Ainars Kovals prize money
Ainars Kovals has been paid $10,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1551st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, the best of them 4th.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
Every payment
Where he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2010 | Javelin throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| BAUHAUS-galan 2010 | Javelin throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2010 | Javelin throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| All four | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $10,500 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Ainars Kovals on the money list
Ranks 1531 to 1571
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1531 | Georgi Ivanov | Men's shot put | - | $11,000 |
| 1532 | Ingvill Måkestad Bovim | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1533 | Karyna Demidik | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1534 | Leford Green | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1535 | Madeline Heiner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1536 | Marione Fourie | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1537 | Nicole Leach | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1538 | Nigel Levine | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1539 | Ola Stunes Isene | Men's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
| 1540 | Richard Kiplagat | Men's 800 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1541 | Robby Andrews | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1542 | Robert Sobera | Men's pole vault | - | $11,000 |
| 1543 | Rondel Sorrillo | Men's 200 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1544 | Rondell Bartholomew | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1545 | Tigest Getent | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1546 | Vanessa Kamga | Women's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
| 1547 | Veronica Wanjiru | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1548 | Yanmei Li | Women's triple jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1549 | Maja Åskag | two disciplines | - | $10,750 |
| 1550 | Mohamed Tindouft | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,750 |
| 1551 | Ainars Kovals | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1552 | Anne Zagré | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1553 | Artur Felfner | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1554 | Donn Cabral | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,500 |
| 1555 | Edwin Kurgat | two disciplines | - | $10,500 |
| 1556 | Genki Dean | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1557 | Jarmila Jurkovičová | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1558 | Javianne Oliver | Women's 100 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1559 | Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai | Men's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1560 | Nadine Hildebrand | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1561 | Nataliya Lupu | Women's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1562 | Yuki Hashioka | Men's long jump | - | $10,500 |
| 1563 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Men's 800 m | - | $10,250 |
| 1564 | Hendrik Gruber | Men's pole vault | - | $10,250 |
| 1565 | Malik James-King | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,250 |
| 1566 | Marike Steinacker | Women's discus throw | - | $10,250 |
| 1567 | Adaejah Hodge | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1568 | Apostolos Parellis | Men's discus throw | - | $10,000 |
| 1569 | Ashley Higginson | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,000 |
| 1570 | Chris Solinsky | Men's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1571 | Edgar Rivera | Men's high jump | - | $10,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ainars Kovals is 1551st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $10,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ainars Kovals most
Athletissima 2010 paid $3,000 for 4th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Matthias de Zordo, Jarrod Bannister, Ari Mannio, Vítězslav Veselý, Andreas Thorkildsen and Tero Pitkämäki.
BAUHAUS-galan 2010 paid $3,000 for 4th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Teemu Wirkkala, Jarrod Bannister, Oleksandr Pyatnytsya, Ari Mannio, Tero Pitkämäki and Andreas Thorkildsen.
London Grand Prix 2010 paid $2,500 for 5th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ari Mannio, Harri Haatainen, James Campbell, Andreas Thorkildsen, Matthias de Zordo and Tero Pitkämäki.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ainars Kovals won?
$10,500, which ranks 1551st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes in 2010.
What is Ainars Kovals's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the javelin throw at the 2010 Athletissima. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Ainars Kovals gets paid?
Entirely by where he finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a place is worth the same in the men's javelin throw as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
Is this everything Ainars Kovals earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. It holds no championship prize money, no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid him, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Ainars Kovals is Mohamed Tindouft on $10,750, and one below Anne Zagré on $10,500. Ainars Kovals is one of 17 Latvia athletes athletics has paid, and Latvia athletics prize money adds them up to $368,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ainars Kovals has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it.