You’re Doing it Wrong! Here’s the Right Way to Display Sports Medals

Your child worked hard for every medal they own. Where those medals end up says a lot about how much that work matters. If yours are in a drawer, draped over a chair or pinned to the wall with a thumbtack, you are in good company. Most families start there.

Here are seven common ways to store sports medals, what goes wrong with each one, and a better way to do it. If you are still deciding how to show off the season, our guide to what to do with sports medals has more ideas.

1. Thumbtacking medals to the wall

A tack through the ribbon leaves a hole in it, and the medal swings, twists and eventually drops. A medal hanger holds each ribbon over a row instead, so nothing gets pierced and every medal faces out.

2. Tossing them in the closet

Medals pile up fast. They end up under clothes, tangled in shoes or sliding off a closet shelf, and the ribbons crease and fray. Give them a spot on the wall and they stay in good shape and easy to find.

3. Keeping them in a desk drawer

A drawer full of medals takes space that belongs to school papers and supplies, and nobody sees the medals in there. Moving them to a hanger clears the drawer and puts the wins where they can be seen.

4. Leaving them on a bookshelf

Bookshelves are built for books. Medals lean, slide and get buried behind other things. A dedicated place on the wall tells your child their medals matter as much as anything else in the room.

5. Piling them on a dresser

A heap of medals on a dresser looks messy, and you cannot see the individual ones in the pile. A hanger keeps each medal separate and straight so anyone who walks in can read them.

6. Draping them over the back of a chair

Chairs move, and medals slip off. A medal left on a chair back is easy to lose or damage. Putting every medal in one permanent spot means none go missing before the next meet.

7. Hanging them from whatever is nearby

Kids get creative: a lamp, a trophy, a hanger in the closet. It is sweet, and it also means the medals are scattered and nobody can see the full story. One display brings them all together.

The better way: a personalized medal hanger

We are a family-owned shop, and every medal hanger we sell is made to order in the USA from American steel. Each one is personalized with your athlete's name and their sport, and you can pick from over 50 sports. Here is what you get:

• Premium commercial grade steel, built to last, in a matte black finish.
• Room for 45+ medals on three rows. Add rows from 3 up to 9, and each extra row holds 15 more medals.
• An optional trophy shelf if you want a place for the trophies too.
• Screws and drywall anchors included, so it is ready for the wall.

Not sure where to start? Browse all personalized medal hangers, look at the designs for every sport, or start with the personalized medal display hanger and choose your own sport.