Freweyni Hailu prize money
Freweyni Hailu has been paid $193,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 118th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 30 paid finishes in the women's 1500 m, women's 5000 m and women's 3000 m, seven 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
The 30 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $193,000 is 30 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Freweyni Hailu did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 metres | 6th | 3:57.33 | $7,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Freweyni Hailu $7,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $193,000 from 30 Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Freweyni Hailu did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 metres | 4th | 3:58.44 | - |
| Women's 5000 metres | 4th | 14:32.76 | - |
Freweyni Hailu stood in two Ultimate Championship finals in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where she finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Freweyni Hailu did indoors, 2025 and 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 metres | 1st | 8:37.21 | $40,000 |
| Women's 3000 metres | 6th | 9:02.41 | $4,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Freweyni Hailu $44,000 for two finishes across Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026, against $193,000 from 30 Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Freweyni Hailu
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 19 | 4 | 2021 to 2026 | $101,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 6 | 1 | 2023 to 2026 | $54,750 |
| Women's 3000 m | 3 | 2 | 2023 to 2026 | $32,500 |
| Women's mile | 1 | - | 2023 | $3,500 |
| Women's 800 m | 1 | - | 2022 | $1,250 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Freweyni Hailu $101,000 of the $193,000, which is 52% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | Athletissima | $13,500 |
| 2022 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $18,500 |
| 2023 | 8 | 3 | Bauhausgalan | $48,250 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | Doha Diamond League | $30,750 |
| 2025 | 3 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $13,500 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $68,500 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $68,500 from six starts. Every season from 2021 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $193,000.
Around Freweyni Hailu on the money list
Ranks 98 to 138
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
| 123 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | 4 | $187,000 |
| 124 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 3 | $186,500 |
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Freweyni Hailu is 118th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $193,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Freweyni Hailu most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Likina Amebaw, Senayet Getachew, Rose Davies, Hirut Meshesha, Georgia Griffith and Maureen Koster.
Bislett Games 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 3000 m, one of 17 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Likina Amebaw, Senayet Getachew, Hawi Abera, Maureen Koster, Linden Hall and Megan Keith.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 paid $10,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of 17 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nadia Battocletti, Birke Haylom, Gudaf Tsegay, Josette Andrews, Chaltu Dida and Aleshign Baweke.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Freweyni Hailu won?
$193,000, which ranks 118th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 30 paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Freweyni Hailu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 5000 m at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Freweyni Hailu 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 1500 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 Freweyni Hailu won?
Seven of 30, worth $100,000 between them. Four of her appearances came at a final, which paid $45,000.
How much did Freweyni Hailu win at the 2025 World Championships?
$7,000, 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.
How much has Freweyni Hailu won at the World Indoor Championships?
$44,000, from two paid finals across Toruń 2026 and Nanjing 2025. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Freweyni Hailu earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships and World Indoor 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 Freweyni Hailu is Bohdan Bondarenko on $193,583, and one below Audrey Werro on $191,500. Freweyni Hailu 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 women's 1500 m prize money, women's 5000 m prize money, women's 3000 m prize money, women's mile prize money and women's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Freweyni Hailu has been paid in five 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 AG Memorial Van Damme 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 1500 metres page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full finals are on the women's 1500 metres and women's 5000 metres pages. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the women's 3000 metres page.