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Medals for the European Junior Championships 2011 in Tallinn are fresh out of production and waiting to be presented to the winners.
In total, 44 sets of medals were produced. The medal was designed by graphic design student and former decathlete Indrek Turi, who was named winner of the art student’s medal design contest earlier this year. Turi, whose personal collection includes the silver medal at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, said he used his own personal experience and emotions of his career as an athlete when designing the medal.
Photo by: Egon Ligi / Saarte Hääl
“I thought about what kind of a medal I would have liked to get myself. The majority of the medals I have won have been round but my plan was to give this one a rectangular shape and take it further from there. The shape of a wave seemed very suitable, as waves symbolise a sort of restlessness and unstoppable force which I think characterises young athletes very well,” Turi spoke.
Photos by: Egon Ligi / Saarte Hääl
The medals were produced at Sporrong in Kuressaare, the county capital of Estonia’s largest island Saaremaa.
The medal features the full name of the event “21st European Athletics Junior Championships”, a reference to the year and location “Tallinn 2011” and three stars, symbolically referring to the mascots Citi, Alti and Forti. Sporrong designers also added small national ornamental elements.
Photo by: Egon Ligi / Saarte Hääl
