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Unlike today, champions were not given gold, silver, and bronze medals during the first Olympic games in ancient Greece. Instead, ancient Olympic victors were awarded an olive branch twisted into a circle to form a crown. The wild olive, called kotinos, had deep religious significance for the ancient Greeks
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