American track and field athlete Ryan Crouser, who is said to have a net worth in the millions, set a record in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by winning a gold medal in the shot put.
The athlete defended his title in Men’s shotput with a throw of 22.90 m despite having an aching elbow. This throw was not his best, nor did it beat his best throw of 23.56 m, recorded at the World Championship.
Regardless, he says, “Shot is not an easy event. Right now, the past eight years have been the golden era of shotput.”
Ryan had doubted that his healing elbow would earn him a medal, but he successfully covered the longest distance. He has now set a record in Paris by winning three consecutive gold medals in 2016, 2020, and 2024 in the history of the Olympics.
Well, he has achieved a milestone in his career, so he is more likely to invite more opportunities in the coming future, and his net worth will supposedly spike from his previous estimations of $3 million.
Ryan Crouser owns the thousand-dollar-worth medal that contributed a lot to his net worth!
According to CNBN, the United States will be providing $38,000 to the Olympians who can secure gold medals. With three gold medals, Ryan has already garnered an amount of $114,000 only from the Olympic medal.
Additionally, the international athletics federation, World Athletics, declared that they would pay Olympic gold medal winners $50,000 from this Olympics onward at the Paris track and field program. In this regard, American track and field athlete Ryan might accumulate $150k from his three medals.
Furthermore, he has brand endorsements from top companies like NIKE and Experian. Due to his well-trained body, fitness brands like Throne and Sorinex have also sponsored him, which has significantly boosted his net worth.
Besides this, his huge following of 156k followers on Instagram has earned him contracts from companies for advertisements. So, considering all of his professional endeavors, Ryan Crouser’s current net worth is estimated to range from $3 million to $5 million.
Additional Infomation
- Ryan Crouser does not have a wife, as he has yet to marry. But he has been dating Megan Clark since 2018. Megan is a former professional pole vaulter who is studying medicine.
- As per the rumors, Brian Crouser is Ryan Crouser’s uncle, an American javelin thrower who participated in the 1998 Olympics in Seoul and then in Barcelona.
- During the 2021 Tokyo Olympic trials, Crouser began celebrating the moment the heavy ball left his hand. This is also when he broke the world record at 23.3 m.
