Which South-East Asian countries actually pay their professional athletes?

Which countries pay their Olympic athletes?

• Answer:

  Thai Incentives Gold medalist = $314,000 Silver medalist = $187,788 Bronze medalist = $125,213 Philippine Incentives Gold medalist = US$220,000 Azerbaijan Incentives: Gold: AZN 100,000 and NOC-AZN 50,000 Silver: AZN 50,000 and NOC AZN 30,000 Bronze: AZN 25,000 and AZN 20,000 The AZN amounts are converted to the following: AZN 100,000 = USD 123,777 AZN 50,000 = USD 61,888 AZN 25,000 = USD 30,944 I honestly don't know the difference between AZN and NOC-AZN. Russia Incentives: Gold medalist: 100,000 euros (US$150,000) Silver medalist: 60,000 euros (US$90,000) Bronze medalist: 40,000 euros (US$60,000) Slovenia Incentives: Individual events: Gold medalist: 39,350 euros (62,920 U.S. dollars) Silver medalist: 30,400 euros (48,609 dollars) Bronze medalist: 21,450 euros (34,298 dollars) Team events: Gold medalists in team sports will each receive 10,000 euros (15,990 dollars) from the Slovenian Olympic Committee in addition to the one-off 96,750 euros (154,703 dollars) that the state is giving to the whole team Malaysia Incentives [Note: These amounts may have already been increased.] Medal incentives: Gold = RM160,000 [US$ 49,088.96] Silver = RM80,000 [US$ 24,544.48] Bronze = RM40,000 [US$ 12,272.24] Monthly pension for retired medalists: Gold medalist = RM3,500 Silver medalist = RM1,500 Bronze medalist = RM1,000 Allowance for Olympic qualifiers: Monthly allowance = RM1,000 [US$318] United States Incentives [Note: This was for the 2004 Olympics] Gold medalist = $25,000 Silver medalist = $15,000 Bronze medalist = $10,000 Canada Incentives [in Canadian dollars] Gold medalist = $20,000 Silver medalist = $15,000 Bronze medalist = $10,000 Australia Incentives Quote from an official: "We have a medal incentive scheme which only goes down to number four and the best are getting $18,000." Kenya Incentives Gold medalist = US$11,000 Silver medalist = US$ 7,500 Bronze medalist = US$ 3,700 Palestine Incentives Monthly allowance: US$ 100 Argentina Incentives Olympic qualifiers: Sportsmen diplomas and scholarships of 4,000 pesos. [US $ 1,326]