Helena Ponette prize money
Helena Ponette has been paid $1,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2883rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's 400 m, the best of them 7th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 400 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2023 | 400 m | 7th | $750 |
| All two | Women's 400 m | - | $1,750 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,750 is two 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.
The World Championships
What Helena Ponette did in Tokyo, 2025
Helena Ponette went to the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo on a relay and ran no individual final there. She ran on the Belgium team that finished 3rd in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, $20,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. She ran on the Belgium team that finished 4th in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay, $16,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Indoor Championships
What Helena Ponette did indoors
Helena Ponette went to the World Indoor Championships on a relay and ran no individual final there. She ran on the Belgium team that won the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in Toruń 2026, $40,000 to the team rather than to any one of the four. A winning quartet indoors takes $40,000, exactly what a winning individual takes, which is true of no other championship in the sport. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $750 |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 1 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $1,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $1,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Helena Ponette in 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $1,750.
Around Helena Ponette on the money list
Ranks 2863 to 2903
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2863 | Wilfredo Martínez | Men's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2864 | Winnie Jemutai | Women's 5000 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2865 | Wu Yuang | Men's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2866 | Yanan Liu | Women's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2867 | Yanni Sampson | Men's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2868 | Yasmine Regis | Women's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2869 | Yassine Hssine | Men's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2870 | Yujia Tao | Women's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2871 | Zahra Bouras | Women's 800 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2872 | Zlatozar Atanasov | Men's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2873 | Ahmed Jaziri | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,750 |
| 2874 | Ama Pipi | Women's 400 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2875 | Andrea Miklós | Women's 400 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2876 | Brian Fay | two disciplines | - | $1,750 |
| 2877 | Briana Williams | Women's 100 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2878 | Cejhae Greene | Men's 100 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2879 | Dani Jones | Women's 1500 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2880 | Elizaveta Parnova | Women's pole vault | - | $1,750 |
| 2881 | Fábio Gomes da Silva | Men's pole vault | - | $1,750 |
| 2882 | Gela Hambese | Women's 5000 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2883 | Helena Ponette | Women's 400 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2884 | Jiang Zhichao | Women's discus throw | - | $1,750 |
| 2885 | Joshua Zeller | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $1,750 |
| 2886 | Kristiina Mäkelä | Women's triple jump | - | $1,750 |
| 2887 | Louise Ekman | Women's high jump | - | $1,750 |
| 2888 | Matthew Stonier | Men's 1500 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2889 | PJ Austin | Men's 100 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2890 | Rachel McCoy | Women's high jump | - | $1,750 |
| 2891 | Ronda Whyte | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,750 |
| 2892 | Tim Lobinger | Men's pole vault | - | $1,750 |
| 2893 | Wang Yang | Women's high jump | - | $1,750 |
| 2894 | Zhong Tao | Men's pole vault | - | $1,625 |
| 2895 | Aarik Wilson | Men's triple jump | - | $1,500 |
| 2896 | Aaron Armstrong | Men's 200 m | - | $1,500 |
| 2897 | Abderrahman El Assal | Men's 800 m | - | $1,500 |
| 2898 | Abdulaziz al Mandeel | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $1,500 |
| 2899 | Adam Hague | Men's pole vault | - | $1,500 |
| 2900 | Adam Spencer | two disciplines | - | $1,500 |
| 2901 | Adriaan Wildschutt | two disciplines | - | $1,500 |
| 2902 | Adrien Clemenceau | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,500 |
| 2903 | Agatha Jeruto | Women's 800 m | - | $1,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Helena Ponette is 2883rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $1,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Helena Ponette most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marileidy Paulino, Henriette Jæger, Nickisha Pryce, Aaliyah Butler, Lurdes Gloria Manuel and Roxana Gómez.
Memorial Van Damme 2023 paid $750 for 7th in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Cynthia Bolingo, Lieke Klaver, Shamier Little, Victoria Ohuruogu, Candice McLeod and Laviai Nielsen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Helena Ponette won?
$1,750, which ranks 2883rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Helena Ponette's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 8th in the 400 m at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Helena Ponette 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 400 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 Helena Ponette 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 Helena Ponette is Gela Hambese on $1,750, and one below Jiang Zhichao on $1,750. Helena Ponette is one of 60 Belgium athletes athletics has paid, and Belgium athletics prize money adds them up to $821,458 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Helena Ponette 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full finals are on the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay and women's 4 × 400 metres relay pages. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay page.