Elena Votsi

{{short description|Greek jewelry designer}}{{Infobox person

| name = Elena Votsi

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|01|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hydra Island, Kingdom of Greece

| education = MA in Jewellery & Silversmithing from RCA

| occupation = Jewellery designer

| known_for = Designing the Olympics medals in 2004

}}

Elena Votsi (Greek: Έλενα Βότση; born 1964 on Hydra island, Kingdom of Greece) is a Greek jewelry designer.

Votsi completed a degree at the School of Fine Arts in Athens in painting, followed by a master's degree at the Royal College of Art in London in jewelry.{{Cite web |last=Fasel |first=Marion |date=5 August 2016 |title=Elena Votsi's Story About Designing the Olympic Medal Is Gold |url=https://womenyoushouldknow.net/elena-votsis-story-about-designing-the-olympic-medal-is-gold/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119112102/https://womenyoushouldknow.net/elena-votsis-story-about-designing-the-olympic-medal-is-gold/ |archive-date=19 January 2022 |access-date=27 December 2019 |website=Women You Should Know |language=en-US}}

In 2003, she won the competition to redesign the Summer Olympic Games medal for the International Olympic Committee, the first time the medal had been changed since 1928. The International Olympic Committee adopted Votsi's design for all future Summer Olympic Games medals.{{Cite web |date=13 August 2016 |title=This Story Behind the Olympic Medal Design Is Pure Gold |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/this-story-behind-the-olympic-1492805117198390.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026053732/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/this-story-behind-the-olympic-1492805117198390.html |archive-date=26 October 2020 |access-date=22 October 2022 |website=Yahoo! Life |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Garrahan |first=Rachel |date=22 September 2018 |title=7 Golden Things |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/style/jewelry-gold.html |access-date=22 October 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Parsons |first=Elly |date=15 August 2016 |title=Moulding gold: in the studio with the Olympic and Paralympic medal makers |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/in-the-studio-with-olympic-and-paralympic-medal-makers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802235217/https://www.wallpaper.com/design/in-the-studio-with-olympic-and-paralympic-medal-makers |archive-date=2 August 2021 |access-date=22 October 2022 |website=Wallpaper*}}

Her handmade 18-karat gold ring with diamonds won the 2009 Couture Design Award in the category "Best in the New-to-Couture," a category for first-time exhibitors at the Las Vegas show.{{Cite web |title=Couture Design Awards 2009 |url=http://www.couturedesignawards.com/index.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918042517/http://www.couturedesignawards.com/index.shtml |archive-date=18 September 2010 |website=Couture Design Awards}}