Elena Votsi
Born1 January 1964
Hydra Island, Greece
EducationMA in Jewellery & Silversmithing from RCA
OccupationJewellery designer
Known forDesigning Olympics medals in 2004

Elena Votsi (Greek: Έλενα Βότση; born 1964 on Hydra island) is a Greek jewelry designer.

Votsi completed a degree at the School of Fine Arts in Athens in painting, followed by a master's degree at the Royal College of Art in London in jewelry.[1]

In 2003 she won the competition to re-design the Summer Olympic Games medal for the International Olympic Committee, the first time the medal had been changed since 1928. Votsi's design was adopted by the International Olympic Committee for all future Summer Olympic Games medals.[1][2][3][4]

Her handmade 18-karat gold ring with diamonds won the 2009 Couture Design Award in the category "Best in the New-to-Couture," a category for first-time exhibitors at the Las Vegas show.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Fasel, Marion (5 August 2016). "Elena Votsi's Story About Designing the Olympic Medal Is Gold". Women You Should Know. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ "This Story Behind the Olympic Medal Design Is Pure Gold". Yahoo! Life. 13 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  3. ^ Garrahan, Rachel (22 September 2018). "7 Golden Things". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  4. ^ Parsons, Elly (15 August 2016). "Moulding gold: in the studio with the Olympic and Paralympic medal makers". Wallpaper*. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Couture Design Awards 2009". Couture Design Awards. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010.

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