Data compiled by SwimSwam data guru Barry Revzin.
David Popovici came away from the 2022 European Aquatics Championships with not only a new World Record and new global superstardom, but he also came away with a significant payday for his efforts.
- Editor’s note 1: because current conversion rates between Euros and US dollars are close to 1:1, we have left conversions out of this article.
- Editor’s note 2: countries are free to divide relay money among relay members as they see fit. The text part of this analysis assumes that relay prize money is divided among only the participants in the final heats. Below, we have posted money totals based on both distribution models.
The 17-year old was the top earner at the meet by a significant margin, bringing home 19,000 Euros for his efforts in two-and-a-half individual swims.
Popovici won gold medals in both the 100 free and 200 free at the meet. The gold medal in the 200 free earned him €2,000, while the other €17,000 came from the 100 free.
Popovici earned the same €2,000 for the win, but added a €5,000 European Record bonus with his semifinals 46.98 in the 100 free and a €10,000 World Record bonus with his history-making 46.86 in finals. That swim broke Cesar Cielo’s old World Record of 46.91 that was set in a polyurethane suit in 2009.
The top female earner was Dutch sprinter Marritt Steenbergen. The latest standard-bearer for the famed Dutch women’s sprint group, Steenberger earned €5,500 for her efforts. That includes €4,000 for her two individual wins in the 100 and 200 freestyle, another €1,500 for her silver medal in the 200 IM, and €3,000 in estimated relay earnings.
She tied with Thomas Ceccon of Italy and Simona Quadarella of Italy as the top individual earners of the meet.
In total, 127 athletes (presuming only relay finals legs share in relay earnings) got a piece of the prize money. A total of 20 nations had athletes win prize money (matching the nations that wound up on the final medals table). The host country of Italy came away with the most money at €62,000, with Great Britain second at almost half of that total.
Prize money breakdown:
Individual events
- 1st: €2,000
- 2nd: €1,500
- 3rd: €1,000
Relays
- 1st: €3,500
- 2nd: €3,000
- 3rd: €2,500
Records
- Individual World Record: €10,000
- Individual European Record: €5,000
Earnings by Country
| Country | Earnings |
| Italy | €62,000 |
| Great Britain | €30,500 |
| Hungary | €28,000 |
| France | €27,000 |
| Netherlands | €21,500 |
| Romania | €19,000 |
| Sweden | €15,000 |
| Germany | €11,000 |
| Switzerland | €6,500 |
| Lithuania | €5,000 |
| Greece | €4,500 |
| Austria | €3,500 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | €3,000 |
| Poland | €2,500 |
| Ukraine | €2,000 |
| Israel | €2,000 |
| Portugal | €2,000 |
| Finland | €1,500 |
| Denmark | €1,500 |
| Turkey | €1,000 |
Earnings by Athlete – FINALS Relay Swimmers Only
Assumes relay money is evenly divided among all relay finals swimmers.
| Rank | name | country | indiv | relay | bonus | total |
| 1 | David Popovici | Romania | €4,000 | €0 | €15,000 | €19,000 |
| 2 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | €5,500 | €3,000 | €0 | €8,500 |
| 3 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | €5,500 | €2,500 | €0 | €8,000 |
| 4 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | €5,500 | €1,625 | €0 | €7,125 |
| 5 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | €4,000 | €2,250 | €0 | €6,250 |
| 6 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | €2,500 | €3,250 | €0 | €5,750 |
| 7 | Nicolò Martinenghi | Italy | €4,000 | €1,625 | €0 | €5,625 |
| 8 | Simona Quadarella | Italy | €5,500 | €0 | €0 | €5,500 |
| 9 | Marie Wattel | France | €3,000 | €1,625 | €0 | €4,625 |
| 10 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | €4,500 | €0 | €0 | €4,500 |
| 10 | Isabel Marie Gose | Germany | €4,500 | €0 | €0 | €4,500 |
| 12 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | €2,000 | €2,250 | €0 | €4,250 |
| 13 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | €4,000 | €0 | €0 | €4,000 |
| 14 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | €1,500 | €2,375 | €0 | €3,875 |
| 15 | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | France | €3,000 | €750 | €0 | €3,750 |
| 15 | Medi Harris | Great Britain | €1,500 | €2,250 | €0 | €3,750 |
| 17 | Lukas Märtens | Germany | €3,500 | €0 | €0 | €3,500 |
| 17 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | €3,500 | €0 | €0 | €3,500 |
| 17 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | €3,500 | €0 | €0 | €3,500 |
| 17 | Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas | Hungary | €3,500 | €0 | €0 | €3,500 |
| 17 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | €3,500 | €0 | €0 | €3,500 |
| 22 | Maxime Grousset | France | €1,500 | €1,625 | €0 | €3,125 |
| 23 | Antonio Djakovic | Switzerland | €3,000 | €0 | €0 | €3,000 |
| 23 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | €3,000 | €0 | €0 | €3,000 |
| 23 | Lana Pudar | Bosnia and Herzegovina | €3,000 | €0 | €0 | €3,000 |
| 26 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | €1,000 | €1,750 | €0 | €2,750 |
| 27 | James Wilby | Great Britain | €2,000 | €625 | €0 | €2,625 |
| 27 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | €2,000 | €625 | €0 | €2,625 |
| 27 | Freya Colbert | Great Britain | €1,000 | €1,625 | €0 | €2,625 |
| 30 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | €1,000 | €1,500 | €0 | €2,500 |
| 31 | Richárd Márton | Hungary | €1,500 | €875 | €0 | €2,375 |
| 32 | Matthew Richards | Great Britain | €0 | €2,250 | €0 | €2,250 |
| 32 | Thomas Dean | Great Britain | €0 | €2,250 | €0 | €2,250 |
| 32 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | €0 | €2,250 | €0 | €2,250 |
| 35 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | €2,000 | €0 | €0 | €2,000 |
| 35 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | €2,000 | €0 | €0 | €2,000 |
| 35 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | €2,000 | €0 | €0 | €2,000 |
| 35 | Analia Pigrée | France | €2,000 | €0 | €0 | €2,000 |
| 35 | Lisa Mamié | Switzerland | €2,000 | €0 | €0 | €2,000 |
| 35 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | €2,000 | €0 | €0 | €2,000 |
| 41 | Lorenzo Galossi | Italy | €1,000 | €750 | €0 | €1,750 |
| 42 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | €0 | €1,625 | €0 | €1,625 |
| 42 | Valerie van Roon | Netherlands | €1,000 | €625 | €0 | €1,625 |
| 42 | Ajna Késely | Hungary | €1,000 | €625 | €0 | €1,625 |
| 42 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | €0 | €1,625 | €0 | €1,625 |
| 46 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Benedek Kovács | Hungary | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Simone Cerasuolo | Italy | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Federico Poggio | Italy | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Dávid Verrasztó | Hungary | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Lisa Angiolini | Italy | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Martina Carraro | Italy | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Helena Rosendahl Bach | Denmark | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 60 | Stefano Di Cola | Italy | €0 | €1,375 | €0 | €1,375 |
| 60 | Hadrien Salvan | France | €0 | €1,375 | €0 | €1,375 |
| 60 | Wissam-Amazigh Yebba | France | €0 | €1,375 | €0 | €1,375 |
| 63 | Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Felix Auböck | Austria | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Henning Mühlleitner | Germany | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Damien Joly | France | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Lucas Matzerath | Germany | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Luca Pizzini | Italy | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Diogo Ribeiro | Portugal | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Jakub Majerski | Poland | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Gabriel Lopes | Portugal | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Pier Andrea Matteazzi | Italy | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Merve Tuncel | Turkey | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Martina Caramignoli | Italy | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Dóra Molnár | Hungary | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Imogen Clark | Great Britain | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 83 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Manuel Frigo | Italy | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Balázs Holló | Hungary | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Matteo Rivolta | Italy | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Imani de Jong | Netherlands | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Silke Holkenborg | Netherlands | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Janna van Kooten | Netherlands | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Hanna Rosvall | Sweden | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Charles Rihoux | France | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 95 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Dániel Mészáros | Hungary | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Marco De Tullio | Italy | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Gabriele Detti | Italy | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Antoine Viquerat | France | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Clément Secchi | France | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Sara Junevik | Sweden | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Sofia Åstedt | Sweden | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Pauline Mahieu | France | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Lucile Tessariol | France | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Elena Di Liddo | Italy | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 108 | Jacob Whittle | Great Britain | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Edward Mildred | Great Britain | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Enzo Tesic | France | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Roman Fuchs | France | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Valentin Bayer | Austria | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Simon Bucher | Austria | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Tessa Giele | Netherlands | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Nikolett Pádár | Hungary | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Lilla Minna Ábrahám | Hungary | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Björn Seeliger | Sweden | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Robin Hanson | Sweden | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Matteo Ciampi | Italy | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Alice Mizzau | Italy | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Antonietta Cesarano | Italy | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Jacob Peters | Great Britain | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
Earnings by Athlete – EVEN Split Among All Relay Swimmers
Assumes that all individuals who swam on either the prelims or finals leg of a relay receive an equal portion of the prize money for that relay.
| name | country | indiv | relay | bonus | total | |
| 1 | David Popovici | Romania | €4,000 | €0 | €10,000 | €14,000 |
| 2 | Marrit Steenbergen | Netherlands | €5,500 | €3,000 | €0 | €8,500 |
| 3 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy | €5,500 | €2,500 | €0 | €8,000 |
| 4 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | €5,500 | €1,625 | €0 | €7,125 |
| 5 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | €4,000 | €2,250 | €0 | €6,250 |
| 6 | Freya Anderson | Great Britain | €2,500 | €3,250 | €0 | €5,750 |
| 7 | Nicolò Martinenghi | Italy | €4,000 | €1,625 | €0 | €5,625 |
| 8 | Simona Quadarella | Italy | €5,500 | €0 | €0 | €5,500 |
| 9 | Marie Wattel | France | €3,000 | €1,625 | €0 | €4,625 |
| 10 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | €4,500 | €0 | €0 | €4,500 |
| 10 | Isabel Marie Gose | Germany | €4,500 | €0 | €0 | €4,500 |
| 12 | Louise Hansson | Sweden | €2,000 | €2,250 | €0 | €4,250 |
| 13 | Margherita Panziera | Italy | €4,000 | €0 | €0 | €4,000 |
| 14 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | €1,500 | €2,375 | €0 | €3,875 |
| 15 | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | France | €3,000 | €750 | €0 | €3,750 |
| 15 | Medi Harris | Great Britain | €1,500 | €2,250 | €0 | €3,750 |
| 17 | Lukas Märtens | Germany | €3,500 | €0 | €0 | €3,500 |
| 17 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | €3,500 | €0 | €0 | €3,500 |
| 17 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | €3,500 | €0 | €0 | €3,500 |
| 17 | Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas | Hungary | €3,500 | €0 | €0 | €3,500 |
| 17 | Benedetta Pilato | Italy | €3,500 | €0 | €0 | €3,500 |
| 22 | Maxime Grousset | France | €1,500 | €1,625 | €0 | €3,125 |
| 23 | Antonio Djakovic | Switzerland | €3,000 | €0 | €0 | €3,000 |
| 23 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania | €3,000 | €0 | €0 | €3,000 |
| 23 | Lana Pudar | Bosnia and Herzegovina | €3,000 | €0 | €0 | €3,000 |
| 26 | Alessandro Miressi | Italy | €1,000 | €1,750 | €0 | €2,750 |
| 27 | James Wilby | Great Britain | €2,000 | €625 | €0 | €2,625 |
| 27 | Maaike de Waard | Netherlands | €2,000 | €625 | €0 | €2,625 |
| 27 | Freya Colbert | Great Britain | €1,000 | €1,625 | €0 | €2,625 |
| 30 | Kira Toussaint | Netherlands | €1,000 | €1,500 | €0 | €2,500 |
| 31 | Richárd Márton | Hungary | €1,500 | €875 | €0 | €2,375 |
| 32 | Matthew Richards | Great Britain | €0 | €2,250 | €0 | €2,250 |
| 32 | Thomas Dean | Great Britain | €0 | €2,250 | €0 | €2,250 |
| 32 | Anna Hopkin | Great Britain | €0 | €2,250 | €0 | €2,250 |
| 35 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | €2,000 | €0 | €0 | €2,000 |
| 35 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | €2,000 | €0 | €0 | €2,000 |
| 35 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | €2,000 | €0 | €0 | €2,000 |
| 35 | Analia Pigrée | France | €2,000 | €0 | €0 | €2,000 |
| 35 | Lisa Mamié | Switzerland | €2,000 | €0 | €0 | €2,000 |
| 35 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | €2,000 | €0 | €0 | €2,000 |
| 41 | Lorenzo Galossi | Italy | €1,000 | €750 | €0 | €1,750 |
| 42 | Nándor Németh | Hungary | €0 | €1,625 | €0 | €1,625 |
| 42 | Valerie van Roon | Netherlands | €1,000 | €625 | €0 | €1,625 |
| 42 | Ajna Késely | Hungary | €1,000 | €625 | €0 | €1,625 |
| 42 | Lucy Hope | Great Britain | €0 | €1,625 | €0 | €1,625 |
| 46 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Benedek Kovács | Hungary | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Simone Cerasuolo | Italy | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Federico Poggio | Italy | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Matti Mattsson | Finland | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Dávid Verrasztó | Hungary | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Silvia Scalia | Italy | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Lisa Angiolini | Italy | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Martina Carraro | Italy | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Helena Rosendahl Bach | Denmark | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 46 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | Hungary | €1,500 | €0 | €0 | €1,500 |
| 60 | Stefano Di Cola | Italy | €0 | €1,375 | €0 | €1,375 |
| 60 | Hadrien Salvan | France | €0 | €1,375 | €0 | €1,375 |
| 60 | Wissam-Amazigh Yebba | France | €0 | €1,375 | €0 | €1,375 |
| 63 | Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Felix Auböck | Austria | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Henning Mühlleitner | Germany | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Damien Joly | France | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Ole Braunschweig | Germany | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Lucas Matzerath | Germany | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Andrius Šidlauskas | Lithuania | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Luca Pizzini | Italy | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Diogo Ribeiro | Portugal | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Jakub Majerski | Poland | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Gabriel Lopes | Portugal | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Pier Andrea Matteazzi | Italy | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Merve Tuncel | Turkey | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Martina Caramignoli | Italy | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Dóra Molnár | Hungary | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Imogen Clark | Great Britain | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Kotryna Teterevkova | Lithuania | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 63 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | €1,000 | €0 | €0 | €1,000 |
| 83 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Manuel Frigo | Italy | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Balázs Holló | Hungary | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Matteo Rivolta | Italy | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Imani de Jong | Netherlands | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Silke Holkenborg | Netherlands | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Janna van Kooten | Netherlands | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Hanna Rosvall | Sweden | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Sophie Hansson | Sweden | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Charles Rihoux | France | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Arno Kamminga | Netherlands | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 83 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands | €0 | €875 | €0 | €875 |
| 95 | Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Dániel Mészáros | Hungary | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Marco De Tullio | Italy | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Gabriele Detti | Italy | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Antoine Viquerat | France | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Clément Secchi | France | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Sara Junevik | Sweden | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Sofia Åstedt | Sweden | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Pauline Mahieu | France | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Béryl Gastaldello | France | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Lucile Tessariol | France | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Elena Di Liddo | Italy | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 95 | Silvia Di Pietro | Italy | €0 | €750 | €0 | €750 |
| 108 | Jacob Whittle | Great Britain | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Edward Mildred | Great Britain | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Enzo Tesic | France | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Roman Fuchs | France | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Bernhard Reitshammer | Austria | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Valentin Bayer | Austria | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Simon Bucher | Austria | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Heiko Gigler | Austria | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Kim Busch | Netherlands | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Tessa Giele | Netherlands | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Nikolett Pádár | Hungary | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Lilla Minna Ábrahám | Hungary | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Tes Schouten | Netherlands | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Björn Seeliger | Sweden | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Robin Hanson | Sweden | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Matteo Ciampi | Italy | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Alice Mizzau | Italy | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Antonietta Cesarano | Italy | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
| 108 | Jacob Peters | Great Britain | €0 | €625 | €0 | €625 |
We’re in the wrong sport here
Shouldn’t be any financial compensation however modest. The sport is already compromised by doping and adding a pay day is not a good idea. Keep it a sport in the best traditions of the word.
Yep, this is what Steve Prefontaine (track) was fighting the AAU about in the 70s.
Reality is for the national governing body to keep collecting money vs athletes.
Duplantis did his WR at the World Championships. A swimming WR at the World Championships is worth $50k. I couldn’t find any info about prize money at the European Athletics Championships (which are currently happening in Munich).
so swimmers need to start choosing where to break records
Breaks one of the craziest WR ever, barely makes enough to buy a compact car… theres something very wrong w our sport!
Popovici earned here the average weekly salary for Under 18 academy football players at top clubs in England… sucks that swimming is a niche sport
Meanwhile an ailing Tiger Woods is reported to have declined an offer of $700 – $800 Mio to play in the Saudi backed LIV series.
i’d like to see him curb his arrogance first. “Legend,” and “chlorine daddy?”. Saying he enjoys watching the fear in his competition. Guys twice the size of him.
Take it down a notch junior. Legendary time but he’s no legend yet.
Are you one of the people that don’t understand that “skinny legend” is a internet meme? xD
he seems to be one of those people that dont understand a lot of things
He’ll also get ~7500 euro per gold medal from Romania and maybe bonuses from his club.
After Worlds, besides the prize money there, he got 200 000 euro from the government(it was an exception, he should have gotten ~40k for the two medals I think), maybe bonuses from his club and sponsors, I don’t know there…
This is on top of the monthly pay of ~7000 euro from his club.
Maybe it’s not how much he deserves, but it’s decent for the low $$$ are there in swimming compared to other sports.
With this much focus on him, he’ll get much more from the contracts with sponsors.
Milák get’s 82181 USD (after tax) from the state, so from us.
Is this as a results of his results this summer or from one single meet or a yearly payment for being an athlete?