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Canadian Olympic athlete salaries leak publicly and they're quite surprising

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Daniel Lucente
July 31, 2024  (5:11 PM)
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Team Canada Olympian holding a gold medal at the Olympics
Photo credit: USA Today

The exact amount of cash that Canadian athletes, as well as those from other countries receive when they win a medal at the Olympics, has been revealed.

Sarah-Florence Benjamin is a journalist from the French newspaper the "Journal de Montreal", and she revealed to everyone how much money athletes are paid when they win a medal at the Olympics, which are currently being held in Paris, France.

"Olympic medals don't hold the same value for all athletes. Since no cash prize is associated with the medals, it's the countries that decide to reward—or not—their athletes. They also determine the size of the prize."

- Sarah-Florence Benjamin

Not every athlete will receive the exact same reward for winning a medal, as some countries are more willing to commit greater amounts of dollars towards their athletes. Canadian athletes are not rewarded as well as athletes from other countries, which is very unfortunate, as the Government of Canada should be doing better to help grow athleticism in the country.

CANADA

Gold medal: $20,000
Silver medal: $15,000
Bronze medal: $10,000

FRANCE

Gold medal: $119,837 CAD
Silver medal: $59,918 CAD
Bronze medal: $29,959 CAD

UNITED STATES

Gold medal: $51,667 CAD
Silver medal: $31,000 CAD
Bronze medal: $20,667 CAD

HONG KONG

Gold medal: $1,060,858 CAD
Silver medal: $530,429 CAD
Bronze medal: $265,215 CAD
4th: $132,607 CAD
5th: $66,304 CAD

SINGAPORE

Gold medal: $1,028,195 CAD
Silver medal: $514,098 CAD
Bronze medal: $257,049 CAD

UNITED KINGDOM, SWEDEN, AND NORWAY

These countries offer no cash prize to their medallists.

KAZAKHSTAN

Gold medal: $13,110 and a three-room apartment
Silver medal: $8,740 and a two-room apartment
Bronze medal: $4,370 and a one-room apartment

One interesting country is Morocco, who rewards athletes all the way down to the 25th position. Those coming in 25th will be given $6,979 CAD, and those in 8th place receive a generous amount of $30,000 CAD.

In Italy, a gold medal winner receives $270,000 CAD.

Wow just $37,500 (all figures USD) as a monetary award to win a gold medal for the U.S. in the Olympics compared to Singapore where you earn $737,000 to win a gold medal or Taiwan at $716,000.

U.S needs to figure out a way to increase the monetary award for a gold medal.

#Olympics #olympics2024 #olympicgames

Many athletes receive well over $100,000 in bonuses from their countries if they win medals, however the maximum amount a Canadian athlete gets is only $20,000. Canadian athletes deserve better treatment.

Source: Habs Fanatics
The exact salary that comes with a medal at the 2024 Olympic Games is revealed


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