Athletes
Chrissie Wellington Net Worth
Chrissie Wellington's Net Worth as of 2024
$4 Million
Christine Ann Wellington is a Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk-born English former triathlete best known for being titled Ironman Triathlon World Champion four times. Born on 18 February 1977, Chrissie is the first British athlete to hold this title. One of the most skilled triathletes in the world, she was active in the field as a professional between 2007 and 2012.
One of the most accomplished triathletes in the world who has managed to breakthrough gender stereotyping when it comes to sport, one may wonder how rich is Chrissie Wellington as of early-2016? At the present, Chrissie has been counting her net worth at $4 million dollars most of which has obviously been amassed by her involvement in sport as a triathlete. Her skill and vigor for swimming, cycling and running which make up a triathlon has paid a lot during her career, making Chrissie a multi-millionaire as of now.
Chrissie Wellington Net Worth $4 Million
Raised in Suffolk and Norfolk, Chrissie had a very active and athletic childhood as she swam and participated in several other sports while she was at school. After earning her BA degree in geography from Birmingham University, she travelled the world for two years, including a sabbatical in Nepal where she managed to polish her skills in cycling and running as she circled Kathmandu’s neighbouring hills every day during her stay. At the time, she also did some work for the UK government agency DEFRA, as she had also graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in development studies.
On leaving Nepal in 2005, Chrissie travelled some more and then started her career as a professional triathlete in 2007, having previously competed as an amateur, winning the ITU Age Group World Championship in 2006. Eventually, within the first year of her turning professional, Chrissie won the acknowledged title of world champion iron/triathlete in Hawaii on 13 October,2007, being the first person in history to win this title in the first year of her professional career; along with the title she also won prize money of $110,000 and at this point, Chrissie’s net worth began to rise extensively. Later on she also won the Ironman Triathlon World Championships in years 2008, 2009 and 2011.
Along with Natascha Badmann and Paula Newby-Fraser, Chrissie is one of only three women to have won consecutive titles at the Ironman World Championships. In addition to this, she also won the 2008 ITU long-distance world championship as well as. As a result of all of these achievements, Chrissie has managed to become a multi-millionaire sportsperson thanks to the prize money and salaries she made during her career.
In January 2012, Chrissie retired from triathlon as a professional, and has since been concentrating on her writing, promotion of traiathlon through her sponsorship commitments, and also on charitable causes. Moreover, Chrissie is also noticed for advocating equality among male and female sportspersons in areas regarding prize money, media reporting, sponsorship and more. She has also been serving as an ambassador for Blazeman Foundation. Among many awards, her Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) bestowed by the Queen in 2010 probably stands out. She was also the Sunday Times Female Athlete of the Year in 2009 as voted on by the public.
For now, 38 years old Chrissie has been enjoying her life as a retired sportsperson with fellow triathlete and boyfriend Tom Lowe, while her present net worth of $4 million has been obviously complementing her life.
Athletes
Tiger Woods Net Worth
Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods was born on 30 December 1975 in Cypress, California USA, of part-Chinese, and African- and Native- American (father) and Thai (mother) descent. He is one of the the world’s highest earning sportsmen, a professional golfer who was ranked number one in the world for a total of 545 weeks between in 1997 and 2010, and then for another 60 weeks in 2013-14, the most of any golfer, and during which period he won 119 tournaments on the PGA and European tours.
So just how rich is Tiger Woods? Regardless of the fact that Woods’ divorce from ex-wife Elin Nordegren (former Swedish model), cost him $100 million dollars – including $54.5 million in mortgage payment finalised in January 2016 – authoritative sources estimate that Tiger’s net worth is now still over $770 million, accumulated from golf prize money of around $160 million, and the rest from endorsements during a 20 year career, totalling overall more than $1.3 billion.
Tiger Woods Net Worth $770 Million
Encouraged by his father Earl, Tiger became a child golfing prodigy, already at the age of 3 putting against comedian Bob Hope. He was called on TV shows and published in Golf Digest magazine. He won age group events around the world from the age of eight, and being a 15 year-old teenager he became the youngest US Junior Amateur champion. He was educated at Western High School, Anaheim, but golf was his priority, and at 20 (1996), he became the first in golf history to win three consecutive US Amateur titles, while (apparently) studying at Stanford University.
Tiger then turned professional, and immediately signed multi-million dollar contracts with famous companies such as Nike and Titleist. Next year Woods won his first ‘major’, the US Masters, and achieved number one world ranking, the youngest and the fastest to get to that position. The list of his winnings is endless and achievements too many to mention, but apart from aforementioned 79 victories in the USA and Europe – only Sam Snead has won more(82) – he has won two Japan Golf Tour events, an Asian Tour event, one PGA Tour of Australasia event, as well as 21 titles as an amateur. Of particular significance is that Tiger has won 14 ‘major’ titles, second only behind Jack Nicklaus(18), which has included the ‘grand slam’ of golf three times. In addition, he had been awarded PGA Player of the year 11 times and the Byron Nelson award eight times. There can be no doubt that Tiger Woods has earned his net worth.
Woods is considered the most successful player of all times, partly because of his winning record, but also because he is the first and the only golfer to have earned more than a billion dollars. This fortune was made not only by playing golf, but also by signing very lucrative contracts with companies such as Rolex, General Motors, American Express, and Gatorade apart from Titleist and Nike, and becoming an ambassador for Gillette. Moreover, the businesses of Tiger Woods Foundation which promotes golf, and Tiger Woods Design which is involved with golf courses development, are also very profitable. The athlete is a published writer with “How I Play Golf” as well, which has brought him steady income from 1.5 million copies sold. He has also written a column for the magazine “Golf Digest’ – presumably both added to his net worth.
Following his very public divorce from Elin Nordegren who he married in 2004 – they divorced in 2010 and have two children – also involving details of infidelity over the years, Tiger Woods dated Olympic Games skiing gold medallist Lindsey Vonn for a couple of years, but apparently no more. He was raised a Buddhist, and professes to still follow the teachings.
Athletes
Roger Federer Net Worth
Roger Federer was born on 8 August 1981, in Basel, Switzerland to Robert and Lynette Federer, the latter’s South African descent entitling Federer to hold both Swiss and South African citizenship. Roger is perceived by many to be the greatest tennis player of all time, and this title could well be deserved both in successes on the court and maintenance at the highest level, plus his sporting personality rarely equalled in professional sportspeople.
So just how rich is Roger Federer? This outstanding professional tennis player is estimated to have a current net worth of $420 million, increasing momentarily as he continues to play most weeks of the year, and annual prize money plus endorsements can approach $100 million.
Roger Federer Net Worth $420 Million
Roger Federer first became interested in tennis when he was still a child. Starting school at six years of age, he quickly became the best tennis player in his age group. Eight years later he became the national age group champion, and was sent to train at the Swiss National Tennis Centre in Ecublens.In 1998 he won the ITF junior singles tournament and became the ITF Champion of the Year. After that his career skyrocketed. As of mid-2015, the Swiss-born athlete holds the record for ranking in the ATP No. 1 position for 237 consecutive weeks (from 2004 to 2008), and in total 302 weeks. The tennis icon has appeared in 25 Grand Slam finals and won seventeen of them. He has broken numerous records playing in these tournaments, including the record for 10 consecutive finals, and has acheived a Grand Slam of titles, plus jointly holding the record of seven Wibledon titles (with Pete Sampras) and five US titles (with Sampras and Jimmy Connors). During his long career, Federer has won over 80 tournaments in total, and it has been reported that he has won more prize money than any other player, although this is difficult to establish as values constantly change in comparison with previous champions.
Roger Federer also earns a great deal of money from his endorsement contracts. He has signed long-term deals with Nike, Rolex, Wilson and Credit Suisse, and recently he decided to collaborate with champagne brand Moet & Chandon. In addition to being one of the best-paid athletes out there, his endorsement contracts are just as impressive, as he receives $40 million every year just from his sponsors! According to Forbes, he holds # 8 place in a list of 100 top-earning celebrities as of 2013. But despite his huge financial success and celebrity status, Roger Federer does not hold back when it comes to helping those in need. In 2003 together with his mother he established the Roger Federer Foundationin order to help disadvantaged people and promote a healthy lifestyle. He was also one of the most active celebrities to participate in organizing charities raising money for the victims of the Indian Ocean earthquake in 2004 and Haiti earthquake in 2010.
He is fluent in Swiss-German, German, French and English languages. Like all men in Switzerland, Federer was supposed to serve in the Swiss army, but in 2003 he was released from this duty because of continuous back pain. Roger Federer, who is often called Maestro, is married to the former professional tennis player Miroslava Vavrinec. They met at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where she was competing as well. Due to a foot injury she retired from professional sports and now manages her husband’s public relations. In 2009 the couple married in Basel , and has two sets of twins – twin boys and twin girls.
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