Antique Silver Kids’ Swimming Medal with Bespoke Lanyard
Reward young swimmers with our high-quality antique silver die-cast medals. Features a 3D swimmer relief and bespoke full-color lanyards. Partner with our factory for durable, safe, and professional-grade youth sports awards that capture the victory moment.
Satisfactory child safety standards
Suitable for school sports meets and youth swimming clubs
Medal ribbon is customizable, providing an excellent showcase for sponsors or clubs.
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Short Intro
We create this custom kids’ swimming medal for school sports meets, youth swim clubs, regional junior swim competitions, and children’s aquatic programmes that need a medal with stronger sport identity and a more professional honour feel. Instead of using a playful toy-like award, we build this design around an antique silver metal finish and a clear 3D swimmer relief so the medal feels more like a real achievement piece for young athletes. With durable zinc alloy construction, rounded child-safe edges, and a bespoke full-colour lanyard, this medal feels classic, energetic, and highly suitable for youth swimming recognition.
Medal Custom Attributes
Item | Details |
|---|---|
Event Type | Youth swim meet, school sports day, junior swimming club event, regional amateur swim championship |
Audience | Children, junior swimmers, school participants, youth club athletes |
Core Design Element | 3D swimmer in motion with wave or laurel support details |
Medal Structure | Single medal body with front-and-back embossed relief |
Material | Zinc alloy |
Plating Finish | Antique silver |
Colour Process | Full metal relief without enamel on the medal body |
Ribbon Style | Wide bespoke full-colour dye-sublimated polyester lanyard |
Optional Function | Event name update, honour level wording, logo replacement, back engraving, lanyard artwork customisation |
MOQ Suggestion | MOQ: 100 pcs. To learn more about different quantity tiers, please contact our team for a detailed quotation. |
Best Order Window | 3–5 weeks before the event date is recommended for artwork approval and production scheduling |
Recommended Packaging | Clear poly bag, velvet box, or acrylic box |
These specifications match the current product setup, including zinc alloy die-casting, antique silver plating, double-sided relief, and a bespoke custom lanyard produced with heat-transfer printing.
Why This Medal Fits Youth Swimming Events So Well
- We design this medal especially for youth swimming events because swimming awards for children need to balance encouragement, professionalism, and safety. The 3D swimmer in motion gives the medal a clear sport identity, while the antique silver finish keeps the award serious enough to feel meaningful as a child’s early athletic milestone. This makes the medal especially suitable for first competitions, school swim meets, and junior club programmes where children are building confidence and pride through sport.
- The antique silver tone also works especially well for youth swimming medals because it gives the award a more timeless and collectible look. Instead of feeling overly decorative or temporary, the medal feels like something a child can keep for years as a symbol of development and achievement. That is important for organisers who want the award to serve not only as an event item, but also as a long-term reminder of progress and participation.
- The bespoke lanyard adds another major advantage. We use the ribbon as both a comfort feature and a branding surface, which makes the medal more comfortable for children to wear and gives schools, clubs, and sponsors a stronger visual presence. This helps the full award feel more event-specific and more valuable beyond the ceremony itself.
Production Details
- We produce this kids’ swimming medal in high-quality zinc alloy through precision die-casting so the swimmer’s stroke lines, body posture, splash details, and wave textures remain clear and strongly embossed. This process gives the medal a more tactile 3D effect while also allowing us to keep the contours rounded and appropriate for child-safe handling.
- We finish the surface in antique silver plating and apply an aged contrast treatment so the recessed areas become darker while the raised relief remains brighter. This strengthens the visual depth of the swimmer’s motion and makes the medal look more refined and more permanent than a flat bright-plated award. The contrast between shadowed recesses and metallic highlights is one of the key reasons this medal feels more like a commemorative keepsake.
- We also use a double-sided relief structure, with the front focused on the swimmer and water movement, while the back can be reserved for event information or honour-level engraving. For the lanyard, we use a wide polyester strap printed through heat-transfer technology so the colours remain bright, the surface feels silky, and the ribbon is more comfortable for children during award ceremonies and daily display.
What Can Be Customised for This Medal
We can customise this kids’ swimming medal in multiple ways according to your event structure and branding needs, including:
- medal size and thickness
- swimmer pose and relief layout
- event name, year, and honour wording
- club, school, or sponsor logo
- antique silver, antique gold, matte nickel, or other plated finishes
- front and back engraving details
- lanyard colour, width, and printed branding
- packaging for event distribution or premium presentation
This flexibility makes the design suitable not only for one school swim event, but also for annual youth championships, club award systems, and long-term junior sports recognition programmes.
MOQ & Bulk Order Guidance
We recommend this swimming medal for both medium and large youth event orders, especially for organisers running school competitions, club championships, and recurring junior swimming programmes. In most cases, 100 pieces is a practical starting quantity, while larger quantities improve average unit cost and make event-wide customisation more efficient.
For schools, sports clubs, organisers, and wholesale buyers, bulk production also makes it easier to keep the same medal structure while updating the year, honour wording, or lanyard artwork from one edition to the next. This helps maintain a strong youth-event identity while keeping production stable and practical.
Why Badge Artisans
We help schools, swimming clubs, and wholesale buyers turn youth sports medal ideas into production-ready custom awards with stronger relief detail and more dependable factory execution. From zinc alloy die-cast mould development and antique silver finish control to lanyard printing, back engraving, and bulk order scheduling, we make youth swimming medal projects easier to approve and easier to manufacture at scale. We are a medal manufacturer with RoHS, ISO, BSCI, Disney, and other certifications, helping meet different custom medal requirements across countries and event markets.