Hộp thông tin huy chương series of templates allow editors to list an athlete or sportsperson's major medals at the top of their respective biography article, alongside the lead section.The medal infobox consists of two templates:A further template ({{MedalBox}}) is used for listing medals in the middle of the main article text.The Medal template is a multi-purpose one which allows for all varieties of entries within the medal table.There are four major types:The final type (TrueSpirit) is used for the Pierre de Coubertin medal. This has only one extra field for the year it was awarded.For the disqualified medal template, it is possible to create a reference directly after the template to explain the reason for disqualification. This can be particularly useful in the case of relay runners disqualified through no fault of their own, due to doping by team mates for example.Where an athlete has competed for multiple countries or in multiple sports it will be necessary to use the Country or Sport Medal types, in addition to the main sport and country_code listings in the MedalTableTop templateThe MedalBox template has a similar output to the MedalTableTop template, but it is specifically designed for non-infobox usages (i.e. mid-article boxes).For competitors who have competed in the same sport for the same country, the templates should be ordered Sport, Country, Competition1, Award, Competition2, Award and so on.For competitors who have won medals in different sports, competing for the same country, the templates should be ordered Country, Sport1, Competition, Award, Sport2, Competition, Award and so on. The example shown is based on Rebecca Romero.
For competitors who have won medals in the same sport at the same competition, competing for different countries, the templates should be ordered Sport, Competition, Country1, Award, Country2, Award and so on. The example shown is from Mia Audina.
For competitors who have won medals in the same sport at different competitions, competing for different countries, the templates should be ordered Sport, Country1, Competition1, Award, Competition2, Award, Country2, Competition1, Award and so on.
For use within Infobox basketball biography, Infobox sportsperson, Infobox swimmer, Infobox track athlete, and other infobox template that support an "embed" function for the medal table. Formatting for the medal table embedded within an infobox generally follows the established formatting of the other examples provided, but duplicate wiki links for the sport name ("MedalSport") and represented country ("MedalCountry") may be eliminated within the embedded medal table.
Here is a basic demonstration of the MedalBox template usage:{{MedalGold}}
{{MedalSilver}}
{{MedalBronze}}
For competitions differing from Gold, Silver and Bronze terminology{{MedalW}}
{{MedalRU}}
{{MedalBottom}} - table now automatically closes by using the |medals= parameter and moving two curly brackets to the end of the templates.