Hiwot Ayalew prize money
Hiwot Ayalew has been paid $131,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 228th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 26 paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase and women's 5000 m, five of them wins.
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
The 26 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $131,500 is 26 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Hiwot Ayalew
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 23 | 5 | 2011 to 2015 | $127,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 3 | - | 2011 to 2013 | $4,500 |
The women's 3000 m steeplechase has paid Hiwot Ayalew $127,000 of the $131,500, which is 97% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2011 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | - | London Grand Prix | $10,500 |
| 2012 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $16,000 |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | Athletissima | $27,000 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3 | Meeting Areva | $46,000 |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | Adidas Grand Prix | $32,000 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $46,000 from six starts. Every season from 2011 to 2015 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $131,500.
Around Hiwot Ayalew on the money list
Ranks 208 to 248
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 208 | Francena McCorory | Women's 400 m | 6 | $137,500 |
| 209 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $137,375 |
| 210 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $136,750 |
| 211 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 3 | $136,375 |
| 212 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 213 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $135,833 |
| 214 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | 6 | $135,500 |
| 215 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 216 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | 3 | $135,250 |
| 217 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 5 | $135,000 |
| 218 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 219 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 220 | Jenny Simpson | four disciplines | 4 | $133,500 |
| 221 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | 5 | $133,250 |
| 222 | Anna Chicherova | Women's high jump | 8 | $133,000 |
| 223 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $132,750 |
| 224 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 225 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $132,250 |
| 226 | Asafa Powell | Men's 100 m | 9 | $131,500 |
| 227 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $131,500 |
| 228 | Hiwot Ayalew | two disciplines | 5 | $131,500 |
| 229 | Tomasz Majewski | Men's shot put | 1 | $131,000 |
| 230 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | two disciplines | 11 | $131,000 |
| 231 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $130,750 |
| 232 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 233 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 234 | Dylan Armstrong | Men's shot put | 5 | $130,000 |
| 235 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $129,500 |
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
| 241 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 242 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | five disciplines | - | $126,500 |
| 243 | David Storl | Men's shot put | 5 | $125,500 |
| 244 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $125,250 |
| 245 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $123,250 |
| 246 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | 3 | $122,750 |
| 247 | Greg Rutherford | Men's long jump | 7 | $122,500 |
| 248 | Adam Kszczot | two disciplines | 5 | $122,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Hiwot Ayalew is 228th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $131,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Hiwot Ayalew most
Adidas Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ashley Higginson, Sviatlana Kudzelich, Genevieve Gregson, Geneviève Lalonde, Bridget Franek and Aisha Praught-Leer.
Meeting Areva 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emma Coburn, Sofia Assefa, Etenesh Diro, Salima el Ouali Alami, Lidya Chepkurui and Stephanie Garcia.
Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emma Coburn, Milcah Chemos, Charlotta Fougberg, Stephanie Garcia, Sandra Eriksson and Tigest Getent.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Hiwot Ayalew won?
$131,500, which ranks 228th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 26 paid finishes between 2011 and 2015.
What is Hiwot Ayalew's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2015 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Hiwot Ayalew 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 win is worth the same in the women's 3000 m steeplechase 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Hiwot Ayalew won?
Five of 26, worth $50,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Hiwot Ayalew 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 Hiwot Ayalew is Daryll Neita on $131,500, and one below Tomasz Majewski on $131,000. Hiwot Ayalew 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 3000 m steeplechase prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Hiwot Ayalew 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 Adidas Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.