Kristjan Čeh prize money
Kristjan Čeh has been paid $261,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 68th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 28 paid finishes in the men's discus throw, twelve 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 28 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $261,500 is 28 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Kristjan Čeh did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's discus throw | 8th | 63.07m | $5,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Kristjan Čeh $5,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $261,500 from 28 Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The European Championships
The Gold Crown Kristjan Čeh has won
| EVENT | MARK | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's discus throw | 72.51 m | €50,000 |
Kristjan Čeh has won one Gold Crown at the European Championships, worth €50,000, for the discus throw at Birmingham 2026. A crown goes to the best performance in one of five event groups for men and five for women, so 79 of the 99 titles at Rome 2024 and Birmingham 2026 paid nothing. It is paid in euros and is not added to the $261,500 at the top of this page. From Silesia 2028 the crowns give way to a ladder paying €30,000 for every title. The European Championships page holds every crown, the athletes who won them and the ladder that replaces them.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $27,500 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | Weltklasse Zürich | $70,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3 | Prefontaine Classic | $45,500 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $14,500 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $38,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $66,000 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $70,000 from five starts. Every season from 2021 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $261,500.
Around Kristjan Čeh on the money list
Ranks 48 to 88
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 12 | $300,500 |
| 49 | Kaliese Carter | two disciplines | 21 | $297,500 |
| 50 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 11 | $297,000 |
| 51 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 13 | $296,500 |
| 52 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $292,875 |
| 53 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 11 | $287,500 |
| 54 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 55 | Allyson Felix | three disciplines | 19 | $283,250 |
| 56 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $281,750 |
| 57 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $281,250 |
| 58 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 11 | $280,250 |
| 59 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 16 | $272,000 |
| 60 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 11 | $271,000 |
| 61 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 10 | $270,500 |
| 62 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $268,000 |
| 63 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 11 | $266,750 |
| 64 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 13 | $266,000 |
| 65 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $263,500 |
| 66 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 10 | $263,000 |
| 67 | Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | 9 | $262,000 |
| 68 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 69 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $257,500 |
| 70 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 10 | $252,750 |
| 71 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $252,250 |
| 72 | David Oliver | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14 | $247,000 |
| 73 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 14 | $246,750 |
| 74 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $244,917 |
| 75 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 10 | $244,750 |
| 76 | Javier Culson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 13 | $243,500 |
| 77 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 14 | $238,000 |
| 78 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | two disciplines | 10 | $235,000 |
| 79 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 13 | $233,500 |
| 80 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 11 | $233,000 |
| 81 | Reese Hoffa | Men's shot put | 14 | $226,500 |
| 82 | Fabiana Murer | Women's pole vault | 13 | $223,000 |
| 83 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | two disciplines | 9 | $222,500 |
| 84 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 15 | $220,500 |
| 85 | Amantle Montsho | Women's 400 m | 12 | $219,500 |
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kristjan Čeh is 68th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $261,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kristjan Čeh most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $30,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mykolas Alekna, Rojé Stona, Matthew Denny, Daniel Ståhl and Henrik Janssen.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $30,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lukas Weißhaidinger, Andrius Gudžius, Sam Mattis, Daniel Ståhl and Matthew Denny.
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Matthew Denny, Daniel Ståhl, Lawrence Okoye, Steven Richter, Rojé Stona and Sam Mattis.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kristjan Čeh won?
$261,500, which ranks 68th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 28 paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Kristjan Čeh's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the discus throw 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 Kristjan Čeh gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men's discus throw 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 Kristjan Čeh won?
Twelve of 28, worth $170,000 between them. Six of his appearances came at a final, which paid $98,500.
How much did Kristjan Čeh win at the 2025 World Championships?
$5,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Kristjan Čeh earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships and European Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid him, 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 Kristjan Čeh is Olga Rypakova on $262,000, and one below Akani Simbine on $257,500. Kristjan Čeh is one of 14 Slovenia athletes athletics has paid, and Slovenia athletics prize money adds them up to $637,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Kristjan Čeh has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he 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 final is on the men's discus throw page.