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Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has been nꦦamed Britain’s wealthiest sports star in the history of the .
The 2020 Sunday Times Rich List shows Hamilton’s wealth increased by £37 million in the past year to £224m in total, making him the richest꧒ British sports star in the Rich List’s 32-year history.
Hamilton has ove𝐆rtaken David Beckman as the richest active sportsman, with the former England footballer worth £200m at the time of his retirement in 20🀅13.
The 35𒀰-year-old won his sixth world championship title in 2019 and is on course for a bumper new contract extension at Mercedes, with his current deal due to expire at the end of the year.
Hamilton could equal Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of seven drivers’ world titles once the 2020 season gets underway following the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused racing 🐓to be put on hold temporarily.
Golfer Rory McIlroy is the only other sports star to make the main Rich List 𝕴rankings which features Britain’s 1,000 richest people.
The four-time Major winner’s fortune was boosted up by £32m to £170m following a succ♚essful 2019 including a number of lucrative sponsorship deals.
Sport - and footballers in particular - dominated the Young Rich List with Gareth Bale topping the pile on a combined wealth o💛f £114m. Boxer Anthony Joshua is t🌌he only non-footballer on the list which is made up of people aged 30 or under.
Joshua enjoyed the biggest individual increase in wealth ove𓃲r the last 12 months thanks to his world heavyweight title rematch win over Andy Ruiz Jr, with his earnings soaring by £58m to £107m.
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