diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/GetUserRecentActivitiesRequest.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/GetUserRecentActivitiesRequest.cs
index 7926bd9d34..d1685b01f3 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/GetUserRecentActivitiesRequest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/GetUserRecentActivitiesRequest.cs
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API.Requests
         [JsonProperty("user")]
         public RecentActivityUser User;
 
-        [JsonProperty("achievementName")]
-        public string AchivementName;
+        [JsonProperty("achievement")]
+        public RecentActivityAchievement Achievement;
 
         public class RecentActivityBeatmap
         {
@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API.Requests
             [JsonProperty("previousUsername")]
             public string PreviousUsername;
         }
+
+        public class RecentActivityAchievement
+        {
+            [JsonProperty("slug")]
+            public string Slug;
+
+            [JsonProperty("name")]
+            public string Name;
+        }
+
     }
 
     public enum RecentActivityType
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/DrawableRecentActivity.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/DrawableRecentActivity.cs
index 012418967f..282b2e242a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/DrawableRecentActivity.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/DrawableRecentActivity.cs
@@ -72,8 +72,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections.Recent
                         FillMode = FillMode.Fit,
                     };
 
-                case RecentActivityType.Medal:
-                    // TODO: add medal visual
+                case RecentActivityType.Achievement:
+                    return new MedalIcon(activity.Achievement.Slug)
+                    {
+                        RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
+                        Width = 60,
+                        FillMode = FillMode.Fit,
+                    };
+
                 default:
                     return new Container
                     {
@@ -91,7 +97,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections.Recent
             switch (activity.Type)
             {
                 case RecentActivityType.Achievement:
-                    return $"{userLinkTemplate} unlocked the {activity.AchivementName} achievement!";
+                    return $"{userLinkTemplate} unlocked the {activity.Achievement.Name} medal!";
 
                 case RecentActivityType.BeatmapPlaycount:
                     return $"{beatmapLinkTemplate} has been played {activity.Count} times!";
@@ -112,7 +118,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections.Recent
                     return $"{userLinkTemplate} has submitted a new beatmap {beatmapsetLinkTemplate}!";
 
                 case RecentActivityType.Medal:
-                    return $"{userLinkTemplate} has unlocked the {activity.AchivementName} medal!";
+                    // apparently this shouldn't exist look at achievement instead (https://github.com/ppy/osu-web/blob/master/resources/assets/coffee/react/profile-page/recent-activity.coffee#L111)
+                    return string.Empty;
 
                 case RecentActivityType.Rank:
                     return $"{userLinkTemplate} achieved rank #{activity.Rank} on {beatmapLinkTemplate} ({activity.Mode}!)";
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/MedalIcon.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/MedalIcon.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ef2b89269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Recent/MedalIcon.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Textures;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections.Recent
+{
+    internal class MedalIcon : Container
+    {
+        private readonly string slug;
+        private readonly Sprite sprite;
+
+        private string url => $@"https://s.ppy.sh/images/medals-client/{slug}@2x.png";
+
+        public MedalIcon(string slug)
+        {
+            this.slug = slug;
+
+            Child = sprite = new Sprite
+            {
+                Height = 40,
+                Width = 40,
+                Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+            };
+        }
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(TextureStore textures)
+        {
+            sprite.Texture = textures.Get(url);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
index cd40b42365..e420ec6b71 100644
--- a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Migrations\20180131154205_AddMuteBinding.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Overlays\Profile\Sections\Recent\DrawableRecentActivity.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Overlays\Profile\Sections\Recent\MedalIcon.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Overlays\Profile\Sections\Recent\PaginatedRecentActivityContainer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Overlays\Profile\SupporterIcon.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Online\API\Requests\GetFriendsRequest.cs" />