Insight Rich list: Australia’s best-paid female athletes revealed, Minjee Lee, Ash Barty top the list
Australia’s top female athletes are, finally, making some real money. Which cash brackets do our top stars fall into? See the numbers here.
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Gone are the days of playing for pocket change and hot meals.
Australia’s top female athletes are, finally, making some real money.
Tennis has led the charge by stumping up equal prize money for both male and female athletes and though few sports are yet to follow suit, the gap is beginning to close.
The LPGA Tour has upped its game in the remuneration stakes and some Aussies have been big winners, headlined by world No.3 and 2022 US Open Champion, Minjee Lee.
Only this month we watched as record paydays were offered to the likes of Ash Gardner, Beth Mooney and Ellyse Perry at the inaugural Women’s Premier League Auction and those sudden windfalls were enough for each to crack our top-20 rich list.
Lucrative sponsorship deals helped surfing sweethearts Steph Gilmore and Sally Fitzgibbons cash-in last season and with the profile of women’s sport continuing to rise, such deals could soon be commonplace.
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Some household names failed to make the cut including superstar swimmer Ariarne Titmus, who boasts top sponsorship deals with Harvey Norman, Nike and Speedo. However, the swimming superstar should cash-in on her profile ahead of the Paris Olympics and feature near the pointy end in coming years.
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