Belaynesh Oljira prize money
Belaynesh Oljira has been paid $3,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2360th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's 3000 m and women's 5000 m, the best of them 7th.
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 2013 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Herculis 2010 | 3000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All two | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,000 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Belaynesh Oljira
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 m | 1 | - | 2010 | $1,500 |
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | - | 2013 | $1,500 |
The women's 3000 m has paid Belaynesh Oljira $1,500 of the $3,000, which is 50% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2013, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Herculis | $1,500 |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,500 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $1,500 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Belaynesh Oljira in 2011 and 2012, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $3,000.
Around Belaynesh Oljira on the money list
Ranks 2340 to 2380
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2340 | Stefano Sottile | Men's high jump | - | $3,375 |
| 2341 | Assia Raziki | Women's 800 m | - | $3,250 |
| 2342 | Brett Robinson | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,250 |
| 2343 | David King | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $3,250 |
| 2344 | Esther Guerrero | two disciplines | - | $3,250 |
| 2345 | Jamie Webb | Men's 800 m | - | $3,250 |
| 2346 | Kristen Brown | Women's pole vault | - | $3,250 |
| 2347 | Leah Falland | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $3,250 |
| 2348 | Oskar Edlund | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,250 |
| 2349 | Rani Rosius | two disciplines | - | $3,250 |
| 2350 | Revée Walcott-Nolan | three disciplines | - | $3,250 |
| 2351 | Samwel Chebolei Masai | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,250 |
| 2352 | Yuliya Chumachenko | Women's high jump | - | $3,250 |
| 2353 | Abria Smith | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2354 | Ali Kaya | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2355 | Alice Schmidt | Women's 800 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2356 | Amber Hughes | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2357 | Anna Avdeyeva | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2358 | Annsert Whyte | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2359 | Antonina Yefremova | Women's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2360 | Belaynesh Oljira | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2361 | Bernesh Dessie | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2362 | Brandon Roulhac | Men's triple jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2363 | Brendon Rodney | Men's 200 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2364 | Caisja Chandler | Women's 200 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2365 | Chen Qi | Men's javelin throw | - | $3,000 |
| 2366 | Chesari Kirui Jacob | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2367 | Chris O'Hare | Men's 1500 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2368 | Claire Perraux | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $3,000 |
| 2369 | Déborah Sananes | Women's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2370 | Deresse Mekonnen | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2371 | Derval O'Rourke | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2372 | Desiree Linden | Women's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2373 | Diane Cummins | Women's 800 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2374 | Divine Oduduru | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2375 | Dmitriy Starodubtsev | Men's pole vault | - | $3,000 |
| 2376 | Dmytro Kosynskyy | Men's javelin throw | - | $3,000 |
| 2377 | Ebonie Floyd | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2378 | Eden Francis | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2379 | Edino Steele | Men's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2380 | Edwin Kiplagat Melly | Men's 800 m | - | $3,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Belaynesh Oljira is 2360th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $3,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Belaynesh Oljira most
Prefontaine Classic 2013 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Linet Chepkwemoi Masai, Tirunesh Dibaba, Mercy Cherono, Margaret Wangari Muriuki, Buze Diriba and Gelete Burka.
Herculis 2010 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Sentayehu Ejigu, Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Shannon Rowbury, Mimi Belete and Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Belaynesh Oljira won?
$3,000, which ranks 2360th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2010 and 2013.
What is Belaynesh Oljira's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,500, for finishing 7th in the 5000 m at the 2013 Prefontaine Classic. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 7th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Belaynesh Oljira 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 3000 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.
Is this everything Belaynesh Oljira 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 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 Belaynesh Oljira is Antonina Yefremova on $3,000, and one below Bernesh Dessie on $3,000. Belaynesh Oljira 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 3000 m prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Belaynesh Oljira has been paid in two 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.