20 richest athletes in 2012 Olympics Bashny.Net

Forbes magazine published a ranking of the athletes participating in the Summer Olympics in London, which earned more than anyone else in the last 12 months.

Roger Federer (Switzerland)




Sport: Tennis
Age: 30 years
Earnings last year: $ 54, 3 million
Record for a number of indicators: the number of Grand Slam tournaments won (17), length of stay in the status of the first racket of the world (288 weeks, including 237 - in a row), the amount of prize money in his career (more than $ 72 million).

LeBron James (USA)



Sport: Basketball
Age: 27 years
Earnings last year: $ 53 million
A player from NBA «Miami Heat" (small forward), champion of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing as part of team USA. In the 2011/2012 season, he was named the most valuable player of the finals.

Kobe Bryant (USA)



Sport: Basketball
Age: 33 year
Earnings last year: $ 52, 3 million
Shooting guard Team "Los Angeles Lakers" (in favor of this club all the professional career), the most valuable player of the season 2007/2008, the champion of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing as part of team USA.

Maria Sharapova (Russia)



Sport: Tennis
Age: 25 years
Earnings last year: $ 27, 1 million
The only Russian in the rankings. Honored Master of Sports, the winner of the four-time Grand Slam (singles), ex-first racket of the world.

Kevin Durant (USA)



Sport: Basketball
Age: 23 year
Earnings last year: $ 25, 5 million
A player from "Oklahoma City Thunder" best young sniper at the end of the 2009/2010 season, the most productive player of the season 2010/2011.

Carmelo Anthony (USA)



Sport: Basketball
Age: 28 years
Earnings last year: $ 22, 9 million
Small forward, a team player, "the New York Knicks' champion of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing as part of team USA.

Usain Bolt (Jamaica)



Sport: Athletics (Sprint)
Age: 25 years
Earnings last year: $ 20, 3 million
Three-time champion of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the five-time world champion. In 2008 and 2009, recognized as the best sportsman and athlete in the world. On the eve of the 2012 Olympics acted as a model at the presentation of the form of the national Olympic team of Jamaica.

Novak Djokovic (Serbia)



Sport: Tennis
Age: 25 years
Earnings last year: $ 19, 8 million
Five-time winner of Grand Slam singles titles, the former first racket of the world. Winner of the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing in singles.

Chris Paul (USA)



Sport: Basketball
Age: 27 years
Earnings last year: $ 19, 2 million
Player Team "Los Angeles Clippers" in 2006 in favor of the US team, which included was the 2008 Olympic champion in Beijing.

Li Na (China)



Sport: Tennis
Age: 30 years
Earnings last year: $ 18, 4 million
The first representative of China's top ten tennis players of the world, semifinalist at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Daron Williams (USA)



Sport: Basketball
Age: 28 years
Earnings last year: $ 18, 2 million
The away team "Brooklyn Nets", the champion of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing as part of team USA.

As Gasol (Spain)



Sport: Basketball
Age: 32 year
Earnings last year: $ 17, 2 million
Player Team "Los Angeles Lakers" party for Spain, as part of which was a silver medalist at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Serena Williams (USA)



Sport: Tennis
Age: 30 years
Earnings last year: $ 16, 3 million
Ex-first racket of the world in singles and doubles, 29-times winner of the Grand Slam tournaments, the champion of the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and both times - in the doubles, where she played with her older sister Venus Williams.

Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)



Sport: Tennis
Age: 22 year
Earnings last year: $ 13, 7 million
Danish tennis player, former first racket of the world in singles and junior, has Polish roots. Participant in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where reached the third round, losing to eventual champion Elena Dementieva.

Tony Parker (France)



Sport: Basketball
Age: 30 years
Earnings last year: $ 13, 1 million
A player from "San Antonio Spurs" (a three-time champion of the NBA), a member of the French national team in basketball, which included twice - in 2005 and 2011 - became the champion of Europe.

Andy Murray (Great Britain)



Sport: Tennis
Age: 25 years
Earnings last year: $ 12 million
The only representative of Great Britain in the men's hundred best rackets of the world (ranked second in 2009), a four-time finalist of the Grand Slam tournaments.

Emanuel Dzhenobili (Argentina)



Sport: Basketball
Age: 34 year
Earnings last year: $ 11, 5 million
The Argentine, in the national team was the champion of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens (at the same time was named the most valuable player of the Olympic basketball tournament) and bronze medalist at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Playing as a team, "San Antonio Spurs».

Andre Iguodala (USA)



Sport: Basketball
Age: 28 years
Earnings last year: $ 11, 4 million
Player Team "Philadelphia Seventy Sixers" (svingmen - combines the skills of small forward and shooting guard), world champion in 2010 in the national team of the United States.

Tyson Chandler (USA)



Sport: Basketball
Age: 29 years
Earnings last year: $ 11 million
The away team's "New York Knicks" (central), world champion in 2010 and champion of America, 2007 in the national team of the United States.

Marc Gasol (Spain)



Sport: Basketball
Age: 27 years
Earnings last year: $ 10, 9 million
The away team's "Memphis Grizzlies" and the national team of Spain, as part of which was a silver medalist at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, as well as the world champion in 2006 and European champion in 2009.

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