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{{Short description|Trophy presented to the most successful team, club, or competitor at a sports event}}
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[[File:Medal,_athletic_(AM_2016.12.1-4).jpg | thumb | right | Medal inscribed with Victor Ludorum]]
'''''Victor ludorum''''' (or '''''victrix ludorum''''') is [[Latin]] for "''the winner of the games''".  It is usually a [[trophy]] presented to the most successful team, club, or competitor at a [[sports]] event.  It is common at [[Sport rowing|rowing]] [[regatta]]s and was traditional at some British state and [[public school (UK)|public school]] [[sports day]]s. It is usually presented to the athlete/competitor who has won the most events or who has accumulated the most points through competing in many events.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ims.npt.gov.uk/imsapps/bloom/bloom1.aspx |title=Borough in Bloom – Introduction<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819033124/http://ims.npt.gov.uk/imsapps/bloom/bloom1.aspx |archive-date=2007-08-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.phsrc.org.uk/pjhposter06.html |title=Tyne Rowing Club presents the<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928205218/http://www.phsrc.org.uk/pjhposter06.html |archive-date=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Female competitors usually compete for the ''victrix ludorum''.

The practice of awarding a trophy to the ''victor'' (''victrix'') ''ludorum'' was still followed, as of 2018, in schools and colleges established by descendants of British settlers in [[South Africa]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

== See also ==
* [[Victor Ludorum Juvenile Hurdle]]

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[[Category:Sports trophies and awards]]
[[Category:Latin words and phrases]]


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