Gao Yang prize money
Gao Yang has been paid $3,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2390th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's shot put, the best of them 7th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| All two | Women's shot put | - | $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.
Season by season
2015 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $1,500 |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $1,500 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $1,500 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Gao Yang in 2016 and 2017, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $3,000.
Around Gao Yang on the money list
Ranks 2370 to 2410
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2391 | Gary Kikaya | Men's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2392 | Hanna Shelekh | Women's pole vault | - | $3,000 |
| 2393 | Hilary Stellingwerff | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2394 | Ishmael Kipkurui | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2395 | J-Mee Samuels | Men's 100 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2396 | Jadel Gregório | Men's triple jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2397 | Jenny Elbe | Women's triple jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2398 | Joel Fearon | Men's 100 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2399 | Johan Cronje | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2400 | Jonathan Seremes | Men's triple jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2401 | José Carlos Herrera | Men's 200 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2402 | Jude Thomas | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2403 | Julien Bonvin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2404 | Justyn Warner | Men's 100 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2405 | Ka Bian | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2406 | Kaila McKnight | Women's 1500 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2407 | Karabo Sibanda | Men's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2408 | Khairi Bejiga | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2409 | Korene Hinds | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $3,000 |
| 2410 | Kseniya Zadorina | Women's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Gao Yang is 2390th 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 Gao Yang most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 paid $1,500 for 7th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Valerie Adams, Gong Lijiao, Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Raven Saunders, Yuliya Leantsiuk and Paulina Guba.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 paid $1,500 for 7th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yuliya Leantsiuk, Gong Lijiao, Christina Schwanitz, Tia Brooks-Wannemacher, Tianqian Guo and Anita Márton.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Gao Yang won?
$3,000, which ranks 2390th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2015 and 2018.
What is Gao Yang's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,500, for finishing 7th in the shot put at the 2018 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 7th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Gao Yang 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 shot put 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 Gao Yang 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 Gao Yang is Fouad el Kaam on $3,000, and one below Gary Kikaya on $3,000. Gao Yang is one of 114 China athletes athletics has paid, and China athletics prize money adds them up to $1,813,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Gao Yang 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 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.