One concept for potential Paris Olympic medals in 2024 or 2028 would be extra thick, allowing for three pieces to be taken off the back.
Athletes would be encouraged to give the pieces to three people instrumental in their lives.
French designer Philippe Starck, who created the 1992 Albertville Winter Games torch, said he was asked by triple Olympic canoe champion and Paris 2024 co-bid leader Tony Estanguet to come up with a design.
“Normally a medal tends a sort of witness, a message that says, ‘I was there, I did it, I outdid myself.