Press Release - Gold Coast Marathon - 4/21/23

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                         2023 Gold Coast Marathon:

         Marathon medals revealed with uniquely Gold Coast design 

The 2023 Gold Coast Marathon finisher's medals were revealed this morning 
with the stunning creations showcasing the new event logo and depicting a 
very definite Gold Coast palette and design. 

The new branding adopts an abbreviated version of Gold Coast Marathon with 
a strong and straight angled GCM depicting a fast and flat course. The 
inner gentle wave design reflects the events scenic, coastal location. The 
blue and gold sum up the colours of the city, the bright gold of the sun 
and glittering blue surf, synonymous with the Gold Coast. 

Gold Coast based designers, Epic Medals worked with the Gold Coast Marathon 
team to create a suite of bold and exciting medals that will hang around 
the necks of more than 22,000 participants in this year's event. 

Epic Medals CEO, Sally Jarvis said they were delighted to work with the GCM 
team to create a medal for each of the eight races that would reflect the 
passion, energy and excitement of the event and complement the branding. 

"Epic Medals is a legacy of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games with 
members of the ceremonies team sharing a passion for delivering great 
events and stunning medals deciding to bring the business venture to life. 

"From design, creating the mould, deciding on textures and colours, to the 
style of ribbon attachment, we work with our clients to ensure they have 
the very best reflection of their event in the medals for participants." Ms 
Jarvis said. 

Gold Coast Marathon Chief Operating Officer, Tony Mullen said the medals 
needed to make a statement about the iconic Gold Coast event and were an 
important tangible reward for participants to cherish alongside the 
ultimate goal of finishing their chosen event. 

"We are very proud of this year's medals and the very definite connection 
in their design of the Gold Coast's key attributes being the beautiful 
coastline and our glorious weather."

The 2023 Gold Coast Marathon weekend (1-2 July) will also feature the ASICS 
Half Marathon, Southern Cross University 10km Run, Gold Coast Airport 5km 
Run, the Health and Wellbeing Queensland 2km and 4km Junior Dashes and the 
CPL marathon and 10km wheelchair races. 

The Gold Coast Double 63.3km event - contested by hardy runners competing 
in both Saturday's half and Sunday's full marathon - will also be 
contested. 

Gold Coast locals 20% discount on entry applies until the 28 April early 
bird deadline.

People wanting further information on the 2023 Gold Coast Marathon events 
can visit www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au

The Gold Coast Marathon is organised by Events Management Queensland, a 
major event management company wholly owned by the Queensland Government as 
part of Tourism and Events Queensland.

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