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Rare winner's medal for the Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics, deriving from the collection of Javier Gómez-Navarro, Vice-President of the Organizing Committee of the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics. Gilt silver, 57 mm, 74 gm, by Giuseppe Cassioli. The front, inscribed, “XI. Olympiad, Berlin, 1936,” features a ‘Seated Victory’ with the Coliseum in the background; the reverse portrays a winner carried by jubilant athletes; and the bottom edge engraved, "B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, 990." The medal bears two small dings to the top edge, and notable wear and loss to the gilt. A historic first-place winner's medal from the controversial 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Javier Gómez-Navarro (1945–2024) was a Spanish politician, businessman, and sports administrator whose career was closely intertwined with the modernization of Spanish sport and tourism. Gómez-Navarro served as Spain's Secretary of State for Sport from 1987 to 1993, during which time he helped reform the nation's sporting infrastructure and worked with the private sector to transform professional sports clubs into limited companies. He also served as Vice-President of the Organizing Committee of the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics, playing a key role in the planning and execution of the Games that helped redefine Barcelona's international image and showcased Spain on the world stage. In recognition of his contributions to the Olympic Movement and the success of the Barcelona Games, Gómez-Navarro received the Olympic Order in Gold from the International Olympic Committee in 1992. He later served as Spain's Minister of Trade and Tourism from 1993 to 1996.
