio Games.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2016 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with 207 countries and 11,238 athletes participating. These were the first Olympic Games held entirely in the host country’s winter season and the first to be held in South America. These Games were designed with sustainability in mind and many of the features of the Games were made from recyclable materials. The Refugee Olympic Team entered 10 athletes for competition made up of refugees from the European Migrant crisis. The Zika virus was a factor in competition as many athletes decided to forgo the Games for fear of catching the virus spread through mosquitos. Michael Phelps came out of retirement to compete in the Games and added more medals to his historic count. Katie Ledecky won four gold medals and teammate Simone Manual won two gold and two silver medals becoming the first African American to win an individual swimming gold medal. Simone Biles dominated gymnastics, winning four gold and the women’s team won the all-around competition. The United States won the medal count with 121.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Swimming
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: web subject
content: African American
label: web subject
content: Women
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0329.02
label: accession number
content: 2016.0329
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0329.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Olympic presentation sculpture
label: Object Name
content: sculpture, summer olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm x 12.065 cm