Axel Chapelle prize money
Axel Chapelle has been paid $6,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1888th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's pole vault, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | Pole vault | 8th | $1,000 |
| Herculis 2017 | Pole vault | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | Pole vault | 6th | $2,000 |
| All three | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,000 is three 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.
Season by season
2017 to 2018, in the order it was won
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $5,000 from two starts. Every season from 2017 to 2018 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,000.
Around Axel Chapelle on the money list
Ranks 1868 to 1908
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Travis Padgett | Men's 100 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1869 | Walter Davis | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1870 | Yeimer López | Men's 800 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1871 | Yekaterina Kayukova-Chernenko | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1872 | Yigrem Demelash | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1873 | Yoandri Betanzos | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1874 | Adelle Tracey | two disciplines | - | $6,250 |
| 1875 | Andrea Dallavalle | Men's triple jump | - | $6,250 |
| 1876 | Andrew Coscoran | two disciplines | - | $6,250 |
| 1877 | Anna Iljuštšenko | Women's high jump | - | $6,250 |
| 1878 | Elisa Molinarolo | Women's pole vault | - | $6,250 |
| 1879 | Imani-Lara Lansiquot | Women's 100 m | - | $6,250 |
| 1880 | Nnenya Hailey | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $6,250 |
| 1881 | Rosefline Chepngetich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,250 |
| 1882 | Abera Kuma | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1883 | Abigail Irozuru | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1884 | Alida van Daalen | Women's discus throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1885 | Amanda Moll | Women's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1886 | Amy-Eloise Markovc | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1887 | Anastasia Le-Roy | Women's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1888 | Axel Chapelle | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1889 | Axel Härstedt | Men's discus throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1890 | Azmera Gebru | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1891 | Beate Schrott | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1892 | Benson Seurei | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1893 | Beverly Ramos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1894 | Calesio Newman | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1895 | Carlo Paech | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1896 | Charles Grethen | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1897 | Chituru Ali | Men's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1898 | Christian Malcolm | Men's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1899 | Dalia Kaddari | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1900 | Elena Mirela Lavric | Women's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1901 | Festus Lagat | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1902 | Geisa Aparecida Coutinho | Women's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1903 | Germán Chiaraviglio | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1904 | Getaneh Molla | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1905 | Hillary Ngetich | Men's 1500 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1906 | Innes FitzGerald | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1907 | Janeth Chepngetich | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1908 | Jarret Eaton | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Axel Chapelle is 1888th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $6,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Axel Chapelle most
Herculis 2017 paid $3,000 for 4th in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Renaud Lavillenie, Kurtis Marschall, Shawn Barber, Valentin Lavillenie, Piotr Lisek and Jan Kudlička.
Meeting de Paris 2017 paid $2,000 for 6th in the pole vault, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Raphael Holzdeppe, Jan Kudlička, Valentin Lavillenie, Emmanouil Karalis, Sam Kendricks and Renaud Lavillenie.
Meeting de Paris 2018 paid $1,000 for 8th in the pole vault, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Seito Yamamoto, Konstantinos Filippidis, Thiago Braz, Sam Kendricks, Armand Duplantis and Renaud Lavillenie.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Axel Chapelle won?
$6,000, which ranks 1888th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2017 and 2018.
What is Axel Chapelle's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the pole vault at the 2017 Herculis. 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 Axel Chapelle 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 pole vault 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 Axel Chapelle 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 Axel Chapelle is Anastasia Le-Roy on $6,000, and one below Axel Härstedt on $6,000. Axel Chapelle is one of 181 France athletes athletics has paid, and France athletics prize money adds them up to $3,087,958 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Axel Chapelle has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.