Highest Paid Athlete
Updated February 23, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
The Question:
I was told the highest paid sports figure is an auto racer. Do you know who is the highest paid sports person?
The Answer:
Formula One race car driver Michael Schumacher of Germany was world's highest paid athlete in the year 2000, but has been overtaken by scandal-plagued golfer Tiger Woods. Beginning in 2003 and running through 2010, Woods topped the list of the world's highest paid athlete. He made a stunning $91.5 million in 2010.
-The Fact Monster
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