PODIUM

[noun] [C] [plural] podiums or podia - a raised area on which a person stands in order to speak to a large number of people, conduct music or receive a prize in a sports competitionThe conductor Klemperer was a most impressive sight on the podium.Tears ran down her face as she stood on the winner's podium, listening to the national anthem being played.(figurative) Austria has rarely been off the podium (= It has won a lot of prizes) during this winter's Olympics.(figurative) At the age of 33, she knocked Donald Trump off his podium as (= she became) America's youngest billionaire.