[아시아경제 노우래 기자] ○… ‘7.5 million dollars (8.91 billion won)’.
This is the income of Jin-young Ko (27, photo), who is second in the world rankings, last year. Forbes, an American economic magazine, announced on the 14th (Korean time) the income rankings for female sports players in 2021. Jinyoung Ko earned $7.5 million and came in sixth place. Last season, she swept five victories on the LPGA Tour in the United States, and became the first Korean player to take the first place in prize money ($3.502,161) for three consecutive years. Other than the prize money, it was found that the income was close to 4 million dollars.
Forbes explained that Jin-young Ko received various support from Korean companies that are popular for golf, and that “LG Electronics, Korean Air, and Jeju Samdasoo are sponsors.” The highest ranking of a Korean athlete in this category is 4th, recorded by Yuna Kim (ice skating) in 2014. Tennis star Naomi Osaka (Japan) earned $57.3 million. 1 for 3 years in a row since 2019. The prize pool is $2.3 million, and non-prize income is $55 million.
Serena Williams 2nd (Tennis, $45.9 million), Venus Williams 3rd (Tennis, $11.3 million), Simone Biles (Gymnastics, above US) 4th (US$10.1 million), Garvinje Mugurusa (Tennis, Spain) followed in fifth place ($8.8 million). PV Shindoo (Badminton, India) is in 7th place ($7.2 million), and Ashley Barty (Tennis, Australia) is in 8th ($6.9 million). World No. 1 Nelly Corda (Golf, USA) was ranked 9th ($5.9 million).
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