Prize money on tour: Lots of spectacle, little money

The years in which you could collect big sums of money are over. Dawid Kubacki, who won the Four Hills Tournament for the first time on Monday, received 20.000 Swiss francs, or around 18.400 euros, for his overall victory - all gross, of course. In addition, there is the prize money for the individual placements in the 4 competitions. As with a normal World Cup event, you get 10.000 francs (approx. 9200 euros) for a daily win.

Dawid Kubacki took overall victory at the Four Hills Tournament this year. © AFP / CHRISTOF STACHE

“We know it’s not the best,” admits tour boss Johann Pichler. Also because the bonuses for the new “opponent” of the Four Hills Tournament are much higher. On the Raw Air Tour, which was launched in 2017, the athletes compete in 10 competitions in 10 days, with the overall winner receiving 60.000 euros. In contrast to the Four Hills Tournament, second place (2 euros) and 30.000rd place (3 euros) also receive prize money. The overall women's winner of the Raw Air Tour receives 10.000 euros - almost twice as much as the winner of the Four Hills Tournament. 1 million francs for a quadruple victory But they weren't always stingy when it came to prize money on the tour: in 2001/2002, the German Sven Hannawald was able to look forward to prize money and bonuses of around 330.000 euros from the association for his legendary quadruple triumph. There was a special challenge in 2011/12, when the Four Hills Tournament celebrated its 60th anniversary: If an athlete had won all four competitions, he would have received prize money of 4 million francs. But in the end no one managed to do it.

A comparison with other winter sports also shows that the sums for the Four Hills Tournament are modest. For example, the winner of the Kitzbühel downhill run will collect 100.000 euros this year. A victory in a “normal” ski World Cup race is worth an average of 42.000 euros.

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Prize money on tour: Lots of spectacle, little money

The Four Hills Ski Jumping Tournament is still a traditional event that electrifies the masses. Apart from fame and honor, there is very little to gain for the stars.

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