Cynthia Bolingo prize money
Cynthia Bolingo has been paid $13,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1403rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's 400 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Van Damme 2023 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 | 400 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| All two | Women's 400 m | - | $13,500 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $13,500 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
2022 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $3,500 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | Memorial Van Damme | $10,000 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $10,000 from one start. Every season from 2022 to 2023 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $13,500.
Around Cynthia Bolingo on the money list
Ranks 1383 to 1423
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1383 | Sarah Chelangat | two disciplines | - | $14,000 |
| 1384 | Sebastian Bayer | Men's long jump | - | $14,000 |
| 1385 | Sergey Makarov | Men's javelin throw | - | $14,000 |
| 1386 | Simon Pettersson | Men's discus throw | - | $14,000 |
| 1387 | Valentin Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | - | $14,000 |
| 1388 | Alex Wilson | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1389 | Anita Horvat | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1390 | Imke Onnen | Women's high jump | - | $13,750 |
| 1391 | Liu Junxi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $13,750 |
| 1392 | Luis Grijalva | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1393 | Marta Alemayo | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1394 | Matthew Hughes | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,750 |
| 1395 | Nozomi Tanaka | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1396 | Payton Chadwick | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1397 | Zhu Yaming | Men's triple jump | - | $13,750 |
| 1398 | Aisha Praught-Leer | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1399 | Aleen Bailey | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1400 | Aleksandra Kiryashova | Women's pole vault | - | $13,500 |
| 1401 | Andrew Butchart | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1402 | Bridget Franek | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,500 |
| 1403 | Cynthia Bolingo | Women's 400 m | 1 | $13,500 |
| 1404 | Isa Phillips | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1405 | Jessica Ramsey | Women's shot put | - | $13,500 |
| 1406 | Jessie Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1407 | Jordan Anthony | Men's 100 m | - | $13,500 |
| 1408 | Konstantinos Baniotis | Men's high jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1409 | Ristananna Tracey | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1410 | Samson Oni | Men's high jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1411 | Simona la Mantia | Women's triple jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1412 | Song Jiayuan | Women's shot put | - | $13,500 |
| 1413 | Yansheng Yang | Men's pole vault | 1 | $13,500 |
| 1414 | Ebba Jungmark | Women's high jump | - | $13,250 |
| 1415 | Isaiah Harris | Men's 800 m | 1 | $13,250 |
| 1416 | İsmail Nezir | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,250 |
| 1417 | Julia Henriksson | two disciplines | - | $13,250 |
| 1418 | Lemlem Hailu | three disciplines | - | $13,250 |
| 1419 | Leungo Scotch | Men's 400 m | - | $13,250 |
| 1420 | Martina Strutz | Women's pole vault | - | $13,250 |
| 1421 | Berke Akçam | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1422 | Cydonie Mothersill | Women's 200 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1423 | Delloreen Ennis | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $13,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Cynthia Bolingo is 1403rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $13,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Cynthia Bolingo most
Memorial Van Damme 2023 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lieke Klaver, Shamier Little, Victoria Ohuruogu, Candice McLeod, Laviai Nielsen and Helena Ponette.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mary Moraa, Candice McLeod, Lieke Klaver, Anna Kiełbasińska, Stephenie Ann McPherson and Fiordaliza Cofil.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Cynthia Bolingo won?
$13,500, which ranks 1403rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2022 and 2023.
What is Cynthia Bolingo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2023 Memorial Van Damme. 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 Cynthia Bolingo 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 400 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Cynthia Bolingo won?
One of two, worth $10,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Cynthia Bolingo 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 Cynthia Bolingo is Bridget Franek on $13,500, and one below Isa Phillips on $13,500. Cynthia Bolingo is one of 60 Belgium athletes athletics has paid, and Belgium athletics prize money adds them up to $821,458 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Cynthia Bolingo 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 Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it.