The creation of Brasilia-based architect Dante Akira Uwai, entitled ‘A Sparkling Future’, will feature on the medals at Gangwon 2024 after being chosen from a record 3,000-plus entries.
Brazilian artist Dante Akira Uwai has won the medal design competition for the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024.
After six weeks and over 3,000 submissions to the International Olympic Committee competition, Akira Uwai’s creation – ‘A Sparkling Future’ – was chosen by a panel of judges including Olympian Laurenne Ross, former winner Zakea Page, IOC Young Reporters, Young Leaders, and Gangwon 2024 Youth Supporters.
Akira Uwai’s victory means his design will feature on the medals for Gangwon 2024 which will be awarded in the Republic of Korea from 19 January to 1 February next year.
Art has always been integral to the 27-year-old architect who was born in Sao Paulo and brought up in Brasilia.
“I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember, since I was a kid it was my favourite hobby. I remember being scolded a lot in the classroom for drawing in the classroom when I shouldn’t have been!” he told Olympics.com.
“I will cherish this for the rest of my life.”
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