SecondIn some countries, a house, a new car, a lifetime pension or up to millions of cash is the salary for an Olympic gold medal. The German athlete’s victory in Tokyo will receive 20,000 Euros, which they have enjoyed for many years, with a silver medal of 15,000 Euros and a bronze medal of 10,000 Euros, as well as eighth place (1,500 Euros). The kayaker said: “It’s a bit too little. You also represent the country. You want more recognition.” Sydris Tassiadis, He won a prize as the Olympic runner-up in 2012.
The Augsburg man is not the only top German athlete to be criticized. Rowing world champion Oliver Zeidler also announced that he thinks the golden salary is “a bit embarrassing” and “you should at least add zero.”
Deutsche Sporthilfe does not regard premiums as a core task and refuses to increase requests. “We cannot and do not want to increase this,” CEO Thomas Berlemann said in an interview with German News Agency. “That is not our job, because we have made permanent promotion, that is, support on the road to success, as our mission.”
However, if sponsors show up and say they want to increase the premium, “we are open to this,” he added. The motivation of athletes is not the Olympic bonus. Ideally, winning the gold medal is a greater motivation. “Our mission is not only to reward success, but to continuously train athletes and ensure that they can succeed and eventually enter our’Hall of Fame’,” Berlayman emphasized. In other countries, insurance premiums are paid by the state, while in Germany it is funded by Sporthilfe.
For canoe slalom world champion Andrea Herzog, bonuses are not a problem. “I don’t care about this at all. I don’t do this sport to make money,” she said. “If I want to use it to make money, then I am wrong in this sport. I want to participate in the Olympics because this is the greatest thing in sports.”
Swordsman Max Hatton I believe that continuous support is more important than a successful one-time reward, and thank him for being able to “professionally engage in my sport for 12 years”, thanks to the monthly Sporthilfe transfer. In addition, the spokesperson for the German athletes also expressed doubts about the terrible bonuses paid elsewhere. “Countries that hope to improve their national prestige through sports success, especially authoritarian countries pay high insurance premiums, thereby creating a huge incentive to deceive and do everything possible,” said Hatong. “I don’t want to start going to another country.”
