Christina Schwanitz prize money
Christina Schwanitz has been paid $26,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 516th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's shot put, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 | Shot put | 8th | $500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2021 | Shot put | 8th | $500 |
| Athletissima 2019 | Shot put | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | Shot put | 3rd | $10,000 |
| Oslo Bislett Games 2019 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| All six | Women's shot put | — | $26,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $26,000 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2019 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | Athletissima | $25,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 2 | — | Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | $1,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $25,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Christina Schwanitz in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $26,000.
Around Christina Schwanitz on the money list
Ranks 496 to 536
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 496 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | — | $27,500 |
| 497 | Peter Bol | Men's 800 m | — | $27,500 |
| 498 | Ronald Kwemoi | four disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 499 | Carey McLeod | Men's long jump | 1 | $27,250 |
| 500 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 1 | $27,250 |
| 501 | Alyssa Jones | Women's long jump | 1 | $27,000 |
| 502 | Carl Bengtström | three disciplines | — | $26,750 |
| 503 | Kendall Ellis | Women's 400 m | 1 | $26,750 |
| 504 | Twanisha Terry | two disciplines | — | $26,750 |
| 505 | Just Kwaou-Mathey | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $26,500 |
| 506 | Liliana Cá | Women's discus throw | — | $26,500 |
| 507 | Lukas Weisshaidinger | Men's discus throw | — | $26,500 |
| 508 | Mohamed Abdilaahi | two disciplines | 1 | $26,500 |
| 509 | Ackelia Smith | two disciplines | — | $26,250 |
| 510 | Alexis Holmes | Women's 400 m | — | $26,250 |
| 511 | Reece Prescod | Men's 100 m | — | $26,250 |
| 512 | Roger Steen | Men's shot put | — | $26,250 |
| 513 | Thomas Carmoy | Men's high jump | — | $26,125 |
| 514 | Aaliyah Butler | Women's 400 m | — | $26,000 |
| 515 | Christina Clemons | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $26,000 |
| 516 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 1 | $26,000 |
| 517 | Cornelius Kemboi | two disciplines | — | $26,000 |
| 518 | Ese Brume | Women's long jump | — | $26,000 |
| 519 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $26,000 |
| 520 | Sage Hurta | Women's 800 m | — | $26,000 |
| 521 | Lurdes Gloria Manuel | Women's 400 m | — | $25,750 |
| 522 | Marcin Krukowski | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $25,750 |
| 523 | Norbert Kobielski | Men's high jump | — | $25,750 |
| 524 | Thibaut Collet | Men's pole vault | — | $25,542 |
| 525 | Lilian Odira | Women's 800 m | 1 | $25,500 |
| 526 | Sigrid Borge | Women's javelin throw | — | $25,500 |
| 527 | Asier Martínez | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $25,000 |
| 528 | Elliot Giles | three disciplines | — | $25,000 |
| 529 | Keturah Orji | Women's triple jump | — | $25,000 |
| 530 | Maykel Massó | Men's long jump | 1 | $25,000 |
| 531 | Yemisi Mabry | Women's shot put | — | $25,000 |
| 532 | Chukwuebuka Enekwechi | Men's shot put | — | $24,750 |
| 533 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 1 | $24,750 |
| 534 | Ethan Strand | two disciplines | 1 | $24,500 |
| 535 | Imogen Ayris | Women's pole vault | — | $24,500 |
| 536 | Nadia Battocletti | three disciplines | 1 | $24,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Christina Schwanitz is 516th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $26,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Christina Schwanitz most
Athletissima 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brittany Crew, Fanny Roos, Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Aliona Dubitskaya, Chase Ealey and Paulina Guba.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aliona Dubitskaya, Brittany Crew, Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Fanny Roos, Jessica Ramsey and Gong Lijao.
Oslo Bislett Games 2019 paid $2,500 for 5th in the shot put, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aliona Dubitskaya, Jessica Ramsey, Michelle Carter, Paulina Guba, Maggie Ewen and Gong Lijiao.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Christina Schwanitz won?
$26,000, which ranks 516th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2019 and 2021.
What is Christina Schwanitz's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the shot put at the 2019 Athletissima. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Christina Schwanitz 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 win is worth the same in the women's shot put 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Christina Schwanitz won?
One of six, worth $10,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $10,000.
Is this everything Christina Schwanitz 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 Christina Schwanitz is Christina Clemons on $26,000, and one below Cornelius Kemboi on $26,000. Christina Schwanitz is one of 81 Germany athletes athletics has paid, and Germany athletics prize money adds them up to $1,858,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Christina Schwanitz 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 Müller Grand Prix Gateshead has its own page across every edition of it.