No they don't, it is simply a reward.
Unfortuneatly, the olympians from the USA do have to pay taxes on the winnings from the medals awarded.
Yes, Olympians must pay taxes on their medals as of now. However, they also receive money for winning medals too. Currently Congress is debating whether Olympians should have to pay taxes.
Here in Britain the answer is no
9,000 tax if gold is won
... doesn't want Olympic champions to have to pay taxes on their medals. ... to end the taxes on their honorariums and on the value of the metal in their medals." ... Comments are posted from viewers like you and do not always ...Unanswerable. (first by "you" I suspect you mean "everyone"). All taxes are paid by someone, or something (a company for example). But not everyone pays all taxes, certainly not all the time.
$9700.
Only on Gold. Olympic gold medals are made up of about 4,000 dollars worth of gold, depending on the year. Seeing that gold is a form of currency (in the united states at least), they would be expected to pay the Gold Standard Tax, enacted in 1980 in order to keep gold as a viable currency in the United States. Luckily, the United States government pays its own athletes a larger sum, so there is never really a problem.
No they don't earn money in the Olympics
yes
Yes
25000
lots.