Genet Yalew prize money
Genet Yalew has been paid $7,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1790th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting Areva 2013 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2012 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala 2012 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| London Grand Prix 2011 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All four | Women's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,000 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2011 to 2013, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | - | London Grand Prix | $2,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $4,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $1,000 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $4,000 from two starts. Every season from 2011 to 2013 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,000.
Around Genet Yalew on the money list
Ranks 1770 to 1810
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1770 | Talitha Diggs | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1771 | Vernon Turner | Men's high jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1772 | Victoria Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1773 | Zahra Bani | Women's javelin throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1774 | Boglárka Takács | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1775 | Charity Hufnagel | Women's high jump | - | $7,250 |
| 1776 | Emmanuel Bamidele | Men's 400 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1777 | Julien Watrin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1778 | Margot Chevrier | Women's pole vault | - | $7,250 |
| 1779 | Mario García | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1780 | Nick Smidt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1781 | Ryan Zeze | Men's 200 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1782 | Águeda Marqués | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1783 | Andreas Bube | Men's 800 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1784 | Anna Hall | three disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1785 | Blessing Ufodiama | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1786 | Carolin Dietrich | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1787 | Claudia Salman | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1788 | Dai Qianqian | Women's javelin throw | - | $7,000 |
| 1789 | Davita Prendergast | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1790 | Genet Yalew | Women's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1791 | Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1792 | Gerson Baldé | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1793 | JJ Jegede | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1794 | Jose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1795 | Katja Demut | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1796 | Kemar Mowatt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1797 | Ky Robinson | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1798 | Lisa Urech | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1799 | Lydia Jele | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1800 | Marie-Julie Bonnin | Women's pole vault | - | $7,000 |
| 1801 | Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio | Men's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1802 | Melanie Bauschke | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1803 | Michael Bultheel | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1804 | Michael Kipyego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,000 |
| 1805 | Minke Bisschops | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1806 | Moa Hjelmer | three disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1807 | Murali Sreeshankar | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1808 | Natalia Linares | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1809 | Omoghan Osaghae | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1810 | Paul Hession | Men's 200 m | - | $7,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Genet Yalew is 1790th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $7,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Genet Yalew most
Adidas Grand Prix 2012 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fionnuala McCormack, Emebet Anteneh, Gotytom Gebreslase, Tirunesh Dibaba, Meseret Defar and Gelete Burka.
London Grand Prix 2011 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amy Cragg, Jessica Augusto, Lauren Fleshman, Helen Clitheroe, Grace Momanyi and Desiree Linden.
Golden Gala 2012 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Azmera Gebru, Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot, Meseret Defar, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Gelete Burka and Veronica Wanjiru.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Genet Yalew won?
$7,000, which ranks 1790th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2011 and 2013.
What is Genet Yalew's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 5000 m at the 2012 Adidas Grand Prix. 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 Genet Yalew 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.
Is this everything Genet Yalew 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 Genet Yalew is Davita Prendergast on $7,000, and one below Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono on $7,000. Genet Yalew 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 Genet Yalew 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 Meeting Areva has its own page across every edition of it.