Birtukan Adamu prize money
Birtukan Adamu has been paid $14,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1344th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2018 | 3000 m steeplechase | 10th | - |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| Athletissima 2013 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| Bislett Games 2012 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $1,000 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $1,000 |
| All nine | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,500 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $14,500 is eight 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. One of the nine starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2010 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | London Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | - | Golden Gala | $7,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $1,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $1,500 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $2,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | - |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $7,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Birtukan Adamu in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $14,500.
Around Birtukan Adamu on the money list
Ranks 1324 to 1364
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1324 | Andrew Bayer | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1325 | Dan Taylor | Men's shot put | - | $15,000 |
| 1326 | James Dasaolu | Men's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1327 | Khaleb McRae | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1328 | Lázaro Borges | Men's pole vault | - | $15,000 |
| 1329 | Margaryta Dorozhon | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1330 | Marina Aitova | Women's high jump | - | $15,000 |
| 1331 | Ngonidzashe Makusha | Men's long jump | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1332 | Obi Igbokwe | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1333 | Schillonie Calvert-Powell | Women's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1334 | Stanley Kebenei | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1335 | Torrie Lewis | two disciplines | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1336 | Yelena Kotulskaya | Women's 800 m | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1337 | Daniel Rowden | Men's 800 m | - | $14,750 |
| 1338 | Genevieve Gregson | three disciplines | - | $14,750 |
| 1339 | Jake Heyward | two disciplines | - | $14,750 |
| 1340 | Jérôme Clavier | Men's pole vault | - | $14,750 |
| 1341 | Alana Boyd | Women's pole vault | - | $14,583 |
| 1342 | Alicia Monson | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1343 | Bernard Nganga | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,500 |
| 1344 | Birtukan Adamu | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,500 |
| 1345 | Caleb Dean | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1346 | Hannah England | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1347 | Harold Correa | Men's triple jump | - | $14,500 |
| 1348 | Jorge Fernández | Men's discus throw | - | $14,500 |
| 1349 | Kendry Menéndez | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $14,500 |
| 1350 | Kristin Gierisch | Women's triple jump | - | $14,500 |
| 1351 | Matic Ian Guček | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1352 | Rhys Williams | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $14,500 |
| 1353 | Richard Kilty | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1354 | Sheena Johnson-Tosta | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $14,500 |
| 1355 | Sinclaire Johnson | three disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1356 | Tim Nedow | Men's shot put | - | $14,500 |
| 1357 | Chris Baker | Men's high jump | - | $14,333 |
| 1358 | Alice Finot | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,250 |
| 1359 | Katie Snowden | three disciplines | - | $14,250 |
| 1360 | Kylie Hutson | Women's pole vault | - | $14,250 |
| 1361 | Maboundou Koné | Women's 200 m | - | $14,250 |
| 1362 | Sofia Ennaoui | three disciplines | - | $14,250 |
| 1363 | Alemitu Haroye | two disciplines | - | $14,000 |
| 1364 | Ana Peleteiro | Women's triple jump | - | $14,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Birtukan Adamu is 1344th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $14,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Birtukan Adamu most
Golden Gala 2011 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lydia Chebet Rotich, Hatti Archer, Sara Hall, Bridget Franek, Milcah Chemos and Sofia Assefa.
Athletissima 2011 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Birtukan Fente Alemu, Lydia Chebet Rotich, Fionnuala McCormack, Milcah Chemos, Sofia Assefa and Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Etenesh Diro, Milcah Chemos, Emma Coburn, Sofia Assefa, Hiwot Ayalew and Purity Cherotich Kirui.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Birtukan Adamu won?
$14,500, which ranks 1344th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2010 and 2018.
What is Birtukan Adamu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2011 Golden Gala. 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 Birtukan Adamu 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 steeplechase 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 Birtukan Adamu ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Birtukan Adamu 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 Birtukan Adamu is Bernard Nganga on $14,500, and one below Caleb Dean on $14,500. Birtukan Adamu 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 steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Birtukan Adamu has been paid in one 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.