Klim Strikes It Rich -- March 13, 1998

Less than two months after winning four gold medals at the World Championships in Perth, Australia's Michael Klim--Swimming World's "1997 World Swimmer of the Year," continues to rake in the gold.

The Aussie superstar has recently signed contracts worth almost AUS$2.5 million (about US$1.7 million). The biggest contracts have come from Atari, the Japanese computer games company ($1 million) and Australia's TV Channel 9 ($1 million).