Chaltu Dida prize money
Chaltu Dida has been paid $2,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1482nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 5000 m, and it was 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | 5000 m | 7th | $2,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 5000 m | 13th | — |
| All two | Women's 5000 m | — | $2,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the two starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Around Chaltu Dida on the money list
Ranks 1462 to 1502
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1462 | Sokwakhana Zazini | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $2,250 |
| 1463 | Tade Ojora | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $2,250 |
| 1464 | Weini Kelati | two disciplines | — | $2,250 |
| 1465 | Aaron Mallett | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1466 | Abdalaati Iguider | two disciplines | — | $2,000 |
| 1467 | Airinė Palšytė | Women's high jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1468 | Alexis Brown | Women's long jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1469 | Aliaksei Katkavets | Men's javelin throw | — | $2,000 |
| 1470 | Alicja Konieczek | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,000 |
| 1471 | Ammar Ibrahim | Men's 400 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1472 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Women's 800 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1473 | Anna Wielgosz | Women's 800 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1474 | Anthony Ammirati | Men's pole vault | — | $2,000 |
| 1475 | Arlo Ludewick | Men's mile | — | $2,000 |
| 1476 | Arshad Nadeem | Men's javelin throw | — | $2,000 |
| 1477 | Ashley Miller | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1478 | Brenda Martinez | Women's 800 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1479 | Brittany Smith | Women's shot put | — | $2,000 |
| 1480 | Carley Thomas | Women's 1000 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1481 | Ce'Aira Brown | Women's 800 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1482 | Chaltu Dida | Women's 5000 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1483 | Charlie Grice | two disciplines | — | $2,000 |
| 1484 | Charlie Myers | Men's pole vault | — | $2,000 |
| 1485 | Christania Williams | Women's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1486 | Christina Hering | Women's 800 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1487 | Clément Ducos | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1488 | Darcy Roper | Men's long jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1489 | Dawoud Jok | Men's triple jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1490 | Dedric Dukes | Men's 200 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1491 | Denis Kipkoech | Men's 5000 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1492 | Ella Nelson | Women's 200 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1493 | Emily Diamond | Women's 400 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1494 | Erik Erlandsson | Men's 200 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1495 | Erik Kynard | Men's high jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1496 | Etenesh Diro | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,000 |
| 1497 | Fabian Heinle | Men's long jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1498 | Fancy Cherono | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,000 |
| 1499 | Fang Yaoqing | Men's triple jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1500 | Finley Gaio | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1501 | Gémima Joseph | two disciplines | — | $2,000 |
| 1502 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | Women's discus throw | — | $2,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Chaltu Dida is 1482nd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $2,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Chaltu Dida most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 paid $2,000 for 7th in the 5000 m, one of 17 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aleshign Baweke, Asayech Ayichew, Shelby Houlihan, Marta García, Maureen Koster and Margaret Akidor.
London Athletics Meet 2025 paid $0 for 13th in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Megan Keith, Medina Eisa, Fantaye Belayneh, Rose Davies, Fotyen Tesfay and Georgia Griffith.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Chaltu Dida won?
$2,000, which ranks 1482nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2025.
What is Chaltu Dida's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 7th in the Diamond+ 5000 m at the 2025 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. 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 Chaltu Dida 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 Chaltu Dida 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. She is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Chaltu Dida earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Chaltu Dida is Ce'Aira Brown on $2,000, and one below Charlie Grice on $2,000. Chaltu Dida is one of 95 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,242,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Chaltu Dida 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.