Australian athletes who won medals at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games will receive over a million dollars in funding from the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC).
A total of 71 athletes are eligible for 2017 Medal Incentive Funding (MIF) of $1,080,000 to be paid by the AOC from January.
The big winners include the Women’s Rugby 7s Team ($240,000) and the Australian Swimming Team ($320,000) with the 12 members of the Women’s Rugby 7s Team each receiving $20,000 for their gold medal.
$15,000 is awarded to silver medallists and $10,000 to bronze medallists so each the Australian eventing team have not been overlooked with each of the four team members, Sam Griffiths, Chris Burton, Stuart Tinney and Shane Rose being awarded $10,000 each
Click here for full details of all of the AOC funding allocations
