Asayech Ayichew prize money
Asayech Ayichew has been paid $3,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2275th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's 5000 m, women's 2 miles and women's 3000 m, the best of them 6th.
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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | 2 miles | 8th | $1,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 5000 m | 13th | - |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | 5000 m | 9th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 5000 m | 9th | - |
| Doha Diamond League 2024 | 5000 m | 12th | - |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 3000 m | 11th | - |
| All seven | three disciplines | - | $3,500 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,500 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Five of the seven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Asayech Ayichew ran on the grass, 2024 and 2026
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior women's race | 4th | 32:44 | $7,000 | $20,000 |
| U20 women's race | 2nd | 19:32 | - | - |
The championships have paid Asayech Ayichew $7,000 of her own, for one finish inside the first six. A senior race pays $30,000 to win and $3,000 for 6th, and nothing at all to the seventh runner home. The teams she ran on earned Ethiopia $20,000, all of it from a team standing, which is settled on the places of the first four runners a country gets home. It is the federation's money rather than hers, and it is not added to the $3,500 at the top of this page. Shescored alongside Senayet Getachew, Aleshign Baweke, Marta Alemayo and Yenawa Nbret, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Asayech Ayichew
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 5 | - | 2024 to 2026 | $2,500 |
| Women's 2 miles | 1 | - | 2026 | $1,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 1 | - | 2023 | $0 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Asayech Ayichew $2,500 of the $3,500, which is 71% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | - |
| 2025 | 3 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $2,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Asayech Ayichew in 2023 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $3,500.
Around Asayech Ayichew on the money list
Ranks 2255 to 2295
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2255 | Delphine Nkansa | two disciplines | - | $3,750 |
| 2256 | Elien Vekemans | Women's pole vault | - | $3,750 |
| 2257 | Kenny Selmon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,750 |
| 2258 | Kevin Mayer | three disciplines | - | $3,750 |
| 2259 | Lene Retzius | Women's pole vault | - | $3,750 |
| 2260 | Yao Jie | Men's pole vault | - | $3,750 |
| 2261 | Yonathan Kapitolnik | Men's high jump | - | $3,750 |
| 2262 | Austin Miller | Men's pole vault | - | $3,625 |
| 2263 | Becky Holliday Ward | Women's pole vault | - | $3,583 |
| 2264 | Aimee Pratt | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2265 | Alemaz Samuel | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2266 | Alioune Sene | Men's pole vault | - | $3,500 |
| 2267 | Alistair Ian Cragg | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2268 | Amanda Smock | Women's triple jump | - | $3,500 |
| 2269 | Ana Claudia Lemos | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2270 | Andrew Baddeley | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2271 | Angela Petty | Women's 800 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2272 | Anna Krylova | Women's triple jump | - | $3,500 |
| 2273 | Antwon Hicks | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $3,500 |
| 2274 | Arne Gabius | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2275 | Asayech Ayichew | three disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2276 | Aziz Ouhadi | Men's 200 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2277 | Bekana Daba | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2278 | Ben Williams | Men's triple jump | - | $3,500 |
| 2279 | Camille Laus | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2280 | Charlie Myers | Men's pole vault | - | $3,500 |
| 2281 | Chris Clarke | Men's 200 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2282 | Consuella Moore | Women's 200 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2283 | Craig Mottram | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2284 | David Gillick | Men's 400 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2285 | David Omoregie | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $3,500 |
| 2286 | Dominik Alberto | Men's pole vault | - | $3,500 |
| 2287 | Dominique Darden | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,500 |
| 2288 | Elena Kulichenko | Women's high jump | - | $3,500 |
| 2289 | Eleriin Haas | Women's high jump | - | $3,500 |
| 2290 | Elodie Ouédraogo | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,500 |
| 2291 | Eva Cherono | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2292 | Hedda Hynne | Women's 800 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2293 | Helene Rønningen | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2294 | Ilgizar Safiulin | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $3,500 |
| 2295 | Ismael Debjani | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Asayech Ayichew is 2275th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $3,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Asayech Ayichew most
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $2,500 for 6th in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aynadis Mebratu, Caroline Nyaga, Rose Davies, Sembo Almayew, Yenawa Nbret and Mekedes Alemeshete.
Prefontaine Classic 2026 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 2 miles, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, Aleshign Baweke, Hirut Meshesha, Shelby Houlihan, Marta Alemayo and Margot Appleton.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 paid $0 for 13th in the 5000 m, one of 20 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nozomi Tanaka, Hirut Meshesha, Georgia Griffith, Alicia Monson, Yenawa Nbret and Nadia Battocletti.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Asayech Ayichew won?
$3,500, which ranks 2275th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Asayech Ayichew's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 6th in the Diamond+ 5000 m at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Asayech Ayichew gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women's 5000 m 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.
Has Asayech Ayichew ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Five times. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Asayech Ayichew earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Cross Country Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid her, 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 Asayech Ayichew is Arne Gabius on $3,500, and one below Aziz Ouhadi on $3,500. Asayech Ayichew is one of 147 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $5,789,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money, women's 2 miles prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Asayech Ayichew has been paid in three of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the senior women's race page.