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The girl spotted the medal in a wooded area while on a walk with
her family on Saturday. The family contacted Jacobi through a
website he established after the medal he won in the two-man
canoe slalom event in Barcelona, Spain, was stolen from a nearby
restaurant parking lot.
The medal was missing its base when found, Jacobi said in a
phone interview, but appeared mostly intact.
Jacobi, 46, displays the medal in speaking events and had it
with him for a television appearance in Atlanta the next day.
He was inside a restaurant when three men in a Volkswagen Passat
drove up and broke car windows in the parking lot, Atlanta
police said. Jacobi, who lives in Tennessee, launched a social
media campaign with his wife to recover the medal.
Although the medal could possibly be restored to its original
state, Jacobi said he may keep it the way it is as a reminder of
the story behind its loss and recovery.
“It’s pretty cool just as it is,” he said in a phone interview.
“This is pretty awesome.”
(Editing by Letitia Stein and Peter Cooney)
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