Medal design  competition for Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games is open

Lausanne (RWH) Designers and creatives across the globe can be the creator of the medals for the Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020. The competition opens 14 February 2019 and runs until 8 April 2019 – all info can be found at www.medal-design-competition.com. The winning designer will win a trip to Lausanne to enjoy the Opening Ceremony and witness the awarding of their medals at the sports competitions, as well as a full set of medals featuring their design.

The winning and two runners-up will be selected by a judging panel made up of the Young Change-Makers+ and Young Reporters who have been involved in in previous editions of the Games, as well as Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission for Lausanne 2020, Olympian Danka Bartekova; Virginie Faivre, Lausanne 2020 President and ski freestyle legend; and Viviane Morey, dean at Eracom, Lausanne's professional school of applied arts and communication.

The winning design will be selected at the end of April 2019, and this will then feature on the gold, silver and bronze medals awarded to athletes from 9 to 22 January 2020. The reverse of the medal will be designed by the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee after this contest