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Highest annual earnings for a track athlete (current year)

Highest annual earnings for a track athlete (current year)
Who
Usain Bolt
What
32,500,000 US dollar(s)
Where
Not Applicable
When
June 2016

Usain Bolt (Jamaica) earned $32.5 million (£22.2 million) from June 2015 to June 2016, a year that saw him add to his gold medal tally by winning the 100 m and 200 m events at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Of this sum, the vast majority ($30 million; £20.5 million) came from endorsements. Bolt's biggest sponsor is Puma, from whom he earned more than $10 million (£6.8 million) that year.