Chen Meng has made a remarkable impact at the 2024 Paris Olympics, not just for her gold medals but also for becoming the highest-earning Chinese athlete at these games.
Here’s a closer look at her incredible reward and the other top earners:
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Chen Meng’s reward
- Gold Medals: 2 (Women’s Singles and Women’s Team)
- Total Prize Money: US$525,000 (RM2.32 million)
- Gold from Guo Bin: 6 kg
Guo Bin, a real estate tycoon and husband of 2004 Athens gold medalist Wang Nan, promised 6 kg of gold to the women’s singles winner.
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Chen delivered by defeating Sun Yingsha and leading her team to gold in both events, reported NST.
Top Chinese athletes’ Olympic bonuses
- Chen Meng
- Total Prize Money: US$525,000 (RM2.32 million)
- Gold Medals: 2
- Gold from Guo Bin: 6 kg
- Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin
- Prize Money: US$270,000 each (RM1.18 million)
- Gold Medals: 1 (Mixed Doubles)
- Gold from Guo Bin: 3 kg each
- Fan Zhendong
- Prize Money: US$56,000 (RM245,376)
- Gold Medal: 1 (Men’s Singles)
- Chang Yani (Diver)
- Prize Money: US$105,000 (RM460,074)
- Sun Jiajun (Swimmer)
- Prize Money: US$95,000 (RM416,257)
- Sheng Lihao (Shooter), Chen Yiwen (Diver), and Quan Hongchan (Diver)
- Prize Money: US$63,000 each (RM276,046)
- Xiao Yanning and Xiang Binxuan (Artistic Swimmers)
- Prize Money: US$61,500 each (RM269,473)
Other things that you should know:
Zhangzhou City in Fujian Province is among the regions offering substantial rewards, pledging approximately US$168,000 (RM736,117) to its Olympic champions.
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China’s overall performance
Second place with 40 gold medals, 27 silver medals, and 24 bronze medals. China matched the US in gold medals but had 16 fewer silver medals, marking their second-best Olympic performance, behind the 48 gold medals won at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
