Singapore offers the highest known payout for an individual gold medalist at 1 million Singapore dollars, plus rewards of 500,000 for silver medalists and 250,000 for bronze medalists. So what kind of consistent salaries do athletes get? Swimming, there's a lot of money, gymnastics, there's a lot of money. Shes not the only one taking home an extracurricular prize, either. Olympic athletes do not get paid by just attending the Olympic Games. Although the medal bonuses help, it is not enough money to live off of, especially when the Olympic Games only occur every four years. Another win for athletes: if their gross income is $1 million or less, their winnings won't be taxed, either. The 34-year-old rower competed in the men's eight, but he also works as a chemical engineer. as well as other partner offers and accept our. Maggie: You know, a lot of girls on our team are coaches. Still, these exemptions can be critical for prolonging an athletes career. If you're on the Burton team you're probably getting a salary and most expenses paid. But I wouldn't be upset if in the future, we were able to make some more money and not necessarily have to have two jobs. So if I can do that while I'm at one point working two jobs and DoorDash and everything like that, then I can't imagine what I can do if I didn't have to do that. This is a BETA experience. Some countries consider the medal bonuses taxable income while others make that money exempt. It really set me back financially. How 15 U.S. Olympians Actually Make Money They've taught, modeled and engineered their way to Rio. Additionally, Olympians can receive an athletic grant or part-time job through the Olympic Job Opportunities Program. A first-place finish in an Olympic individual event is worth roughly $380,000, and athletes can earn another half that amount for setting an Olympic record. But countries bonus schemes can differ in ways other than the amount. But each of the young athletes also will receive more than $205,000 for their success. Eko Yuli Irawan is the delegations best performer so far in Tokyo, having captured a silver in the mens 61-kilogram division of weightlifting. $15,000 - Olympic silver medal. Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. Runner Brandon Hudgins has lived on $15,000 to $18,000 a year since 2011. Valentina Rodini and Federica Cesarini of Italy won gold in the women's lightweight double sculls. For Olympic athletes who may not be big names quite yet, they often receive funding from friends or family and local businesses. South Korea: $55,000 (The special bonus will be explained momentarily.) For example, a gold winner for Team USA would clinch $37,500 for their efforts while their counterpart in Singapore would receive $737,000 nearly 20 times more. [1][2] Countries like Singapore and India, sports have heavy government involvement and athletes are given high monetary reward for winning an Olympic medal as a means to promote the growth of sporting culture in those countries. In the UK, the Government does put aside around $160 million (114.7 million) each and every year, which is given to Olympic and Paralympic sports. mandatory military service following their training. The financial strain is huge. How much does Russia pay for gold medal? Beijing individual gold medalists are entitled to 3,049 BSB, or about $143,000 at the current level. Moments of Olympic glory aren't just paybacks for years of hard work. Incentives by Country (USD equivalent in 2021) Countries Gold Silver; Russia: $61,000: $38,000: Serbia: $71,210: $59,342: Singapore: $737,000: But that money doesn't come from the International Olympic Committee. The nation also dropped rewards for team officials. Unfortunately, this exacerbates the inequality of the Olympicsonly some countries have enough disposable athletic funding to dole out payments to anyone who trains or wins medals. Usain Bolt Celebrating at the Beijing Olympics. Sixty percent of elite athletes don't consider themselves financially stable. Plus, how the winnings stack up for individual and team event athletes. That makes its bonuses all the more eye-popping: Paying roughly $212,000 per gold, $106,000 per silver and $71,000 per bronze at last summers exchange rateand the same for athletes in team eventsthe nation shelled out more than $9 million for its haul in Tokyo. The IOC has recently eased Rule 40, which prohibited athletes from making money off their image rights before, during, and after the Olympics. Dozens of countries are offering bonuses to athletes who claim one of the 327 medals available across the 15 sports at the Beijing Olympics, which officially kick off with todays opening ceremony. As long as the athlete's other earnings don't exceed $1 million, the medal . Do Olympic athletes get paid? 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Additionally, Olympians can receive an athletic grant or part-time job through the Olympic Job Opportunities Program. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. So, the Chinese medalists will at least be fashionable. That's been hard to come by because people don't know water polo. What you stand to earn by grabbing medals: $20,000 - Olympic gold medal. Actual swimming competitions bring in less than 2% of his income, but those medals still paid out a cool $1.89 million. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. And gymnast Simone Biles no doubt makes a massive chunk of change from her deals with Uber Eats, Nike, Visa, and more. However, if an athlete earns a medal, there is a medal bonus attached to it. Hungary's national Olympic committee is one of many that awards bonuses for medals at the Games. 11 on this list for giving its Olympic gold medalists a lifetime allowance of 4,600 euros per year ($5,500), with additional support as they approach retirement age. Ahead of the Games, Forbes reached out to the national Olympic committees or government sports ministries of all 91 countries and territories set to compete and was able to confirm that at least 32 will pay cash prizes for medals; only four of the respondents do not plan to pay their athletes some sort of bonus explicitly for winning medals. This year, U.S. Olympians can expect to receive $37,500 for each gold medal they win, $22,500 for each silver, and $15,000 for each bronze from the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee. Here's a look at how much money medalists from 12 countries could take home, based on data compiled by CNBC from various national Olympic committees, sport associations as well as personal finance site Money Under 30. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. "Its, 'Sponsor me because look at the money that I brought you last year in these events and this is what I plan to bring you next year.'". For Olympic athletes who may not be big names quite yet, they often receive funding from friends or family and local businesses. Lauryn: During the course of my career, I was really fortunate. But that's nothing when it comes to other countries who. In 2012, CNBC cited Italy as the country with the world's highest payout, offering its athletes $182,400 for each gold medal. The Portuguese government, for instance, will pay about $56,000 per gold medal, plus about $17,000 for a record. Some of that money is provided for annual athlete training and stipends. For example, speed skater Mitch Whitmore said he received a nine-month stipend that paid for his training and living expenses after finishing fourth in a 2017 competition. . S$1,000,000, S$500,000, S$250,000, for Gold, Silver, and Bronze, respectively. Its free! But the select few who are able to scale the podium339 sets of medals are set to be awarded at the Tokyo Games, across 33 sportsmay find that their countries are willing to make it all worth their while. Narrator: Nailing a coveted sponsorship is hard. 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Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. The sporting economy in the U.S. allows athletes to better monetize their talents as most of it is driven by the private sector, according to Unmish Parthasarathi, founder and executive director at consulting firm Picture Board Partners. Insuring the Olympics a $2.5 billion affair. These logos will appear on the athletes' clothing during non-Olympic competitions, though. At the same Olympiad, German medalists got a lifetime supply of beer, and Belarusian winners received a stockpile of sausage. But, due to the nations massive doping scandal, medalists wont get to hear their national anthem when they scale the podium. The International Olympic Committees Rule 40 severely limits which sponsors and partners athletes can promote at the Games, and many athletes have had a difficult time profiting off their Olympic experience. Narrator: The International Olympic Committee doesn't award athletes cash prizes for medals. [21] The programme's name was changed to Major Games Award Programme (MAP) in 2018. Today, the bronze medalist heads back to work as a risk analytics consultant for Deloitte. Olympians who actually earn a gold, silver, or bronze medal at the Olympics have actually been able to receive between $10,000 and $30,000 for selling their medals online, according to USA Today.