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Uncommon gold winner’s medal from the 1961 Summer Universiade, an international sporting event for university students held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from August 25 to September 3, 1961, featuring nine different sports and the participation of 1,627 athletes from 33 countries. Gilt silver, 51 mm, 72 gm, with the front bearing an embossed athlete in profile with Bulgarian text (translated): “Sofia”; and the reverse engraved: “FISU [International University Sports Federation], Sofia, Universiade, 1961, Bulgarie.” This medal represents one of the two gold winner’s medals awarded to host country Bulgaria.
