Markus Rooth
Photo: Stein Langørgen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Markus Rooth Net Worth

Decathlete
🏅 AthleticsWorld AthleticsNorway
Declared net worth (2024 Norwegian tax list)
NOK 4.7M
Declared on Norway's 2024 tax list · Olympic decathlon champion 2024
About $0.5M in US dollars (ECB rate, November 5, 2026).
Figure published in 2025. Latest Norwegian tax list estimate we could find.
Source: Nettavisen, Enorm økning for Markus Rooth: Formuen opp 240 prosent (tax lists 2024), December 2025. Updated November 6, 2026.
How to read this: the headline is the net wealth (nettoformue) recorded for Markus Rooth on Norway’s official tax list for the 2024 income year, as printed by a national newspaper. It is what the Norwegian Tax Administration assessed from the tax return: assets minus debts, at tax values. Homes are counted at a fraction of their market price and shares at a discount, and money held in a personal holding company shows up only through the value of its shares, so the real figure is usually higher. This is an official tax figure, not a journalist’s estimate, and we show it as published. The figure was published in NOK; the US dollar amount next to it is our simple conversion at the European Central Bank reference rate of November 5, 2026, not a separate estimate.

Markus Rooth's net worth over time

2023NOK 1.4MTax list 2023
2024NOK 4.7MTax list 2024

Net wealth on the official Norwegian tax list for the 2024 income year, as printed by VG / Nettavisen. Figures are in Norwegian kroner, at tax values.

Where the money comes from

Prize money and Olympic bonusesSponsorships (Nike, Gant and others)Savings
Net wealth, 2024 tax listNOK 4,679,558, up from NOK 1,377,902 in 2023 (Nettavisen)
Nettavisen
Taxable income, 2024NOK 103,207 (Nettavisen); Olympic bonuses and sponsors often book later
Nettavisen
Olympic titleGold medal in the decathlon at Paris 2024, Norway's first in the event since 1920
Nettavisen

Markus Rooth is a Norwegian decathlete and the Olympic champion from Paris 2024. Born in 2001, he won the European U23 title in 2023 and then took Olympic gold in Paris, Norway's first decathlon gold since Helge Løvland in 1920. A knee injury later ruled him out of the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo.

Norway's official tax list for the 2024 income year records his net wealth at NOK 4.68 million, about $0.5 million at the November 5, 2026 exchange rate. Nettavisen reported the figure rose about 240 percent from NOK 1.38 million in 2023 after his Olympic breakthrough.

What the tax list shows

Nettavisen's December 3, 2025 report on the 2024 tax lists said Rooth's net wealth rose from NOK 1,377,902 in 2023 to NOK 4,679,558 in 2024. His taxable income that year was only NOK 103,207, which is common when Olympic bonuses and new sponsor deals are booked in a later tax year.

After Paris he signed deals with Nike, Gant and BI, and an agreement with AH Gruppen and Eidissen Consult Holding. Those deals will show up more clearly in later tax years.

Career at a glance

Rooth is coached in Norway and broke through as a combined-events athlete with the 2023 European U23 gold. In Paris he put together a consistent ten-event score to beat the field for Olympic gold.

The knee injury that followed cut short his 2025 season, but at 23 he remains one of the faces of Norwegian athletics alongside Karsten Warholm and Jakob Ingebrigtsen.

About this figure

Norway publishes every taxpayer's income, net wealth and tax paid each year, and newspapers comb the lists for famous names. Nettavisen printed Rooth's figures for the 2024 income year. Net wealth on the list is the figure the Tax Administration assessed from his tax return, assets minus debts.

Tax values are lower than market values, especially for homes and shares, so the figure understates what Rooth would be worth if everything were sold. We show it in Norwegian kroner, as published, with a rough US dollar conversion at the November 5, 2026 exchange rate. Income figures mentioned on this page are earnings for one year, not wealth.

Career and money timeline

  1. 2023

    Wins the European U23 decathlon title.

  2. 2024

    Wins Olympic gold in the decathlon in Paris.

  3. 2024

    Tax list records NOK 4.68 million net wealth, up 240 percent on the year.

  4. 2025

    Misses the World Championships in Tokyo with a knee injury.

Markus Rooth net worth FAQ

What is Markus Rooth's net worth?

Norway's official tax list for the 2024 income year records net wealth of NOK 4,679,558 for Markus Rooth, as reported by Nettavisen on December 3, 2025. That is about $0.5 million at the November 5, 2026 exchange rate. Tax values understate market value, so his real wealth may be higher.

Where do these numbers come from?

From Norway's public tax lists. Nettavisen reported his 2023 net wealth at NOK 1,377,902 and his 2024 figure at NOK 4,679,558, a rise of about 240 percent after his Olympic gold. Every figure on this page links to its source below.

How much does Rooth earn?

His taxable income on the 2024 list was only about NOK 103,000, according to Nettavisen. Olympic bonuses and new sponsorships often appear in a later tax year, so that figure understates what the gold medal has been worth.

Sources

  1. Nettavisen, Enorm økning for Markus Rooth: Formuen opp 240 prosent (tax lists 2024) (December 3, 2025)
  2. Background facts: Wikipedia, Markus Rooth (accessed November 6, 2026). Used for career facts only, never for money figures.

Photo: Stein Langørgen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Every number on this page comes from the named source next to it. Totals and percentages are simple sums of those published figures. We never fill in missing years with our own guesses. How we handle estimates.