Lassi Etelätalo prize money
Lassi Etelätalo has been paid $6,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1913th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, the best of them 5th.
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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich 2024 | Javelin throw | 5th | $1,250 |
| Athletissima 2024 | Javelin throw | 9th | - |
| Athletissima 2022 | Javelin throw | 5th | $1,250 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2014 | Javelin throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Herculis 2012 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| All five | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,000 is four 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. One of the five starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2012 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | - | Herculis | $2,500 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $1,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $1,250 |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $1,250 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $2,500 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Lassi Etelätalo in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,000.
Around Lassi Etelätalo on the money list
Ranks 1893 to 1933
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | Beverly Ramos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1894 | Calesio Newman | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1895 | Carlo Paech | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1896 | Charles Grethen | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1897 | Chituru Ali | Men's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1898 | Christian Malcolm | Men's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1899 | Dalia Kaddari | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1900 | Elena Mirela Lavric | Women's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1901 | Festus Lagat | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1902 | Geisa Aparecida Coutinho | Women's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1903 | Germán Chiaraviglio | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1904 | Getaneh Molla | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1905 | Hillary Ngetich | Men's 1500 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1906 | Innes FitzGerald | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1907 | Janeth Chepngetich | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1908 | Jarret Eaton | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1909 | Juan Luis Barrios | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1910 | Kimani Jack | Men's high jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1911 | Kimberly Hyacinthe | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1912 | Lachlan Renshaw | Men's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1913 | Lassi Etelätalo | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1914 | Laura Galván | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1915 | Lavanya Williams | Women's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1916 | Luis Castro | Men's high jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1917 | Marcelina Witek-Konofał | Women's javelin throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1918 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | Women's 1500 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1919 | Mekdes Bekele | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1920 | Melker Svärd Jacobsson | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1921 | Muriel Hurtis | Women's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1922 | Nick Ponzio | Men's shot put | - | $6,000 |
| 1923 | Nicolas-Marie Daru | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1924 | Niklas Arrhenius | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1925 | Pablo Torrijos | Men's triple jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1926 | Plamena Mitkova | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1927 | Poļina Jeļizarova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1928 | Ramon Miller | Men's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1929 | Ruddy Zang Milama | Women's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1930 | Ruky Abdulai | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1931 | Russell Robinson | Men's triple jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1932 | Sadik Mikhou | three disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1933 | Sahily Diago Mesa | Women's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lassi Etelätalo is 1913th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $6,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lassi Etelätalo most
Herculis 2012 paid $2,500 for 5th in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stuart Farquhar, Cyrus Hostetler, Oleksandr Pyatnytsya, Vadims Vasiļevskis, Roman Avramenko and Jarrod Bannister.
Weltklasse Zürich 2024 paid $1,250 for 5th in the javelin throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gatis Čakšs, Artur Felfner, Edis Matusevičius, Simon Wieland, Julius Yego and Anderson Peters.
Athletissima 2022 paid $1,250 for 5th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Patriks Gailums, Toni Keränen, Gatis Čakšs, Neeraj Chopra, Jakub Vadlejch and Curtis Thompson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lassi Etelätalo won?
$6,000, which ranks 1913th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2012 and 2024.
What is Lassi Etelätalo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the javelin throw at the 2012 Herculis. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Lassi Etelätalo 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 place is worth the same in the men's javelin 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.
Has Lassi Etelätalo ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Lassi Etelätalo 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 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 Lassi Etelätalo is Lachlan Renshaw on $6,000, and one below Laura Galván on $6,000. Lassi Etelätalo is one of 33 Finland athletes athletics has paid, and Finland athletics prize money adds them up to $513,750 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Lassi Etelätalo 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 Weltklasse Zürich has its own page across every edition of it.