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PHOTOS: Pan Am/Parapan Am Games medal comparison

By David Shum Global News
Posted March 3, 2015 11:14 am
1 min read
TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games medals. View image in full screen
TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games medals. TO2015
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TORONTO – Organizers of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games unveiled Tuesday the gold, silver and bronze medals athletes will be competing for this summer.

The medals were supplied by Toronto-based Barrick Gold Corporation from three of its operations across the Americas: copper from Chile; silver from the Dominican Republic; and gold from its Hemlo mine in Ontario.

TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games medals. View image in full screen
TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games medals. TO2015 / Global News

Braille is also imprinted for the first time in both the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games’ history.

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The ancient technique of mokume gane was used to create the medals by fusing different alloys together making each of them unique.

Below is a comparison of how Toronto’s medal design stacks up over the years.

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2011 Guadalajara, Mexico

Detail of medal during the Woman’s 10m Air Pistol Qualification Round during Day Two of the XVI Pan American Games at the Pan American Shooting Range on October 16, 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico. View image in full screen
Detail of medal during the Woman’s 10m Air Pistol Qualification Round during Day Two of the XVI Pan American Games at the Pan American Shooting Range on October 16, 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Gerardo Zavala/LatinContent/Getty Images

2007 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brazilian windsurfer Neil Pride RSX class Ricardo Winicki kisses his Gold medal in the podium ceremony in the XV Pan American Games 28 July 2007 in Rio de Janeiro. View image in full screen
Brazilian windsurfer Neil Pride RSX class Ricardo Winicki kisses his Gold medal in the podium ceremony in the XV Pan American Games 28 July 2007 in Rio de Janeiro. Andre Luiz MELLO/AFP/Getty Images

2003 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Mexican diver Rommel Pacheco shows his gold medal got at the 10m platform diving competition, 09 August 2003, at the XIV Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. View image in full screen
Mexican diver Rommel Pacheco shows his gold medal got at the 10m platform diving competition, 09 August 2003, at the XIV Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images
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1999 Winnipeg, Canada

A surprise winner in mens cycling time trials,Eric Wohlberg from Levack,Ont(near Sudbury) proudly shows off his gold medal at press conference this evening.at the PanAm Games in Winnipeg July 25, 1999. View image in full screen
A surprise winner in mens cycling time trials,Eric Wohlberg from Levack,Ont(near Sudbury) proudly shows off his gold medal at press conference this evening.at the PanAm Games in Winnipeg July 25, 1999. Jeff Goode/Toronto Star via Getty Images

1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina

Annie Pelletier of Canada waves after receiving her gold medal and flowers for winning the women’s 3-meter diving competition 13 March at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. View image in full screen
Annie Pelletier of Canada waves after receiving her gold medal and flowers for winning the women’s 3-meter diving competition 13 March at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. TIMOTHY CLARY/AFP/Getty Images

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