Cole Walsh prize money
Cole Walsh has been paid $19,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1178th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's pole vault, the best of them 3rd.
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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2022 | Pole vault | 9th | - |
| Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 | Pole vault | 4th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | Pole vault | =3rd | $8,000 |
| Oslo Bislett Games 2019 | Pole vault | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2019 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| Herculis 2019 | Pole vault | 9th | - |
| All seven | Men's pole vault | - | $19,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $19,000 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the seven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2019 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $17,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - | Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | - |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $17,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Cole Walsh in 2020 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $19,000.
Around Cole Walsh on the money list
Ranks 1158 to 1198
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1158 | David Kendziera | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $19,500 |
| 1159 | Eliott Crestan | Men's 800 m | - | $19,500 |
| 1160 | Emil Agyekum | two disciplines | - | $19,500 |
| 1161 | Inika McPherson | Women's high jump | - | $19,500 |
| 1162 | Isobel Pooley | Women's high jump | - | $19,500 |
| 1163 | Jacious Sears | Women's 100 m | - | $19,500 |
| 1164 | Jonathan Muia Ndiku | two disciplines | - | $19,500 |
| 1165 | Jordan Clarke | Men's shot put | - | $19,500 |
| 1166 | Łukasz Michalski | Men's pole vault | 1 | $19,500 |
| 1167 | Maddi Wesche | Women's shot put | - | $19,500 |
| 1168 | Patricia Hall | two disciplines | - | $19,500 |
| 1169 | Tia Hellebaut | Women's high jump | - | $19,500 |
| 1170 | Yvette Lewis | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $19,500 |
| 1171 | Dylan Beard | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $19,250 |
| 1172 | Fantu Worku | two disciplines | - | $19,250 |
| 1173 | Heather MacLean | two disciplines | - | $19,250 |
| 1174 | Lisanne de Witte | Women's 400 m | - | $19,250 |
| 1175 | Oliver Helander | Men's javelin throw | - | $19,250 |
| 1176 | Asmir Kolašinac | Men's shot put | - | $19,000 |
| 1177 | Boris Berian | Men's 800 m | 1 | $19,000 |
| 1178 | Cole Walsh | Men's pole vault | - | $19,000 |
| 1179 | Elvira Herman | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $19,000 |
| 1180 | Gabriela Petrova | Women's triple jump | - | $19,000 |
| 1181 | Jasmine Jones | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
| 1182 | Joanna Atkins | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
| 1183 | Kalkidan Gezahegne | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
| 1184 | Parker Wolfe | two disciplines | 1 | $19,000 |
| 1185 | Robert Gregory | Men's 200 m | - | $19,000 |
| 1186 | Brahim Kaazouzi | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $18,750 |
| 1187 | Lamara Distin | Women's high jump | - | $18,750 |
| 1188 | Lynna Irby | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1189 | Mekides Abebe | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1190 | Michaela Meijer | Women's pole vault | - | $18,750 |
| 1191 | Shane Brathwaite | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $18,750 |
| 1192 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1193 | Charlene Lipsey | Women's 800 m | - | $18,500 |
| 1194 | Christin Wurth-Thomas | two disciplines | 1 | $18,500 |
| 1195 | Khadevis Robinson | Men's 800 m | 1 | $18,500 |
| 1196 | Lyukman Adams | Men's triple jump | 2 | $18,500 |
| 1197 | Michael Bingham | Men's 400 m | - | $18,500 |
| 1198 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | two disciplines | - | $18,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Cole Walsh is 1178th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $19,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Cole Walsh most
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $8,000 for =3rd in the pole vault, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Renaud Lavillenie, Chris Nilsen, Paweł Wojciechowski, Thiago Braz, EJ Obiena and Dominik Alberto.
Oslo Bislett Games 2019 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Armand Duplantis, Paweł Wojciechowski, Seito Yamamoto, Sondre Guttormsen, Alioune Sene and Sam Kendricks.
Prefontaine Classic 2019 paid $2,500 for 5th in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Valentin Lavillenie, Thiago Braz, Renaud Lavillenie, Armand Duplantis, Sam Kendricks and Piotr Lisek.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Cole Walsh won?
$19,000, which ranks 1178th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2019 and 2022.
What is Cole Walsh's biggest Diamond League payday?
$8,000, for finishing =3rd in the pole vault at the 2019 Weltklasse Zürich. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Cole Walsh gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men's pole vault 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 Cole Walsh ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Cole Walsh 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 him, 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 Cole Walsh is Boris Berian on $19,000, and one below Elvira Herman on $19,000. Cole Walsh 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 men's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Cole Walsh has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.