Winner’s medal awarded to Cuban welterweight boxer Lorenzo Aragon at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. Silver, 60 mm, 139 gm, by Elena Votsi and Kostas Kazakos; manufactured by Efsimon. The front depicts the winged goddess of Victory soaring into the Panathinaikos Stadium, with Greek characters and Olympic rings above; the reverse features the Eternal Flame of Olympia, the opening lines of Pindar's Eighth Olympic Ode, and the 2004 Summer Games logo, with the sport engraved in Greek lettering along the bottom, “Πυγμαχία - Κατηγορία 69 κιλών Ανδρων [Boxing, Men's 69 kg Category].” Completed by the original multicolored ribbon. The 2004 Athens winner’s medals replaced the long-held ‘seated Victory’ design by Giuseppe Cassioli, rectifying the mistake of using a depiction of the Roman Colosseum rather than a Greek venue.
Limited to boxers weighing between 64 and 69 kilograms, the welterweight boxing competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held from August 15 to 29, at the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. After taking welterweight gold medals at the preceding Acropolis Boxing Cup, Pan American Games, and World Amateur Championships, Aragon was upset in the Olympic finals by surprise winner Bakhtiyar Artayev (Kazakhstan) with a score of 36-26.
