Desirable winner's medal awarded to Cuban wrestler Juan Marén at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. Silver, 70 mm, 175 gm, by Malcolm Grear Designers; manufactured by Reed and Barton. The front, inscribed "XXVI Olympiad Atlanta 1996" with Olympic rings, shows a ‘Seated Victory’ holding a laurel wreath and palm branch, with the Colosseum looming in the background; the reverse, inscribed "Centennial Olympic Games," features the Atlanta logo and a stylized 'Quilt of Leaves' olive branch with pictogram of wrestlers. The medal is engraved on the bottom edge with the name of the event: “Greco-Roman 62kg.” Suspended from its original green-and-gold ribbon, embroidered with laurel leaves and "Atlanta 1996." A three-time Olympic medalist, Juan Marén won bronze at Barcelona 1992, silver at Atlanta 1996, and silver at 2000 Sydney.
