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Phenomenal winner’s medal issued for boxing at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. Gilt silver, 61 mm, 148 gm, by Elena Votsi and Kostas Kazakos. The front depicts the winged goddess of Victory soaring into the Panathinaikos Arena, 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 51 κιλών Ανδρών [Boxing Men's 51 kg Category].” Completed by the original multicolored ribbon and wooden presentation box with its metal slipcase. 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.
The men’s flyweight boxing competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was won by Cuban fighter Yuriorkis Gamboa, who defeated France’s Jerome Thomas in the championship round. After this Olympic victory, ‘The Cyclone from Guantanamo’ earned a bronze in the featherweight division at the 2005 World Championships, and later held the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title from 2009 to 2011, and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight title from 2010 to 2011.
