Laura Weightman prize money
Laura Weightman has been paid $8,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 897th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's mile, women's 3000 m and women's 5000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis 2019 | Mile | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | 3000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 5000 m | 12th | — |
| All three | three disciplines | — | $8,500 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $8,500 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the three starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Laura Weightman
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's mile | 1 | — | 2019 | $6,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 1 | — | 2019 | $2,500 |
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | — | 2019 | $0 |
The women's mile has paid Laura Weightman $6,000 of the $8,500, which is 71% of everything the series has given her.
Around Laura Weightman on the money list
Ranks 877 to 917
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 877 | Karyna Taranda | Women's high jump | — | $9,000 |
| 878 | Kori Carter | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 879 | Mathew Sawe | Men's high jump | — | $9,000 |
| 880 | Milan Trajkovic | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 881 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | — | $9,000 |
| 882 | Valentin Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | — | $9,000 |
| 883 | Veronica Vancardo | Women's 800 m | — | $9,000 |
| 884 | Viivi Lehikoinen | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 885 | Yelena Sokolova | Women's long jump | — | $9,000 |
| 886 | Aynadis Mebratu | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 887 | Elena Bellò | Women's 800 m | — | $8,750 |
| 888 | Lovisa Lindh | Women's 800 m | — | $8,750 |
| 889 | Mouhamadou Fall | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 890 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | — | $8,750 |
| 891 | Saúl Ordóñez | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 892 | Alemnat Walle | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,500 |
| 893 | Alex Rose | Men's discus throw | — | $8,500 |
| 894 | Celera Barnes | Women's 100 m | — | $8,500 |
| 895 | Eduardo Herrera | two disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 896 | José Figueroa | Men's 200 m | — | $8,500 |
| 897 | Laura Weightman | three disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 898 | Naomi Van den Broeck | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,500 |
| 899 | Raymond Richards | Men's high jump | — | $8,500 |
| 900 | Sarah Lavin | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $8,500 |
| 901 | Tadese Takele | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,500 |
| 902 | Tasa Jiya | Women's 200 m | — | $8,500 |
| 903 | Vitória Cristina Rosa | two disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 904 | Edis Matusevičius | Men's javelin throw | — | $8,250 |
| 905 | Lore Hoffmann | two disciplines | — | $8,250 |
| 906 | Yual Reath | Men's high jump | — | $8,250 |
| 907 | Yupun Abeykoon | Men's 100 m | — | $8,250 |
| 908 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | — | $8,125 |
| 909 | Bershawn Jackson | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 910 | Dezerea Bryant | Women's 200 m | — | $8,000 |
| 911 | Emiliano Lasa | Men's long jump | — | $8,000 |
| 912 | Hawi Feysa | two disciplines | — | $8,000 |
| 913 | Isaac Updike | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,000 |
| 914 | Isabelle Pedersen | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 915 | Josephus Lyles | Men's 200 m | — | $8,000 |
| 916 | Kerron Clement | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 917 | Lidio Andrés Feliz | Men's 400 m | — | $8,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Laura Weightman is 897th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $8,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Laura Weightman most
Herculis 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the mile, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, Gudaf Tsegay, Rababe Arafi, Axumawit Embaye, Winnie Nanyondo and Ciara Mageean.
Prefontaine Classic 2019 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hellen Obiri, Agnes Jebet Tirop, Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui, Sifan Hassan, Konstanze Klosterhalfen and Letesenbet Gidey.
Müller Anniversary Games 2019 paid $0 for 12th in the 5000 m, one of 20 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Eilish McColgan, Andrea Seccafien, Jessica Warner-Judd, Amy-Eloise Markovc, Hellen Obiri and Agnes Jebet Tirop.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Laura Weightman won?
$8,500, which ranks 897th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes in 2019.
What is Laura Weightman's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the mile at the 2019 Herculis. 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 Laura Weightman 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 mile 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 Laura Weightman 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. She is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Laura Weightman earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Laura Weightman is José Figueroa on $8,500, and one below Naomi Van den Broeck on $8,500. Laura Weightman is one of 126 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $3,411,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's mile prize money, women's 3000 m prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Laura Weightman has been paid in three 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 Herculis has its own page across every edition of it.