Gemechu Dida prize money
Gemechu Dida has been paid $500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2040th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's 5000 m, and it was 8th.
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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2025 | 5000 m | 15th | — |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | 5000 m | 13th | — |
| Athletissima 2023 | 5000 m | 8th | $500 |
| All three | Men's 5000 m | — | $500 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $500 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the three starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2023 to 2025, in the order it was won
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $500 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Gemechu Dida in 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $500.
Around Gemechu Dida on the money list
Ranks 2020 to 2060
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Carla Gallardo | Women's 5000 m | — | $500 |
| 2021 | Chloé Galet | Women's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2022 | Daniela Schlatter | Women's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2023 | David McNeill | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2024 | Diana Zagainova | Women's triple jump | — | $500 |
| 2025 | Dominic Lobalu | Men's 5000 m | — | $500 |
| 2026 | Efe Uwaifo | Men's triple jump | — | $500 |
| 2027 | Elena Carraro | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $500 |
| 2028 | Emil Johansson | Men's 400 m | — | $500 |
| 2029 | Emilia Sjöstrand | Women's triple jump | — | $500 |
| 2030 | Emmanuel Korir Kiplagat | Men's 3000 m | — | $500 |
| 2031 | Erin Shaw | Women's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2032 | Ermias Girma | Men's 800 m | — | $500 |
| 2033 | Eugene Omalla | Men's 400 m | — | $500 |
| 2034 | Evan Jager | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
| 2035 | Farzaneh Fasihi | Women's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2036 | Federica Del Buono | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2037 | Ferdinand Kvan Edman | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2038 | Franck Elemba | Men's shot put | — | $500 |
| 2039 | Gabriel Wallmark | Men's triple jump | — | $500 |
| 2040 | Gemechu Dida | Men's 5000 m | — | $500 |
| 2041 | Haruna Kuboyama | Women's 400 m | — | $500 |
| 2042 | Henrik Flåtnes | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2043 | Henry Frayne | Men's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2044 | Hicham Ouladha | Men's 1500 m | — | $500 |
| 2045 | Hiroki Yanagita | Men's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2046 | Jak Ali Harvey | Men's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2047 | Ján Volko | Men's 200 m | — | $500 |
| 2048 | Jean-Simon Desgagnés | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
| 2049 | Jef Vermeiren | Men's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2050 | Jelena Rowe | Women's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2051 | Jeremiah Davis | Men's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2052 | Juliane Hvid | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
| 2053 | Karol Zalewski | Men's 400 m | — | $500 |
| 2054 | Kieran Lumb | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2055 | Kirsty Law | Women's discus throw | — | $500 |
| 2056 | Laura Valette | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $500 |
| 2057 | Laureen Maxwell | Women's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2058 | Léna Kandissounon | Women's 800 m | — | $500 |
| 2059 | Leticia Oro Melo | Women's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2060 | Lin Yu-tang | Men's long jump | — | $500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Gemechu Dida is 2040th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Gemechu Dida most
Athletissima 2023 paid $500 for 8th in the 5000 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ky Robinson, Jonas Raess, Egide Ntakarutimana, Muktar Edris, Berihu Aregawi and Joshua Cheptegei.
Bislett Games 2025 paid $0 for 15th in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stewart McSweyn, Nico Young, Biniam Mehary, Kuma Girma, George Mills and Hagos Gebrhiwet.
Meeting de Paris 2025 paid $0 for 13th in the 5000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Adriaan Wildschutt, Yomif Kejelcha, Birhanu Balew, Graham Blanks, Jimmy Gressier and Samuel Tefera.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Gemechu Dida won?
$500, which ranks 2040th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish between 2023 and 2025.
What is Gemechu Dida's biggest Diamond League payday?
$500, for finishing 8th in the 5000 m at the 2023 Athletissima. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 8th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Gemechu Dida gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men'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 Gemechu Dida ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two 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. He are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Gemechu Dida earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 him, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Gemechu Dida is Gabriel Wallmark on $500, and one below Haruna Kuboyama on $500. Gemechu Dida is one of 95 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,242,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Gemechu Dida has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.