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2024 is a year in which female athletes stand out on global stages such as the Paris Summer Olympics. It seems that the players earned a lot of money as they received a lot of attention.

Recently, American sports business media Sportico announced the ‘2024 female sports player income rankings’.

It is said that among these, there are some Korean players that look familiar to us. Let’s take a look.

The person who ranked first in earnings for two consecutive years last year and this year was American tennis player Coco Goff, who earned $30.4 million (about 43.5 billion won). She is the favorite to win the 2023 US Open.

Second place goes to freestyle skier Gu Ailing, who earned $22.1 million (about 31.6 billion won). Born to an American father and a Chinese mother, she has been a member of the Chinese national team since 2019 and won a gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

At the time, what attracted as much attention as her medal was her beautiful appearance. Currently, she is also working as a fashion model and has graced the covers of famous fashion magazines.

Top tennis players ranked 3rd to 7th. 3rd place is Iga Cibiontech (Poland) with revenue of 21.4 million dollars (about KRW 30.6 billion), 4th place is Jeong Chin-won (China) with revenue of 20.6 million dollars (about KRW 29.5 billion), and 5th place is revenue of 17.7 million won. Arina Sabalenka (Belarus) with dollars (about KRW 25.3 billion), 6th place with dollars (about KRW 25.3 billion), 6th place with dollars (about KRW 25.3 billion) Naomi Osaka (Japan) ranked 7th with 22.7 billion won, and Emma Radukanu (United Kingdom) ranked 7th with 14.7 million dollars (about 21 billion won).

8th place is golfer Nellie Corda (USA) with earnings of $14.4 million (about KRW 20.6 billion), and 9th place is artistic gymnast Simone Biles (USA) with earnings of $11.13 million (about KRW 15.94595 million). ), 10th place is Caitlyn, a basketball player with earnings of $11.1 million (about KRW 15.9297 million) It was Clark (USA).

The two Korean players ranked 13th and 15th are famous not only for their skills but also for being members of a chaebol family.

Ranking 13th is tennis player Jessica Pegula, who was the women’s runner-up at this year’s US Open. She earned $8.2 million (about 11.7 billion won) this year, but her family is also quite wealthy. The net worth of his businessman father and Korean mother is a whopping $7 billion (about KRW 10.24 trillion). My father built his wealth through various businesses, including natural gas and real estate, and is said to be the 128th richest person in the world according to Forbes.

Lydia Ko, a Korean-born member of the New Zealand national golf team ranked 15th, proved her skills by winning a gold medal at this year’s Paris Olympics. This year, it earned $6.7 million (about 9.6 billion won). In addition, she became a hot topic by marrying Jeong Jun, the youngest son of Hyundai Card Vice Chairman Tae-young Jeong, in 2022.

It seems that the reason female sports players were able to earn such high profits was because they were recognized for their efforts to become the best.

I look forward to seeing what brilliant performances the players will show next year.

Reporter Kim Jae-ryeong kimjae@

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