August 15th 2024.
After a thrilling and successful Olympic Games in Paris, many athletes are now returning home with not just medals, but also a hefty amount of prize money. Among the top earners are Lin Yu-ting and Leon Marchand, who have both made a name for themselves in their respective sports.
While some countries like Great Britain did not offer prize money to their medal-winning athletes, other nations were more generous in their rewards. Hong Kong, in particular, stood out by giving out a whopping HK$6 million to any athlete who brought home a gold medal from Paris. This was a huge motivation for fencers Cheung Ka-long and Vivian Kong Man-wai who emerged as the top earners with their gold medal wins.
Not far behind are three athletes from Taiwan who were each awarded NT$20 million for their outstanding performances in the Olympics - Lin Yu-ting, Wang Chi-lin, and Lee Yang. The Philippines' new gymnastics star, Carlos Yulo, follows closely in third place, making him the highest earner among athletes who won more than one medal in Paris.
Cheung Ka-long and Carlos Yulo may have won big amounts in prize money, but it was not just them who were rewarded handsomely. Iran's three gold medalists - Saeid Esmaeili Leivesi, Arian Salimi, and Saravi Mohammadhadi - were each given 18 billion tomans by their country, placing them at fourth in the prize money table.
At the top of the table are the two fencers Cheung Ka-long and Vivian Kong Man-wai, who both took home a staggering £599,000 in prize money. Following closely behind are Lin Yu-ting, Wang Chi-lin, and Lee Yang from Taiwan, who each received £481,000 for their gold medal wins. Gymnast Carlos Yulo takes the third spot with his impressive performance and earnings of £355,000.
Leon Marchand, the swimming sensation from France, is the second-highest earner among athletes who won multiple medals with a total of €80,000 for each of his four gold medals, plus an additional €20,000. Behind him at sixth place are Lasha Bekauri, Geno Petriashvili, and Lasha Talakhadze from Georgia, who were each awarded one million Georgian lari (approximately £289,000) for their gold medal wins.
In seventh place are Rizki Juniansyah and Veddriq Leonardo from Indonesia, who won gold medals and received five billion Indonesian rupiah each. Eighth place goes to Hungary's Tamara Csipes, who won two silver medals and a bronze in canoeing and received HUF 39.27 million for each silver and HUF 32.35 million for the bronze.
The ninth spot is shared by four Turkish athletes, including their viral pistol shooter Yusuf Dikec, who were each given 600 Turkish liras worth of Republic gold for their silver medal wins. And finally, in tenth place, is Italy's star gymnast Alice D'Amato, who won one gold and one silver medal and received €180,000 and €90,000 respectively.
It's safe to say that these athletes not only made their countries proud with their performances at the Olympics, but also secured a comfortable future with their impressive earnings. As we eagerly await the next Olympic Games in 2024, it will be interesting to see who will rise to the top and become the new record-breaking earners.
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