Deresse Mekonnen prize money
Deresse Mekonnen has been paid $3,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2370th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's mile and men's 1500 m, the best of them 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting Areva 2011 | 1500 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | Mile | 6th | $2,000 |
| All two | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,000 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Deresse Mekonnen
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's mile | 1 | - | 2010 | $2,000 |
| Men's 1500 m | 1 | - | 2011 | $1,000 |
The men's mile has paid Deresse Mekonnen $2,000 of the $3,000, which is 67% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2010 to 2011, in the order it was won
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $2,000 from one start. Every season from 2010 to 2011 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $3,000.
Around Deresse Mekonnen on the money list
Ranks 2350 to 2390
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2350 | Revée Walcott-Nolan | three disciplines | - | $3,250 |
| 2351 | Samwel Chebolei Masai | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,250 |
| 2352 | Yuliya Chumachenko | Women's high jump | - | $3,250 |
| 2353 | Abria Smith | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2354 | Ali Kaya | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2355 | Alice Schmidt | Women's 800 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2356 | Amber Hughes | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2357 | Anna Avdeyeva | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2358 | Annsert Whyte | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2359 | Antonina Yefremova | Women's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2360 | Belaynesh Oljira | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2361 | Bernesh Dessie | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2362 | Brandon Roulhac | Men's triple jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2363 | Brendon Rodney | Men's 200 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2364 | Caisja Chandler | Women's 200 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2365 | Chen Qi | Men's javelin throw | - | $3,000 |
| 2366 | Chesari Kirui Jacob | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2367 | Chris O'Hare | Men's 1500 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2368 | Claire Perraux | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $3,000 |
| 2369 | Déborah Sananes | Women's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2370 | Deresse Mekonnen | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2371 | Derval O'Rourke | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2372 | Desiree Linden | Women's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2373 | Diane Cummins | Women's 800 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2374 | Divine Oduduru | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2375 | Dmitriy Starodubtsev | Men's pole vault | - | $3,000 |
| 2376 | Dmytro Kosynskyy | Men's javelin throw | - | $3,000 |
| 2377 | Ebonie Floyd | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2378 | Eden Francis | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2379 | Edino Steele | Men's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2380 | Edwin Kiplagat Melly | Men's 800 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2381 | Eefje Boons | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2382 | Elena Kelety | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2383 | Eline Berings | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2384 | Elisabeth Pihela | Women's high jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2385 | Emily Chebet | Women's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2386 | Erika Beistle | Women's discus throw | - | $3,000 |
| 2387 | Essa Ismail Rashed | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2388 | Fanjanteino Felix | Women's 1500 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2389 | Fouad el Kaam | Men's 1500 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2390 | Gao Yang | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Deresse Mekonnen is 2370th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $3,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Deresse Mekonnen most
Bislett Games 2010 paid $2,000 for 6th in the mile, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono, Peter van der Westhuizen, Asbel Kiprop, Mekonnen Gebremedhin, Gideon Gathimba and Ilham Tanui Özbilen.
Meeting Areva 2011 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amine Laalou, Asbel Kiprop, Bernard Lagat, Nick Willis, Mohamed Moustaoui and Leonel Manzano.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Deresse Mekonnen won?
$3,000, which ranks 2370th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2010 and 2011.
What is Deresse Mekonnen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the mile at the 2010 Bislett Games. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Deresse Mekonnen 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 mile 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 Deresse Mekonnen 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 Deresse Mekonnen is Déborah Sananes on $3,000, and one below Derval O'Rourke on $3,000. Deresse Mekonnen is one of 147 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $5,789,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's mile prize money and men's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Deresse Mekonnen has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting Areva has its own page across every edition of it.