Nathan Chen vs Chloe Kim- Who is the Richer US Olympic Gold Medalist?

Published 03/12/2022, 1:36 PM EST

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Being an Olympic champion is indeed the proudest moment of an athlete’s life. It is not just a gold medal around your neck, it’s a statement that conveys, you are the best in the world. But there are certain questions that are always in a fan’s mind. Do the Olympic champions make a lot of money? Are they millionaires or ‘billionaires’? Or perhaps the most specific one: Who is richer, Chloe Kim or Nathan Chen?

While the 21-year-old snowboarder, Chloe Kim, won her second consecutive Olympic gold in her favorite halfpipe event at the Beijing Winter Olympics, it was the first-ever Olympic gold for the 22-year-old figure skater Nathan Chen. They both were the top performers for Team USA in Beijing.

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Chloe Kim’s net worth 2022

Given her incredible career and outstanding achievements, the two-time Olympic gold medalist is likely to be on the top bar in the terms of net worth as well. As per the data published by Celebrity Net Worth, the American superstar snowboarder has a net worth of $400 thousand. Although this data was published before the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022, that number can be expected much higher.

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Her Olympic salary and her annual income aren’t the only sources of her earnings. After becoming the Olympic champion, she has been part of a dozen endorsement deals, including the most recent GrubHub commercial she did with Mikaela Shiffrin and Nathan Chen.

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Nathan Chen net worth 2022

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With his spectacular performance to ‘Rocketman’ at the finals of the men’s figure skating short program, Nathan Chen was undoubtedly the best figure skater at the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022. And safe to say, being an Olympic champion comes with a lot of perks, both in terms of popularity as well as finance.

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The net worth of the best figure skater in the world is expected to be $2.5 million dollars. Now, given that he is the top American celebrity after the Olympics, that number could be a little higher without a doubt.

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It is important to state that their incomes far from speak for their caliber while competing. Tasting unprecedented success at a young age, they’ve redefined the odds and set records that overpower the experienced and even make the greats take notice.

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Saurav Panwar is a US Sports writer at EssentiallySports. A postgraduate in Media and Communication Studies, he shares a profound love for creative direction and filmmaking. Saurav is also an avid reader and a literature devotee whose fandom spreads from classics to sci-fi, non-fiction, plays, comics, and much more.
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