Blessing Ufodiama prize money
Blessing Ufodiama has been paid $7,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1785th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's triple jump, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adidas Grand Prix 2012 | Triple jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | Triple jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All two | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,000 is two 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
2011 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $6,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $1,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from one start. Every season from 2011 to 2012 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,000.
Around Blessing Ufodiama on the money list
Ranks 1765 to 1805
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1765 | Nataliya Semenova | Women's discus throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1766 | Olivia Markezich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,500 |
| 1767 | Peimeng Zhang | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1768 | Rayniah Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1769 | Svetlana Bolshakova | Women's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1770 | Talitha Diggs | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1771 | Vernon Turner | Men's high jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1772 | Victoria Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1773 | Zahra Bani | Women's javelin throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1774 | Boglárka Takács | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1775 | Charity Hufnagel | Women's high jump | - | $7,250 |
| 1776 | Emmanuel Bamidele | Men's 400 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1777 | Julien Watrin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1778 | Margot Chevrier | Women's pole vault | - | $7,250 |
| 1779 | Mario García | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1780 | Nick Smidt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1781 | Ryan Zeze | Men's 200 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1782 | Águeda Marqués | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1783 | Andreas Bube | Men's 800 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1784 | Anna Hall | three disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1785 | Blessing Ufodiama | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1786 | Carolin Dietrich | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1787 | Claudia Salman | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1788 | Dai Qianqian | Women's javelin throw | - | $7,000 |
| 1789 | Davita Prendergast | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1790 | Genet Yalew | Women's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1791 | Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1792 | Gerson Baldé | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1793 | JJ Jegede | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1794 | Jose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1795 | Katja Demut | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1796 | Kemar Mowatt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1797 | Ky Robinson | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1798 | Lisa Urech | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1799 | Lydia Jele | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1800 | Marie-Julie Bonnin | Women's pole vault | - | $7,000 |
| 1801 | Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio | Men's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1802 | Melanie Bauschke | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1803 | Michael Bultheel | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1804 | Michael Kipyego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,000 |
| 1805 | Minke Bisschops | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Blessing Ufodiama is 1785th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $7,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Blessing Ufodiama most
Prefontaine Classic 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anna Pyatykh, Nadezhda Alyokhina, Anastasiya Potapova, Shakeema Walker-Welsch, Toni Smith and Yekaterina Kayukova-Chernenko.
Adidas Grand Prix 2012 paid $1,000 for 8th in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Olga Rypakova, Kimberly Williams, Dailenys Alcántara, Keila Costa, Yargelis Savigne and Josleidy Ribalta.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Blessing Ufodiama won?
$7,000, which ranks 1785th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2011 and 2012.
What is Blessing Ufodiama's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the triple jump at the 2011 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Blessing Ufodiama 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 triple jump 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 Blessing Ufodiama 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 Blessing Ufodiama is Anna Hall on $7,000, and one below Carolin Dietrich on $7,000. Blessing Ufodiama is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's triple jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Blessing Ufodiama 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 Adidas Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.