Elina Tzengko prize money
Elina Tzengko has been paid $65,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 477th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, three of them wins.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis EBS 2026 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | Javelin throw | 10th | - |
| Bislett Games 2026 | Javelin throw | 9th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | Javelin throw | 11th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | Javelin throw | 1st | $30,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2025 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2025 | Javelin throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | Javelin throw | 6th | $1,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | Javelin throw | 10th | - |
| Athletissima 2023 | Javelin throw | 9th | - |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | Javelin throw | 5th | $1,250 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 | Javelin throw | 6th | $1,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2022 | Javelin throw | 7th | $750 |
| All fifteen | Women's javelin throw | - | $65,000 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $65,000 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Five of the fifteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Elina Tzengko did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's javelin throw | 5th | 62.72 m | $11,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Elina Tzengko $11,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $65,000 from fifteen Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2022 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | - | Meeting de Paris | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $57,000 |
| 2026 | 4 | - | Herculis EBS | $4,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $57,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Elina Tzengko in 2023, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $65,000.
Around Elina Tzengko on the money list
Ranks 457 to 497
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 457 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
| 458 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | five disciplines | 3 | $68,500 |
| 459 | Chris Tomlinson | Men's long jump | - | $68,000 |
| 460 | Christopher Brown | Men's 400 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 461 | Edwin Soi | two disciplines | 2 | $68,000 |
| 462 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 463 | Christabel Nettey | Women's long jump | 1 | $67,750 |
| 464 | Hana Moll | Women's pole vault | 3 | $67,500 |
| 465 | Ivan Ukhov | Men's high jump | 7 | $67,000 |
| 466 | Jillian Camarena-Williams | Women's shot put | - | $67,000 |
| 467 | Erriyon Knighton | two disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 468 | Linda Stahl | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $66,500 |
| 469 | Ronald Kwemoi | four disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 470 | Andrenette Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $66,250 |
| 471 | Fantaye Belayneh | two disciplines | 1 | $65,750 |
| 472 | Timur Morgunov | Men's pole vault | 1 | $65,750 |
| 473 | Sherone Simpson | two disciplines | - | $65,500 |
| 474 | Morgan Lake | Women's high jump | 1 | $65,417 |
| 475 | Rénelle Lamote | Women's 800 m | 1 | $65,250 |
| 476 | Danielle Carruthers | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $65,000 |
| 477 | Elina Tzengko | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $65,000 |
| 478 | Matthias de Zordo | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $65,000 |
| 479 | Sondre Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | - | $64,250 |
| 480 | Winny Chebet | three disciplines | - | $64,250 |
| 481 | Jermaine Gonzales | Men's 400 m | 2 | $64,000 |
| 482 | Kathryn Mitchell | Women's javelin throw | - | $64,000 |
| 483 | Martina Ratej | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $64,000 |
| 484 | Morgan Uceny | two disciplines | 3 | $63,500 |
| 485 | Sentayehu Ejigu | two disciplines | 2 | $63,500 |
| 486 | Telahun Haile Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $63,250 |
| 487 | Charonda Williams | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 488 | Dwight Phillips | Men's long jump | 4 | $63,000 |
| 489 | Richard Thompson | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 490 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | four disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 491 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | two disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 492 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | - | $62,500 |
| 493 | Etenesh Diro | three disciplines | 1 | $62,500 |
| 494 | Kim Collins | two disciplines | - | $62,500 |
| 495 | Ditaji Kambundji | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $62,250 |
| 496 | Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba | three disciplines | 2 | $62,000 |
| 497 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | two disciplines | - | $61,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Elina Tzengko is 477th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $65,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Elina Tzengko most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $30,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Adriana Vilagoš, Jo-Ané du Plessis, Mackenzie Little, Flor Ruiz and Haruka Kitaguchi.
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dai Qianqian, Jo-Ané du Plessis, Haruka Kitaguchi, Yan Ziyi, Marie-Therese Obst and Tori Peeters.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Adriana Vilagoš, Anete Sietiņa, Flor Ruiz, Jo-Ané du Plessis, Maria Andrejczyk and Mackenzie Little.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Elina Tzengko won?
$65,000, which ranks 477th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is Elina Tzengko's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2025 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 Elina Tzengko 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 javelin throw 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 Elina Tzengko won?
Three of fifteen, worth $50,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $30,000.
Has Elina Tzengko ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Five 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.
How much did Elina Tzengko win at the 2025 World Championships?
$11,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Elina Tzengko earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships 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 Elina Tzengko is Danielle Carruthers on $65,000, and one below Matthias de Zordo on $65,000. Elina Tzengko is one of 18 Greece athletes athletics has paid, and Greece athletics prize money adds them up to $1,638,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Elina Tzengko 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 Herculis EBS has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's javelin throw page.