The Rimi Riga Marathon, one of the fastest-growing marathons in Northern Europe and categorized as a Gold label Road Race by World Athletics, always has unique medals. Each year, one of Latvia’s well-known artists is entrusted with creating a different design for the marathon’s official running medals.

In 2019, the design of the marathon medals was created by Artūrs Analts, the recipient of the main award "Best Design" at the London Design Biennale. The design of the 30th anniversary medals of the marathon was created by the Japanese artist Junichi Kawanishi, who is also the author of the Tokyo Olympic Games medals. The designs of the 2021 Riga Marathon shirts and medals were created by the head of the painting department of the Art Academy of Latvia, associate professor Kristiāns Brekte. As you can read, these are not the least names… The medal is actually a piece of art!

The Rimi Riga Marathon was a good dress rehearsal for the upcoming World Athletics Road Running Championships from September 30 to October 1. The uniqueness of these world championships lies in the fact that, not only in Latvia, but throughout the world, this is the first world championship in which everyone can take an active part not as a supporter, but as an officially registered participant.

The organisers of the Rimi Riga Marathon continue their annual tradition of making the works of Latvian artists central to the medal design. The official championship medals will be created, inspired by Niklāvs Strunke’s work and the Cubism of his time.