Pros in the Olympics

We all know that pro athletes are competing in the Olympics. Just look at the tennis competition... It's literally a Who's Who in tennis. The United States Men's Basketball Team is comprised of NBA stars. I was watching the team handball game today between Hungary and Iceland, and the announcers were saying that eight of the players were European pros. So it had me thinking... Who are the top paid athletes competing in the 2012 Olympic games? Luckily Forbes has that list!

The 20 highest earning athletes of the 2012 Olympics
These are the highest earning athletes at the Olympic games over the past 12 months according to Forbes:

1. Marc Gasol (Spain)
Sport: basketball – Age: 27 – Earnings: $10.9 million

2. Tyson Chandler (USA)
Sport: basketball – Age: 29 – Earnings: $11 million

3.Andre Iguodala (USA)
Sport: basketball – Age: 28 – Earnings: $11.4 million

4.Manu Ginobili (Argentina)
Sport: basketball – Age: 35 – Earnings: $11.5 million

5. Andy Murray (Great Britain)
Sport: tennis – Age: 25 – Earnings: $12 million

6. Tony Parker (France)
Sport: basketball – Age: 30 – Earnings: $13.1 million

7. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
Sport: tennis – Age: 22 – Earnings: $13.7 million

8. Serena Williams (USA)
Sport: tennis – Age: 30 – Earnings: $16.3 million

9. Pau Gasol (Spain)
Sport: basketball – Age: 32 – Earnings: $17.2 million

10. Deron Williams (USA)
Sport: basketball – Age: 28 – Earnings: $18.2 million

11. Li Na (China)
Sport: tennis – Age: 30 – Earnings: $18.4 million

12. Chris Paul (USA)
Sport: basketball – Age: 25 – Earnings: $19.2 million

13. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Sport: tennis – Age: 28 – Earnings: $19.8 million

14. Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
Sport: athletics – Age: 25 – Earnings: $20.3 million

15. Carmelo Anthony (USA)
Sport: basketball – Age: 28 – Earnings: $22.9 million

16. Kevin Durant (USA)
Sport: basketball – Age: 23 – Earnings: $25.5 million

17. Maria Sharapova (Russia)
Sport: tennis – Age: 25 – Earnings: $27.1 million

18. Kobe Bryant (USA)
Sport: basketball – Age: 33 – Earnings: $52.3 million

19. LeBron James (USA)
Sport: basketball – Age: 27 – Earnings: $53 million

20. Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Sport: tennis – Age: 30 – Earnings: $54.3 million