Gelete Burka prize money
Gelete Burka has been paid $69,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 450th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 19 paid finishes in the women's 1500 m, women's 5000 m and women's 3000 m, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 | 3000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2015 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2015 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2013 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2013 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Grand Prix 2013 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2012 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 | 3000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala 2012 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2012 | 3000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2012 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2012 | 3000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2010 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2010 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2010 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| BAUHAUS-galan 2010 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All 19 | three disciplines | - | $69,500 |
The 19 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $69,500 is 19 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Gelete Burka
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 7 | 1 | 2010 to 2011 | $35,500 |
| Women's 5000 m | 8 | - | 2012 to 2015 | $22,500 |
| Women's 3000 m | 4 | - | 2012 to 2016 | $11,500 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Gelete Burka $35,500 of the $69,500, which is 51% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 1 | Athletissima | $28,500 |
| 2011 | 2 | - | Golden Gala | $7,000 |
| 2012 | 6 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $17,500 |
| 2013 | 3 | - | Meeting Areva | $7,500 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $5,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $4,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $28,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Gelete Burka in 2014, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $69,500.
Around Gelete Burka on the money list
Ranks 430 to 470
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 430 | Majd Eddin Ghazal | Men's high jump | 1 | $73,500 |
| 431 | Nancy Jebet Langat | two disciplines | 5 | $73,500 |
| 432 | Patrícia Mamona | Women's triple jump | - | $73,500 |
| 433 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 434 | Brenda Martinez | two disciplines | 2 | $73,000 |
| 435 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 436 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 437 | Michael Cherry | Men's 400 m | 2 | $72,750 |
| 438 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 439 | Lázaro Martínez | Men's triple jump | 2 | $72,000 |
| 440 | Yelena Sokolova | Women's long jump | 4 | $72,000 |
| 441 | Fanny Roos | Women's shot put | - | $71,500 |
| 442 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 443 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 444 | Marquis Dendy | two disciplines | 2 | $71,250 |
| 445 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 446 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | - | $70,500 |
| 447 | Courtney Lindsey | two disciplines | 1 | $69,750 |
| 448 | Kevin Borlée | Men's 400 m | 1 | $69,750 |
| 449 | Mackenzie Little | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 450 | Gelete Burka | three disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 451 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 452 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 453 | Emma Green | Women's high jump | 1 | $69,000 |
| 454 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 455 | Warren Weir | Men's 200 m | 4 | $69,000 |
| 456 | Ana Šimić | Women's high jump | 1 | $68,583 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Gelete Burka is 450th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $69,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Gelete Burka most
Athletissima 2010 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ibtissam Lakhouad, Nancy Jebet Langat, Lisa Dobriskey, Morgan Uceny, Mimi Belete and Viola Jelagat Kibiwot.
Doha Diamond League 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Siham Hilali, Ibtissam Lakhouad, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Ingvill Måkestad Bovim, Genzebe Dibaba and Stephanie Twell.
Weltklasse Zürich 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stephanie Twell, Lisa Dobriskey, Irene Jelagat, Janeth Jepkosgei, Abeba Aregawi and Shannon Rowbury.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Gelete Burka won?
$69,500, which ranks 450th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 19 paid finishes between 2010 and 2016.
What is Gelete Burka's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 1500 m at the 2010 Athletissima. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Gelete Burka 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 Gelete Burka won?
One of 19, worth $10,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Gelete Burka 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 Gelete Burka is Mackenzie Little on $69,750, and one below Reynold Cheruiyot on $69,500. Gelete Burka 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 and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Gelete Burka has been paid in three 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 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.