Winter Olympics is an international sporting athletic competition that takes place once in four years. This time it is officially known as XXIV Olympic Winter Games or commonly referred to as Beijing 2022. Winter Olympics 2022 is scheduled to be held in Beijing.
As we know that Winter Olympics has already begun, from 4th February 2022. The Olympics consists of 91 countries participating. However, there were many issues that rose and many countries were not permitted to participate in the winter competition. Nevertheless, the Olympics is back in full form, so let’s take a look at the details of the game, Winter Olympics 2022 Prize Money: How Much Olympic Athletes Can Earn for Winning Medals, And Sponsorship.
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Winter Olympics 2022 Prize Money: How Much Olympic Athletes Can Earn for Winning Medals
When we talk about athletics, all participants eye on the winner’s prize, apart from winning a medal, they also get their hands on heft sums as prize money from their respective nations. Here we have provided a list of all the countries and the prize money each player gets for winning either of the three medals- Gold, Silver, and Bronze. So check it out now.
| Countries | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | $1,000,000 | $500,000 | $250,000 |
| Indonesia | $746,000 | $378,000 | $188,000 |
| Kazakhstan | $250,000 | $150,000 | $75,000 |
| Azerbaijan | $248,000 | $124,000 | $62,000 |
| Italy | $166,000 | $83,000 | $55,000 |
| France | $55,000 | $22,000 | $14,000 |
| Hungary | $125,000 | $89,000 | $71,000 |
| Russia | $61,000 | $38,000 | $26,000 |
| USA | $37,500 | $22,500 | $15,000 |
| South Africa | $37,000 | $19,000 | $7,000 |
| Germany | $22,000 | $17,000 | $11,000 |
| Canada | $16,000 | $11,000 | $8,000 |
Prize Money: Winter Olympics 2022 USA
According to a report by NBC, it is known to us that the U.S. Olympic winners get $37,500 for winning gold, $22,500 for winning silver, and $15,000 for winning bronze. The catch here is that the US offers this sum on each medal, so for instance if an athlete tries to get two gold medals along with a bronze, he packs a total sum of $90,000.
In reality, there was an athlete named Caeleb Dressel, who won five gold medals and made $187,500 at the recently held Tokyo Olympics 2020.