Discover the prize money for each medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games for French athletes
This is a question that everyone is asking themselves at the start of the Paris Paralympic Games competition. Will French athletes who win medals be entitled to the same prize money as those at the 2024 Olympic Games?
Prize money for French Paralympic medallists at Paris 2024
The French government is offering the same prize money to Paralympic athletes as at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. For a gold medal, the big winner will receive 80,000 euros. This money will be paid by the State itself. This is the same amount won by Althéa Laurin, Teddy Riner, Léon Marchand, etc.
As for the silver medal, it will allow you to win 40,000 euros, while the bronze is worth half, 20,000 euros. For the collective events, each athlete is awarded the same amount.
7 million euros at the 2024 Olympics
During the Olympic Games, the French won 64 medals, including 16 gold. This record cost the State 7 million euros to reward its athletes. In Hong Kong, a gold medalist receives 710,000 euros, in Singapore, 680,000 euros. In Italy, gold brings in 200,000 euros. On the other hand, be aware that in Sweden or New Zealand, medalists win… 0 euros. The important thing is to participate as Pierre de Courbertin said.
