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Adam Peaty holds world records in the 50-metre and 100-metre breaststroke.
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The Uttoxeter native was the first British swimmer to retain their Olympic gold medal.
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With five Olympic medals already, Peaty will be among the favourites to top the podium at Paris 2024.
One of the most decorated and imperious swimmers in British sporting history, Adam Peaty became an Olympic hero in 2016 after presenting so much promise on the European and World stage, and he hasn’t looked back since.
Being such a prominent figure in the UK, on the swimming circuit, and on the biggest sporting stage of them all, you’d think that the net worth Adam Peaty dons would be quite hefty.
Here, we try to delve into what that net worth figure might just be for the record-holding swimmer.
Salary & Funding
As a swimmer, Adam Peaty doesn’t earn a salary from Team GB and hasn’t yet earned prize money for any of his three Olympic medals. Yet, he will have received a form of funding from his country for going to the Games.
At Paris 2020, the IOC’s decision to give £39,000 to athletics gold medallists but not swimming champions drew the ire of British swimmer Tom Dean. Still, swimmers do get prize money at the World and European Championships.
Reportedly, the Brit collected £75,000 for competing at the 2020 International Swimming League and around £55,000 from the FINA World Championships the year prior.
So, Peaty will have earned a good chunk of cash from his dominance on the other major competitive stages. Team GB does offer funding awards by way of the Athletic Performance Awards.
Given by the National Lottery, swimming will be getting £18,928,318 from the fund for Paris 2024 to cover living and sporting costs. If spread evenly, as one of 33 swimmers in attendance, Peaty would get £573,585 this summer.
On top of his prizes for winning events and the funding from Team GB, Peaty collects a generous income from his many sponsorship, endorsement, and ambassador deals.
How Much Is Adam Peaty Worth?
Adam Peaty’s net worth is estimated to be within the bracket of £1 million and £4 million, with the more well-reasoned guesses pointing towards the £2.5 million mark. The truth is that it’s next to impossible to know.
Still, the three-time Olympic gold medallist is one of the best swimmers on the circuit and has crushed world records he set, so you can bet that his endorsement deals with big-name brands have earned him a lot of money.
After his Rio 2016 heroics, it was predicted that Peaty would collect as much as £2 million in subsequent advertising and endorsement deals.
Should he collect more medals at Paris 2024 – which the Olympic tips will back while the odds slightly side with Qin Haiyang to win, as it stands – Peaty will stand to increase his likely hefty net worth further.
Endorsements And Other Earnings
Currently, Peaty’s listed as having five primary sponsors. He has an ambassadorship role with Speedo, Visa, CUPRA, and Jacuzzi, as well as having Castore as his apparel sponsor. Previously, he had a deal with Arena, too.
Beyond direct endorsements and sponsorships, he owns the Adam Peaty Race Clinics that tour the UK and he netted £40,000 for being on Strictly Come Dancing in 2021.
Adam Peaty’s Swimming Records
Not only is Peaty the reigning world record holder, but his current record times were put up by beating the bar that he already set to enter the record books.
In total, Peaty has broken set world records 14 times. His best times made the British swimmer the first in breaststroke events to bust the 26-second mark in the 50m and both the 58 and 57-second mark in the 100m.
Prior to his Paris 2024 outings, Peaty’s world record times sat at 25.95 seconds in the 50m breaststroke and 56.88 seconds in the 100m breaststroke. Those were set at the World Championships in 2017 and 2019, respectively.
At the Tokyo Games, Peaty was also pivotal in the 4x100m medley relay that set a world record time of 3:37.58. In Paris, Peaty will certainly be a hot pick in the sport betting to retain these crowns and, maybe, set new records.
Adam Peaty Olympic Medals
Adam Peaty currently has three Olympic gold medals and two silver medals. His gold medals came in the 100m breaststroke at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, as well as in the 4x100m mixed medley at the 2021-held Games.
The two silver medals to his name were won in the Rio and Tokyo 4x100m medley relay races. At the Olympics in Japan, the US set a world record to beat Team GB, with the difference being a mere 0.73 seconds.
How Old Is Adam Peaty?
Born on 28th December 1994, Adam Peaty was 29-years-old at the time of the 2024 Paris Summer Games. He was just 20-years-old when he was first named the World Swimmer of the Year.
Who Is Adam Peaty’s Partner?
Adam Peaty is currently in a relationship with the daughter of chef Gordon Ramsay, Holly Ramsay. He broke up with his previous partner and mother of his son, Eirianedd Munro, in August 2022.
*Credit for the photos in this article belongs to Alamy*
