Kalkidan Gezahegne prize money
Kalkidan Gezahegne has been paid $19,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1183rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 1500 m and women's 3000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adidas Grand Prix 2014 | 3000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2011 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All five | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $19,000 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Kalkidan Gezahegne
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 4 | - | 2011 | $15,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 1 | - | 2014 | $4,000 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Kalkidan Gezahegne $15,000 of the $19,000, which is 79% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2011 to 2014, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | - | Aviva British Grand Prix | $15,000 |
| 2012 | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $4,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $15,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Kalkidan Gezahegne in 2012 and 2013, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $19,000.
Around Kalkidan Gezahegne on the money list
Ranks 1163 to 1203
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1163 | Jacious Sears | Women's 100 m | - | $19,500 |
| 1164 | Jonathan Muia Ndiku | two disciplines | - | $19,500 |
| 1165 | Jordan Clarke | Men's shot put | - | $19,500 |
| 1166 | Łukasz Michalski | Men's pole vault | 1 | $19,500 |
| 1167 | Maddi Wesche | Women's shot put | - | $19,500 |
| 1168 | Patricia Hall | two disciplines | - | $19,500 |
| 1169 | Tia Hellebaut | Women's high jump | - | $19,500 |
| 1170 | Yvette Lewis | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $19,500 |
| 1171 | Dylan Beard | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $19,250 |
| 1172 | Fantu Worku | two disciplines | - | $19,250 |
| 1173 | Heather MacLean | two disciplines | - | $19,250 |
| 1174 | Lisanne de Witte | Women's 400 m | - | $19,250 |
| 1175 | Oliver Helander | Men's javelin throw | - | $19,250 |
| 1176 | Asmir Kolašinac | Men's shot put | - | $19,000 |
| 1177 | Boris Berian | Men's 800 m | 1 | $19,000 |
| 1178 | Cole Walsh | Men's pole vault | - | $19,000 |
| 1179 | Elvira Herman | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $19,000 |
| 1180 | Gabriela Petrova | Women's triple jump | - | $19,000 |
| 1181 | Jasmine Jones | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
| 1182 | Joanna Atkins | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
| 1183 | Kalkidan Gezahegne | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
| 1184 | Parker Wolfe | two disciplines | 1 | $19,000 |
| 1185 | Robert Gregory | Men's 200 m | - | $19,000 |
| 1186 | Brahim Kaazouzi | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $18,750 |
| 1187 | Lamara Distin | Women's high jump | - | $18,750 |
| 1188 | Lynna Irby | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1189 | Mekides Abebe | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1190 | Michaela Meijer | Women's pole vault | - | $18,750 |
| 1191 | Shane Brathwaite | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $18,750 |
| 1192 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1193 | Charlene Lipsey | Women's 800 m | - | $18,500 |
| 1194 | Christin Wurth-Thomas | two disciplines | 1 | $18,500 |
| 1195 | Khadevis Robinson | Men's 800 m | 1 | $18,500 |
| 1196 | Lyukman Adams | Men's triple jump | 2 | $18,500 |
| 1197 | Michael Bingham | Men's 400 m | - | $18,500 |
| 1198 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | two disciplines | - | $18,500 |
| 1199 | Dariya Derkach | Women's triple jump | - | $18,250 |
| 1200 | Susan Ejore | Women's 1500 m | - | $18,250 |
| 1201 | Timothé Mumenthaler | two disciplines | - | $18,250 |
| 1202 | Worknesh Mesele | three disciplines | - | $18,250 |
| 1203 | Vita Styopina | Women's high jump | - | $18,083 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kalkidan Gezahegne is 1183rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $19,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kalkidan Gezahegne most
Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Helen Clitheroe, Stacey Smith, Ingvill Måkestad Bovim, Hannah England and Christin Wurth-Thomas.
Adidas Grand Prix 2014 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sally Kipyego, Kim Conley, Julia Bleasdale, Buze Diriba, Nikki Hamblin and Mercy Cherono.
Adidas Grand Prix 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gelete Burka, Anna Willard, Treniere Moser, Malindi Elmore, Brianna Felnagle and Kenia Sinclair.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kalkidan Gezahegne won?
$19,000, which ranks 1183rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2011 and 2014.
What is Kalkidan Gezahegne's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 1500 m at the 2011 Aviva British 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 Kalkidan Gezahegne 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.
Is this everything Kalkidan Gezahegne 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 Kalkidan Gezahegne is Joanna Atkins on $19,000, and one below Parker Wolfe on $19,000. Kalkidan Gezahegne is one of 18 Bahrain athletes athletics has paid, and Bahrain athletics prize money adds them up to $1,047,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 1500 m prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Kalkidan Gezahegne 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.