Last Sunday, a survey by the financial website Money Under 30 compared how much each country pays for each medal in the world. Tokyo Olympics. By the numbers, Brazil ranks tenth, but is ahead of the United States and Japan, the host country of this year’s Games. Below, see the table with the values already converted to the real ones.
> Remember Brazil’s 34 gold medals in the Olympic Games
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• Singapore: 3.86 million (gold) // 1.93 million (silver) // 1.48 million (bronze)
• Hong Kong: 3.34 million (gold) // 1.67 million (silver) // 836.78 thousand (bronze)
• Kazakhstan: 1.29 million (gold) // 779 thousand (silver) // 389 thousand (bronze)
• Malaysia: 1.25 million (gold) // 375 thousand (silver) // 125 thousand (bronze)
• Italy: 1.10 million (gold) // 551 thousand (silver) // 367 thousand (bronze)
• Philippines: 1.03 million (gold) // 99 thousand (silver) // 40 thousand (bronze)
• Hungary: 870 thousand (gold) / 652 thousand (silver) // 496 thousand (bronze)
• France: 337 thousand (gold) / 129 thousand (silver) // 77 thousand (bronze)
• Russia: 317 thousand (gold) // 197.5 thousand (silver) // 135 thousand (bronze)
• Brazil: 250 thousand (gold) // 150 thousand (silver) // 100 thousand (bronze)
• Japan: 233 thousand (gold) // 93 thousand (silver) // 46 thousand (bronze)
• United States: 194 thousand (gold) // 116 thousand (silver) // 77 thousand (bronze)
• South Africa: 192 thousand (gold) / 98 thousand (silver) // 36 thousand (bronze)
• Canada: 83K (Gold) // 62K (Silver) // 41K (Bronze)
• Australia: 77K (Gold) // 57K (Silver) // 36K (Bronze)
Money Under 30 also reported that Malaysia still pays medal holders monthly stipends for the rest of their lives, that is, for life. These salaries range from $1,182 thousand (about 6,156.5 thousand Brazilian real) for gold, $709 (about 3,92.9 thousand Brazilian real) for silver and $473 (about 2,463.7 thousand Brazilian real) for bronze.
The site also says that there are other forms of support for Olympic athletes in the United States, such as health insurance offered by Elite Athlete Health Insurance.
Athletes can also apply for special grants, as noted in the “Money Under 30” report, which includes assistance with college education through SOPC’s Athletes Professional Education Program, a social club based on “friendship and philanthropy.”
The United Kingdom, on the other hand, does not offer specific medal rewards, but allocates 125 million pounds (about 905.7 million R$) in government and lottery funds to the Olympics and Paralympics each year, some of which, the site notes, go to annual scholarships for athletes.
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