The phrase "achieving second place" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a person or team's success in a competition or event where they come in second place. For example: - Despite their efforts, the team fell just short of achieving second place in the tournament. - After months of training, she finally achieved second place in the marathon. - The company's goal was to achieve second place in market share within the next year.
His best Formula One season came in 1958, when he was the fourth-placed driver, achieving second place in the German event and third in the British.
**Mitt Romney Mark II ** The Mitt Romney Mark I made amazing strides in the field of Presidential politics (ultimately achieving second place before self-destructing).
Ukip was disappointed to win only one seat – Clacton – but it has taken heart from achieving second place in 120 seats.
Mitt Romney Mark II The Mitt Romney Mark I made amazing strides in the field of Presidential politics (ultimately achieving second place before self-destructing).
Top Hat was the most successful picture of Astaire and Rogers' partnership (and Astaire's second most successful picture after Easter Parade), achieving second place in worldwide box-office receipts for 1935.
Feng was a member of the silver medal-winning Singapore women's team at the World Team Championships in Guangzhou in 2008, and also defeated the top seed Zhang Yining from China in the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup held in Sapporo between 29 and 30 March 2008, eventually achieving second place behind China's Guo Yue.
Achieving third place by late September appeared to have drained Ranieri's players.
United would remain under the control of a vastly experienced 64-year-old who, despite his recent struggles, has worked his way through poor results before in a stellar career for clubs and his home country the Netherlands, winning the Champions League at Ajax in 1995, reaching the final with Bayern Munich in 2010 and achieving third place at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Five years earlier, she achieved second place at Eurovision with the vivacious and celebratory Hi (Alive).
However, he will face not Mr Moin, who limped home in fifth place, but Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, a hardline religious conservative and mayor of the capital, Tehran, who came from nowhere to achieve second place.
At the 2013 US Open in Las Vegas, NV (July 2-6), Ariel Hsing '17 achieved second place in women's doubles, mixed doubles, and U-21 women's singles (ITTF world tour event).
