Eileen Demes prize money
Eileen Demes has been paid $1,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 3293rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 400 m hurdles, and it was 8th.
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.
The payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,000 is one 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.
The World Athletics Relays
What Eileen Demes ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | 8th | 3:29.37 | $2,000 |
The World Relays have paid $2,000 for the one team Eileen Demes ran on in Gaborone 2026, and all of it went to Germany rather than to the four who ran. The $1,000 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid her. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. No team she ran on won its final, and the ladder paid the teams anyway: it reaches all eight teams in a final, $40,000 for a title down to $2,000 for 8th, so reaching one is the run that pays. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
Around Eileen Demes on the money list
Ranks 3273 to 3313
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3273 | Clarisse Moh | Women's 800 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3274 | Clélia Rard-Reuse | Women's long jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3275 | Cooper Teare | two disciplines | - | $1,000 |
| 3276 | Craig Pickering | Men's 200 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3277 | Curtis Jensen | Men's shot put | - | $1,000 |
| 3278 | Cynthia Chepkirui | Women's 5000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3279 | Dana Noor Salem | Women's 100 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3280 | Daniel Lemashon Salel | Men's 5000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3281 | Daniele Cavazzani | Men's triple jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3282 | Daniele Meucci | Men's 5000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3283 | Dera Dida | Women's 5000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3284 | Dexter Lee | Men's 100 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3285 | Diego Marani | Men's 200 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3286 | Dominika Napieraj | Women's 5000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3287 | Dontae Richards-Kwok | Men's 200 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3288 | Dwayne Cowan | Men's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3289 | Dylan Borlée | Men's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3290 | Ebony Collins | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3291 | Edi Maia | Men's pole vault | - | $1,000 |
| 3292 | Eduardo Santos Rodrigues | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3293 | Eileen Demes | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3294 | Elias Ngeny | Men's 800 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3295 | Elijah Hall | Men's 100 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3296 | Elin Moraiti | Women's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3297 | Elin Östlund | Women's 200 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3298 | Elisa Di Lazzaro | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3299 | Elisa Valensin | Women's 200 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3300 | Elise Malmberg | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3301 | Emanuele Formichetti | Men's long jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3302 | Emile Denecker | Men's pole vault | - | $1,000 |
| 3303 | Emily Newnham | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3304 | Emma Beiter Bomme | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3305 | Emma Montoya | Women's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3306 | Ercüment Olgundeniz | Men's discus throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3307 | Eric Jenkins | Men's 3000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3308 | Esther Chemtai | Women's 5000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3309 | Esther Eisenlauer | Women's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3310 | Eveliina Määttänen | Women's 800 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3311 | Evonne Britton | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3312 | Felise Vaha'i Sosaia | Men's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3313 | Feng Zhiqiang | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Eileen Demes is 3293rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $1,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Eileen Demes most
Doha Diamond League 2026 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emma Zapletalová, Rushell Clayton, Kemi Adekoya, Gianna Woodruff, Amalie Iuel and Ashley Miller.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Eileen Demes won?
$1,000, which ranks 3293rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2026.
What is Eileen Demes's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 8th in the 400 m hurdles at the 2026 Doha Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 8th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Eileen Demes 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 400 m hurdles 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.
What did Eileen Demes's World Relays teams win?
$2,000, across one paid final in Gaborone 2026. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Eileen Demes or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Eileen Demes earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Relays money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Eileen Demes is Eduardo Santos Rodrigues on $1,000, and one below Elias Ngeny on $1,000. Eileen Demes is one of 139 Germany athletes athletics has paid, and Germany athletics prize money adds them up to $4,199,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Eileen Demes 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 400 m. Every meeting she 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. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the women's 4 × 400 metres relay page.