Helen Clitheroe prize money
Helen Clitheroe has been paid $9,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1635th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's 5000 m and women's 1500 m, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Grand Prix 2011 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| All two | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $9,000 is two 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Helen Clitheroe
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | - | 2011 | $6,000 |
| Women's 1500 m | 1 | - | 2011 | $3,000 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Helen Clitheroe $6,000 of the $9,000, which is 67% of everything the series has given her.
Around Helen Clitheroe on the money list
Ranks 1615 to 1655
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1615 | Jura Levy | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1616 | Lythe Pillay | Men's 400 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1617 | Mikele Barber | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1618 | Rosângela Santos | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1619 | Shi Yuhao | Men's long jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1620 | Sofi Flink | Women's javelin throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1621 | Tarsis Orogot | Men's 200 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1622 | Teahna Daniels | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1623 | Tobias Grønstad | Men's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1624 | Wilfried Koffi Hua | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1625 | Xinyue Su | Women's discus throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1626 | Yamilé Aldama | Women's triple jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1627 | Rohan Watson | Men's 100 m | - | $9,250 |
| 1628 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Men's high jump | - | $9,250 |
| 1629 | Tobias Scherbarth | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1630 | Zach Bradford | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1631 | Abdelati El Guesse | Men's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1632 | Ben Blankenship | three disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1633 | Birtukan Fente Alemu | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1634 | Gerhard Mayer | Men's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1635 | Helen Clitheroe | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1636 | Henrik Larsson | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1637 | Irina Rodrigues | Women's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1638 | Jerome Blake | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1639 | Jonathan Jones | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1640 | Kim Juhl Christensen | Men's shot put | - | $9,000 |
| 1641 | Lawi Lalang | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1642 | Oscar Pistorius | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1643 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1644 | Shawn Crawford | Men's 200 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1645 | Tatyana Lebedeva | Women's triple jump | - | $9,000 |
| 1646 | Tommi Evilä | Men's long jump | - | $9,000 |
| 1647 | Treniere Moser | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1648 | Veronica Borsi | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $9,000 |
| 1649 | Veronica Vancardo | Women's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1650 | Viivi Lehikoinen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,000 |
| 1651 | Yoann Kowal | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1652 | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Men's pole vault | - | $8,833 |
| 1653 | Arthur Cissé | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1654 | Aurel Manga | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,750 |
| 1655 | Aynadis Mebratu | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Helen Clitheroe is 1635th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $9,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Helen Clitheroe most
London Grand Prix 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Grace Momanyi, Desiree Linden, Jennifer Rhines, Genet Yalew, Amy Cragg and Jessica Augusto.
Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stacey Smith, Ingvill Måkestad Bovim, Hannah England, Christin Wurth-Thomas, Morgan Uceny and Kalkidan Gezahegne.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Helen Clitheroe won?
$9,000, which ranks 1635th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes in 2011.
What is Helen Clitheroe's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 5000 m at the 2011 London 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Helen Clitheroe 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 Helen Clitheroe 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 Helen Clitheroe is Gerhard Mayer on $9,000, and one below Henrik Larsson on $9,000. Helen Clitheroe is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money and women's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Helen Clitheroe has been paid in two 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 London Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.