Haregeweyni Kalayu prize money
Haregeweyni Kalayu has been paid $4,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2193rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 1500 m, and it was 3rd.
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 2026 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | 1500 m | 9th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 1500 m | 12th | - |
| All three | Women's 1500 m | - | $4,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,000 is one 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. Two of the three starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The Ultimate Championship
What Haregeweyni Kalayu did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 metres | 12th | 4:06.14 | - |
Haregeweyni Kalayu stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where she finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Around Haregeweyni Kalayu on the money list
Ranks 2173 to 2213
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2173 | Chantel Malone | Women's long jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2174 | Chen Yang | Women's discus throw | - | $4,000 |
| 2175 | Chiara Rosa | Women's shot put | - | $4,000 |
| 2176 | Chris Noffke | Men's long jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2177 | Denis Kudryavtsev | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2178 | Denise Hinrichs | Women's shot put | - | $4,000 |
| 2179 | Emmanuel Callender | Men's 200 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2180 | Erin Donohue | Women's 1500 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2181 | Ethan Olivier | Men's triple jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2182 | Fabienne Hoenke | Women's 200 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2183 | Fabienne Kohlmann | Women's 800 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2184 | Fadwa Sidi Madane | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $4,000 |
| 2185 | Francoise Mbango Etone | Women's triple jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2186 | Gareth Warburton | Men's 800 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2187 | Geneviève Lalonde | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $4,000 |
| 2188 | George Kitchens | Men's long jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2189 | Giordano Benedetti | Men's 800 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2190 | Grace Momanyi | Women's 5000 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2191 | Gulnara Galkina | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $4,000 |
| 2192 | Hamza Driouch | three disciplines | - | $4,000 |
| 2193 | Haregeweyni Kalayu | Women's 1500 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2194 | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | Men's 100 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2195 | Harry Coppell | Men's pole vault | - | $4,000 |
| 2196 | Hassan Mead | Men's 5000 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2197 | Ian Waltz | Men's discus throw | - | $4,000 |
| 2198 | Jacob Wooten | Men's pole vault | - | $4,000 |
| 2199 | Jeshua Anderson | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2200 | Jessica Turner | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2201 | Jonathan Quarcoo | two disciplines | - | $4,000 |
| 2202 | Julia Bleasdale | Women's 3000 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2203 | Julian Reid | two disciplines | - | $4,000 |
| 2204 | Karol Zalewski | two disciplines | - | $4,000 |
| 2205 | Ken Toyoda | Men's 300 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2206 | Kenta Bell | Men's triple jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2207 | Keshia Kirtz | Women's 400 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2208 | Konstantinos Douvalidis | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2209 | Krishna Poonia | Women's discus throw | - | $4,000 |
| 2210 | Kurt Leone Couto | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2211 | Louise Maraval | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2212 | Luiz Maurício da Silva | Men's javelin throw | - | $4,000 |
| 2213 | Luke Gunn | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $4,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Haregeweyni Kalayu is 2193rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $4,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Haregeweyni Kalayu most
Doha Diamond League 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gesa Felicitas Krause, Águeda Marqués, Gaia Sabbatini, Marta Zenoni, Aster Areri and Worknesh Mesele.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 paid $0 for 9th in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Águeda Marqués, Jemma Reekie, Heather MacLean, Gaia Sabbatini, Laura Muir and Georgia Hunter Bell.
Meeting de Paris 2026 paid $0 for 12th in the 1500 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aster Areri, Salomé Afonso, Georgia Hunter Bell, Freweyni Hailu, Agathe Guillemot and Jessica Hull.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Haregeweyni Kalayu won?
$4,000, which ranks 2193rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2026.
What is Haregeweyni Kalayu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 1500 m at the 2026 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Haregeweyni Kalayu 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 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.
Has Haregeweyni Kalayu 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Haregeweyni Kalayu 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 Haregeweyni Kalayu is Hamza Driouch on $4,000, and one below Harry Aikines-Aryeetey on $4,000. Haregeweyni Kalayu 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. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Haregeweyni Kalayu 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. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's 1500 metres page.