Meet the richest American athletes competing in the Winter Olympics by Matthew Michaels on Feb 2, 2018, 12:09 PM Advertisement
 - American athletes are paid $37,500 for winning a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
- But the best athletes earn much more money from endorsement deals.
- Shaun White is the richest American athlete competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Faster, higher, stronger, richer. The 2018 Winter Olympics begin on February 9, and athletes from all over the world will compete to win gold. The top medal comes with a $37,500 check, but the biggest athletes are worth much more money than a few Olympic medals. In between Olympic games, athletes earn money when they clinch event and championship titles in their sport and rake in cash from endorsement deals and sponsorships. GoBankingRates found the six athletes competing in Pyeongchang with the highest estimated net worth. Check them out below: SEE ALSO: The 25 most popular athletes of 2017 DON'T MISS: Here's how much winning a gold medal is worth 6. Gus Kenworthy  Sport: Freestyle skiing Net Worth: $300,000 Kenworthy, a freestyle skier, won a silver medal in Sochi. He also came out as gay shortly after the 2014 Olympics and then signed a load of sponsorship deals with companies like Visa and Proctor & Gamble.
5. Lindsey Jacobellis  Sport: Snowboarding Net worth: $1 million The 2018 games will be Jacobellis' fourth trip to the Olympics where she'll compete for her first gold medal. She's already a 10-time gold medalist at the X Games and a five-time world champion snowboarder, and a spokeswoman for Dunkin' Donuts and Paul Mitchell hair products.
4. Mikaela Shiffrin  Sport: Alpine skiing Net Worth: $2 million Shiffrin competed as an 18-year-old in the 2014 Olympics and became the youngest gold medalist in slalom skiing. The Colorado native endorses Red Bull and has been named "Ambassador of Elegance" by Longines, a luxury watch company.
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