A podium (plural podia) is a platform that is used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings. It derives from the Greek πόδι (foot). In architecture a building can rest on a large podium. Podia can also be used to raise people, for instance the conductor of an orchestra stands on a podium as do many public speakers. Podium has also come to mean the object a speaker stands behind and sets papers or books upon even when it is at floor level, though the correct term for that item is lectern. The terms are not identical; one typically stands on a podium, but one typically stands behind a lectern.

In sports, a type of podium is used to honor the top three competitors in events such as the Olympics. In the Olympics a three level podium is used, the highest level in the centre holds the gold medalist, to their right is a somewhat lower one for the silver medalist. To the left of the gold medalist is an even lower platform for the bronze medalist. In many sports, results in the top three of a competition are often referred to as podiums, or podium finishes. In some individual sports, "podiums" is an official statistic, referring to the number of top three results an athlete has achieved over the course of a season or career.

Ryan Dungey (born December 4, 1989) is a professional motocross racer competing in the AMA Supercross and Motocross championships.

His hometown is Belle Plaine, Minnesota, although he currently resides in Tallahassee, Florida, so he can take advantage of the good weather for riding with 15-time AMA Champion Ricky Carmichael.

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The 2011 season has been a 5 way battle between Dungey, Ryan Villopoto, James Stewart, Jr., Chad Reed, and Trey Canard. Dungey has finished consistently with the exception of round 5 where a derailed chain cost him his second consecutive fim world supercross championship. heading into the outdoors in 2011 there was a lot of controversy whether or not Dungey could race against a very fast and competitive Chad Reed and a 3 time lites outdoor champ Ryan Villopoto. Ryan Dungey through the 2011 nationals has won 3 overalls and trails season points leader ryan villopoto by just 7 points. the reasoning for being 2nd in the overall standings is because of a blown engine at freestone costing him valuable points. Ryan is finishing up his career at Suzuki with one final event at the Motocross of Nations and is highly thought he will rejoin his former coach Roger Decoster aboard a KTM 450 SXFbut he is still a free agent to other. ryan dungey is on ktm now and was coming 2nd in the 2012 fim supercross but injury led him to no racing in seattle teams.