Usain Bolt
Sport: TrackOlympic medals pre-London: 3 gold
Total earnings: $20.3 million (June 2011-June 2012)
Jamaican-born track star Usain Bolt earns relatively little in terms of salary – just $300,000, according to Forbes. However, he gets $20 million from endorsement deals, including $9 million per year from Puma. Bolt’s earnings for the year equal out to about $2.1 million earned for every second of his 9.69-second 100-meter world record in Beijing.
