For many of the world’s top athletes, the Olympics represents the peak of their career not only as a sporting accomplishment, but in earning potential as well.
For many of the world’s top athletes, the Olympics represents the peak of their career not only as a sporting accomplishment, but in earning potential as well. In addition to receiving bonus checks for landing themselves on the medal stand — each gold medalist for Team USA received $37,500 at the most recent summer games — successful competitors will have their best opportunity to land lucrative endorsement deals. Though the 224 athletes representing the United States this month have been training to perform as well as possible, they also need to manage their money well beyond when they get back from China. Here’s the best financial advice five American athletes headed to Beijing for the Winter Olympic Games say they ever received.
