Lausanne/Lillehammer (RWH) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched a competition offering fans and young designers the opportunity to create the medal for the Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games. Submissions will be accepted as of now until 1 June 2015 at www.medaldesigncompetition.com. The winning design will be selected in June 2015 and this design will then feature on the face of the gold, silver and bronze medals awarded in Lillehammer from 12 to 21 February 2016. The winning designer will also win a trip to Lillehammer 2016, which includes tickets to the Opening Ceremony and sports competition, as well as a full collection of medals featuring their design. “To recieve an Olympic medal is something you will cherish for the rest of your life“, said judging panel member Angela Ruggiero (USA), Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission for Lillehammer 2016 and 1998 Olympic champion in ice hockey. „To be the designer of that medal is incredibly prestigious.“ In keeping with the IOC’s mission for the Youth Olympic Games to be produced not only for young people, but also by young people, the winning design will be selected by a judging panel made up of the Young Ambassadors and Young Reporters who have been involved in the YOG since the first edition in Singapore in 2010.