podium

noun

1. A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.
2. (proscribed, sometimes)A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
3. A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.
4. A result amongst the best three at a competition.

   “Red Bull's Thai-British driver Alex Albon took a maiden podium in third.”

5. A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
6. A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall.
7. The lower portion of a high-rise building, typically of several storeys tall and acts as a foundation to the tower(s) above it.
8. A foot or footstalk.

verb

1. (colloquial, intransitive)To finish in the top three at an event or competition.

   “The swimmer podiumed three times at the Olympics.”

   “Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.”