Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games medals

The Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic medals are unique and feature the Sochi 2014 Patchwork Quilt a mosaic of national designs from the various cultures and ethnicities of the Russian Federation. The medals have been carefully crafted to depict the landscape of Sochi from the sun s rays reflecting through the snowy mountain tops onto the sandy beaches of the Black Sea coast. These contrasts in Russia s natural landscape are embodied in the medals and will be an everlasting souvenir for the champions.