As a result of Félix Lebrun’s incredible precocity, it was his big brother Alexis who collected his prize money at the very beginning of his career.
The Olympic Games brought in big money for the Lebrun brothers. Since the Paris Games, Alexis and Félix Lebrun have entered a new dimension due to their popularity. On a financial level, in addition to the partnership contracts which will result from their new status, this Olympic fortnight will also have been lucrative since the eldest received a bonus of 20,000 euros for his bronze medal and the youngest 40,000 euros for his two charms.
And this time, Félix Lebrun was able to see the money arrive in his account, which was not always the case as the brothers recounted in the Legend podcast. The fault is the too young age of the Montpellier when he arrived in the professional world.
“For a year, he took all my prize money because I didn’t have an account, said Félix Lebrun. He said to me, ‘I’ll buy you a restaurant, I’ll buy you something, but it never…’”
“The winner of a Grand Slam is 100,000 euros”
“He didn’t have an account yet because of his age, said Alexis Lebrun. And he started going out, earning money in competitions. It was the first prize money he won and so, as he didn’t have an account, he had to give an account to the WTC which organized the competitions and so, we said to ourselves ‘we’ll give the mine’. It was perfect. »
And Alexis Lebrun talks about the amounts won on the circuit.
“The winner of a Grand Slam is 100,000 euros and then in small competitions, it’s just 1000 euros,” the youngest explained. “Girls, boys included, there are around fifty players who make a living from ping-pong. It’s a lot of the clubs that keep the players alive with the French Championship”specified Alexis Lebrun, licensed to the Nîmes-Montpellier agreement.
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