A podium is a platform that is used to increase something to a small distance above its surroundings. In architecture a building can rest on a big podium. Podia will also be used to raise people, for instance the head of an orchestra stands on a podium as do many public speakers. Podium can also be used by the speaker as he stands behind and sets papers or texts upon even when it is at ground level, though the perfect term for that item is lectern. The terms are not identical; one stands on a podium, but one typically stands behind a lectern.In sports, a type of podium is used to give honors to the top three competitors in events such as the common wealth.
In the common a three level podium is used. In many sports, results in the top three of a competition is often referred to as podiums, or podium finishes. In any individual sports, "podiums" is an official statistic, referring to the number of top three results a player has achieved over the course of a season or career. You can find the best of podiums in podiumsource.com. I personally used to find the best ones.
