Vancouver-Whistler 2025 reveals the medals for the upcoming Invictus Games
The design of the medals which athletes will be competing for at this year's Vancouver-Whistler Invictus Games has been unveiled.
Up to 550 wounded, injured or sick service members and veterans from 23 nations will compete for these medals in up to 11 adaptive sports.
In keeping with tradition, the medals include 462 gold, silver and bronze medals in total – and will be presented at 167 ceremonies throughout the nine days of life-changing sports events.
The striking medals' design draws upon the unique elements of the Invictus Games Vancouver-Whistler 2025's signature visual identity.
They include several Coast Salish symbols, including a war paddle, half of the ancestral eye (the eye of the Creator), the triangle and wave of the mountain and valley often seen on traditional blankets, coming together to represent earth, air, sky and water.
The outer edge of the medal design emulates braided cedar rope, representing unity, continuity and strength, with elements from the visual identity woven into a jacquard pattern on the medal ribbon in the signature yellow brand colour.
The medals were designed by four artists of the Four Host First Nations: Levi Nelson (Lil'wat nation), Mack Paul (Musqueam nation), Ray Natraoro (Squamish nation), and Olivia George (Tsleil-Waututh nation).
Levi Nelson, who is a contemporary Indigenous artist who led the medal's design, said: "I'm hoping the legacy of these Winter Games will be that people remember the beauty of not just what it means to come together and to heal, but the beauty of this place that we live in because it's truly magical.
"I think little bits of that can be seen in the medals. We are all connected through the heartbeat as one people in this universe. There's a reason we're all here at this exact moment and it's so much bigger than us."
Founding patron of the Invictus Games Foundation, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, added: "Our Invictus Games are a celebration of the human spirit, and we thank all Four Host First Nations artists for bringing this to life.
"This year's medals represent unity, courage, and victory. We come together as a global community to honour the extraordinary strength, resilience, and brilliance of our competitors and their families for all they have overcome and where they are today.
"For many, victory is simply reaching the start line, and I, for one, am immensely proud of every single one of them."
The 2025 Vancouver-Whistler Invictus Games will be the first games to include winter sports, including Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding, Nordic Skiing, Biathlon, Skeleton and Wheelchair Curling.
The games will be held from 8-16 February in Vancouver-Whistler, Canada.
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