If you are from Slovenia who wins an Olympic gold medal in Beijing, how much financial incentive will you receive from grateful authorities back home? Here’s the figure released by the Slovenian Olympic Committee:
Gold medalist: 39,350 euros (62,920 U.S. dollars)
Silver medalist: 30,400 euros (48,609 dollars)
Bronze medalist: 21,450 euros (34,298 dollars).
Gold medalists in team sports will each receive 10,000 euros (15,990 dollars) from the Slovenian Olympic Committee in addition to the one-off 96,750 euros (154,703 dollars) that the state is giving to the whole team.
To see the financial incentives received by Olympians from other countries, visit How Much Money Do Olympians Make.
Info source: xinhua
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