Text\Jianghu Xiaowu
"How much reward can the Olympic champions of each country get?"
Although the Tokyo Olympics has ended, topics related to the Olympics are still hotly discussed. Many of them are very concerned about whether the Olympic champions will get it. However, there are huge differences between countries on this issue.
There are endless news about the 14-year-old girl Quanhongchan who became famous after winning the diving gold medal. She received housing, shops and cash sponsorship, but her father personally confirmed that he will not accept any housing or cash sponsorship. The news of Quan Hongchan winning the gold medal instantly cooled down.
In contrast, after young shooter Yang Qian won her first gold medal in the Olympic Games, some companies stepped forward in a high-profile manner and presented her with a house. Before the Olympic Games, reward lists for former Olympic champions such as Yi Siling and Zhang Jike were also circulated on the Internet, all of which were in the tens of millions.
In fact, our country's Olympic champion rewards have a very clear reward amount at the national level. In 1984, Xu Haifeng was awarded 9,000 yuan after winning the gold medal, and his salary was increased by four levels, from 51.5 yuan to 98 yuan. The Barcelona Olympic champion is rewarded 80,000, Sydney is rewarded 150,000, Athens is 200,000, Beijing is 350,000, London is 500,000, and at the Rio Olympics it is reduced to 200,000. I wonder how much the Tokyo Olympic champion will get?
In fact, compared with championship rewards in other countries, the distribution of our championship player rewards is very complicated. In addition to national-level rewards, there are also local levels, corporate levels, and Fok Ying-tung Sports Fund rewards the gold medalists of each Olympic Games with a weight of 1,000 grams. A solid gold medal and $80,000, and of course incalculable sponsorship revenue.
After the tiered rewards, some netizens concluded that former Guangdong Olympic champion Yi Siling received a total of 11.27 million in rewards, while Shandong Olympic champion Zhang Jike received 9.8 million in rewards. Of course, this number is not just cash, but also includes converted amounts such as cars and houses.
How do countries in the world reward their Olympic champions? The host Japan Olympic Committee, which has just achieved the best record in the Olympic Games, announced that it will pay 5 million yen (approximately RMB 290,000) in bonuses to Tokyo Olympic gold medalists, 2 million yen for silver medals, and 1 million yen for bronze medals.
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese team won 27 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 17 bronze medals for a total of 58 medals. For this reason, the total bonus issued by the Japanese Olympic Committee will exceed 400 million yen, setting a record. Japan’s bonus distribution rules are that everyone can receive bonuses for multi-person events such as teams, relays, and pairs, and bonuses can be accumulated for players who have won multiple medals.
Take the 24 athletes who won baseball gold medals and the 15 athletes who won softball gold medals as examples. Each of them can receive a reward of 5 million yen. The person who received the most individual bonuses is the gymnast with 2 gold medals and 1 silver. Hashimoto Daiki , the total bonus is as high as 12 million yen.
As the U.S. team ranked first in both the gold medal list and the medal list, the reward for the champion is US$37,500 (approximately RMB 242,000), the silver medal is US$22,500 (approximately RMB 145,000), and the bronze medal is US$15,000 (approximately RMB 145,000). 97,000 yuan). Compared with Japan, the gold medals in multi-person events such as team and pairs in the United States need to share the prize money equally. In addition, American athletes can also receive incentives such as health insurance, the best medical conditions and college tuition subsidies.
The rewards for the top three delegations on the gold medal list, and the reward methods for some countries that have not won many gold medals are even more varied and full of surprises. For example, weightlifter Edilyn Diaz, who won the first Olympic gold medal for Philippines , in addition to US$600,000 in cash, also received two luxury apartments donated by Filipino Chinese rich man Wu Congman.
Malaysia , which has only won 11 medals in 13 competitions in the past Olympic Games, has a gold medal reward of US$241,000, a silver medal bonus of US$150,000, and a bronze medal award of US$24,000. Unfortunately, the Malaysian athletes only won the medal because of their poor performance. 1 silver 1 copper. In contrast, Australia, which ranks high on the medal list, is very stingy with its championship rewards, and the amount is not as much as Malaysia's bronze medal.
Although Russia, a major sports country, can only participate in the Tokyo Olympics in the name of the Russian Olympic Committee, their rewards for athletes are also very rich, similar to ours. In addition to bonuses, they also include cars and housing.
Perhaps the most bizarre reward came from South Africa, when rowers Sizwe Ndlovu, Matthew Brittain, John Smith, and James Thompson won the men's lightweight class at the London 2012 The four-person rowing event won the championship and each person received a cow.
Although there are many Indians in a populous country, they are not very competitive in the Olympic Games. They only won 1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze results, but the rewards are generous. Mirabai Chanu, the middle silver medalist, received US$350,000. bonus and was promised a promotion by the Indian Railways.
In contrast, for Korean male athletes, the biggest attraction of winning an Olympic medal may not be the bonus, but the exemption from 18 months of mandatory military service.
