Gela Hambese prize money
Gela Hambese has been paid $1,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2882nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's 5000 m, the best of them 5th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2024 | 5000 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 | 5000 m | 8th | $500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2024 | 5000 m | 12th | - |
| All three | Women's 5000 m | - | $1,750 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,750 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. One of the three starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Gela Hambese ran on the grass
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed relay | - | 22:34 | - | $6,000 |
Gela Hambese has run one race here and was paid nothing in her own name. Only the first six across the line are, $30,000 for the win down to $3,000 for 6th, and there is no appearance money underneath it. The team she ran on earned Ethiopia $6,000, all of it from the mixed relay, which is timed rather than scored and pays a country rather than the four who ran it. It is the federation's money rather than hers, and it is not added to the $1,750 at the top of this page. Sheran alongside Hirut Meshesha, and the Diamond League has paid them too. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Around Gela Hambese on the money list
Ranks 2862 to 2902
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2862 | Viktoriya Prokopenko | Women's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2863 | Wilfredo Martínez | Men's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2864 | Winnie Jemutai | Women's 5000 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2865 | Wu Yuang | Men's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2866 | Yanan Liu | Women's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2867 | Yanni Sampson | Men's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2868 | Yasmine Regis | Women's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2869 | Yassine Hssine | Men's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2870 | Yujia Tao | Women's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2871 | Zahra Bouras | Women's 800 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2872 | Zlatozar Atanasov | Men's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2873 | Ahmed Jaziri | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,750 |
| 2874 | Ama Pipi | Women's 400 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2875 | Andrea Miklós | Women's 400 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2876 | Brian Fay | two disciplines | - | $1,750 |
| 2877 | Briana Williams | Women's 100 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2878 | Cejhae Greene | Men's 100 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2879 | Dani Jones | Women's 1500 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2880 | Elizaveta Parnova | Women's pole vault | - | $1,750 |
| 2881 | Fábio Gomes da Silva | Men's pole vault | - | $1,750 |
| 2882 | Gela Hambese | Women's 5000 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2883 | Helena Ponette | Women's 400 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2884 | Jiang Zhichao | Women's discus throw | - | $1,750 |
| 2885 | Joshua Zeller | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $1,750 |
| 2886 | Kristiina Mäkelä | Women's triple jump | - | $1,750 |
| 2887 | Louise Ekman | Women's high jump | - | $1,750 |
| 2888 | Matthew Stonier | Men's 1500 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2889 | PJ Austin | Men's 100 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2890 | Rachel McCoy | Women's high jump | - | $1,750 |
| 2891 | Ronda Whyte | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,750 |
| 2892 | Tim Lobinger | Men's pole vault | - | $1,750 |
| 2893 | Wang Yang | Women's high jump | - | $1,750 |
| 2894 | Zhong Tao | Men's pole vault | - | $1,625 |
| 2895 | Aarik Wilson | Men's triple jump | - | $1,500 |
| 2896 | Aaron Armstrong | Men's 200 m | - | $1,500 |
| 2897 | Abderrahman El Assal | Men's 800 m | - | $1,500 |
| 2898 | Abdulaziz al Mandeel | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $1,500 |
| 2899 | Adam Hague | Men's pole vault | - | $1,500 |
| 2900 | Adam Spencer | two disciplines | - | $1,500 |
| 2901 | Adriaan Wildschutt | two disciplines | - | $1,500 |
| 2902 | Adrien Clemenceau | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Gela Hambese is 2882nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $1,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Gela Hambese most
Doha Diamond League 2024 paid $1,250 for 5th in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Senayet Getachew, Aynadis Mebratu, Wubrist Aschal, Mekedes Alemeshete, Nozomi Tanaka and Asayech Ayichew.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 paid $500 for 8th in the 5000 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Frehiwot Gesese, Medina Eisa, Fotyen Tesfay, Edinah Jebitok, Melknat Wudu and Likina Amebaw.
Weltklasse Zürich 2024 paid $0 for 12th in the 5000 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Beatrice Chebet, Ejgayehu Taye, Tsigie Gebreselama, Karissa Schweizer, Melknat Wudu and Fotyen Tesfay.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Gela Hambese won?
$1,750, which ranks 2882nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes in 2024.
What is Gela Hambese's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,250, for finishing 5th in the 5000 m at the 2024 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 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Gela Hambese 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 5000 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.
Has Gela Hambese ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Gela Hambese earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Cross Country 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 Gela Hambese is Fábio Gomes da Silva on $1,750, and one below Helena Ponette on $1,750. Gela Hambese 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 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Gela Hambese 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. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the mixed relay page.