First place Yao Ming (professional basketball) The eighth member of the Beijing Olympics men's basketball team Annual income: 360 million yuan Yao Ming is not an Olympic champion, but he fully reflects the trend of international sports. A league with a higher degree of professionalism can provide participants with
Bring great returns.
Second place Liu Xiang (110-meter hurdles) withdrew from the first round of Beijing Olympic Games preliminary round. Annual income: 60 million yuan. As the most proud figure in Chinese track and field, Liu Xiang, like Yao Ming who also comes from Shanghai, has occupied a place for the Chinese in disadvantaged events.
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Liu Xiang endorsed 14 brands in 2007. In 2008, he added insurance, cola, and automobile brands. Although the endorsement prices of these three brands cannot be compared with Yao Ming, they are still in the range of 4 million to 5 million yuan.
Third place Guo Jingjing (diving) Olympic women's three-meter springboard single and double champion Annual income: 30 million yuan Two gold medals at the Olympics brought Guo Jingjing a reward of 2.7 million yuan from Hebei Province, plus rewards from two foundations in Hong Kong
, Guo Jingjing’s bonus in 2008 exceeded 5 million yuan.
Fourth place Yi Jianlian (professional basketball) The eighth member of the Beijing Olympics men's basketball team Annual income: 29 million yuan Yi Jianlian does not have any Olympic rewards, but he is one of the fastest-rising Chinese athletes in the rankings. In 2006, he played in Guangdong Hong Kong
The Yuan team's income did not exceed 2 million yuan, but in 2007 after being selected by the NBA, his annual income soared to 4.2 million yuan.
Fifth place Lin Dan (Badminton) Beijing Olympic Games badminton men's singles champion Annual income: 20 million yuan Lin Dan won his first Olympic gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. This was the fulfillment of his ultimate dream and also gave him advertising
A lot of value points.
Before the Olympics, Lin Dan had endorsed several brands such as Pepsi-Cola, Yili, 361°, Gatorade, L'Oreal, Sedum Beer, FedEx, KFC, etc. Although some of them were collective endorsements with the badminton team, his worth has risen to
More than 1 million yuan, and advertising revenue in 2008 exceeded 15 million yuan.
After the Olympics, he received awards at all levels, which totaled close to 4 million yuan.
Even without these incomes, Lin Dan can earn one million yuan a year just by playing basketball.
Sixth place Zhang Yining (table tennis) Beijing Olympic Games women's table tennis team and singles champion annual income: 11 million yuan Zhang Yining has been popular for many years. As the number one women's singles candidate in the national team, Zhang Yining's results are quite stable and she has become a target for advertisers.
The goal.
The two gold medals gave her more than 4 million yuan in bonuses. In addition, she endorses multiple brands, including three brands signed by the Chinese table tennis team and three independently endorsed brands.
The level of endorsement fees reaches one million yuan. In 2008, her income from advertising fees reached more than 6 million yuan.
Seventh place Zou Kai (Gymnastics) Olympic men's team, floor exercise, horizontal bar champion Annual income: 9 million yuan Zou Kai has received bonuses of 1.5 million yuan + 1.05 million yuan awarded by the country and Sichuan Province, and 1.6 million yuan awarded by Luzhou City
, a house worth one million yuan awarded by the Provincial Sports Bureau, and nearly 2 million yuan in bonuses from two sports foundations in Hong Kong.
Before and after the Olympics, Zou Kai endorsed several brands, including Coca-Cola and Samsung Electronics, but he only participated as a member of the gymnastics team, and the sponsorship fee he received was not too much.
After the Olympics, Zou Kai and his teammates endorsed watches, cars, and sports brands. Since they were not independent endorsements, their income did not exceed 2 million yuan.
Eighth place Ma Lin (table tennis) Beijing Olympic Games men's table tennis team and men's singles champion Annual income: 8.8 million yuan Ma Lin represented the wealthy province of Guangdong, and two gold medals earned him more than 5 million yuan in rewards.
In addition, it is an indisputable fact that the national table tennis leader has a high income. Ma Lin earns more than 2 million yuan a year just by playing national team and club games. He has signed more than three brands, which has brought him hundreds of millions of dollars.
Ten thousand yuan income.