Lene Retzius prize money
Lene Retzius has been paid $3,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1249th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the women's pole vault, the best of them 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | Pole vault | 7th | $750 |
| Herculis 2022 | Pole vault | 6th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2022 | Pole vault | 8th | $500 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | Pole vault | 7th | $1,500 |
| All four | Women's pole vault | — | $3,750 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,750 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2018 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $1,500 |
| 2019 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 2 | — | Herculis | $1,500 |
| 2023 | 1 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $750 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $1,500 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Lene Retzius in 2019, 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $3,750.
Around Lene Retzius on the money list
Ranks 1229 to 1269
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1229 | Roisin Willis | Women's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1230 | Romell Glave | Men's 100 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1231 | Sarah Carli | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1232 | Sarvesh Kushare | Men's high jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1233 | Savannah Sutherland | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1234 | Sha'Keela Saunders | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1235 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1236 | Shelby Houlihan | three disciplines | — | $4,000 |
| 1237 | Stanley Mburu | Men's 5000 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1238 | Taresa Tolosa | two disciplines | — | $4,000 |
| 1239 | Teresia Muthoni Gateri | three disciplines | — | $4,000 |
| 1240 | Tony McQuay | Men's 400 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1241 | Tshepo Tshite | three disciplines | — | $4,000 |
| 1242 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1243 | Xavi Mo-Ajok | Men's 200 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1244 | Xiong Shiqi | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1245 | Alexandra Bell | Women's 800 m | — | $3,750 |
| 1246 | Delphine Nkansa | two disciplines | — | $3,750 |
| 1247 | Elien Vekemans | Women's pole vault | — | $3,750 |
| 1248 | Kenny Selmon | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,750 |
| 1249 | Lene Retzius | Women's pole vault | — | $3,750 |
| 1250 | Raphael Holzdeppe | Men's pole vault | — | $3,750 |
| 1251 | Yonathan Kapitolnik | Men's high jump | — | $3,750 |
| 1252 | Austin Miller | Men's pole vault | — | $3,625 |
| 1253 | Aimee Pratt | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1254 | Alemaz Samuel | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1255 | Alioune Sene | Men's pole vault | — | $3,500 |
| 1256 | Ángela Tenorio | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1257 | Asayech Ayichew | three disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1258 | Ben Williams | Men's triple jump | — | $3,500 |
| 1259 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | — | $3,500 |
| 1260 | David Storl | Men's shot put | — | $3,500 |
| 1261 | Elena Kulichenko | Women's high jump | — | $3,500 |
| 1262 | Eva Cherono | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1263 | Hamish Peacock | Men's javelin throw | — | $3,500 |
| 1264 | Hedda Hynne | Women's 800 m | — | $3,500 |
| 1265 | Ismael Debjani | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1266 | Jacob Paul | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,500 |
| 1267 | Jakub Holuša | Men's 1500 m | — | $3,500 |
| 1268 | Jakub Szymański | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $3,500 |
| 1269 | Jamal Wilson | Men's high jump | — | $3,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lene Retzius is 1249th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $3,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lene Retzius most
Bislett Games 2018 paid $1,500 for 7th in the pole vault, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sandi Morris, Anzhelika Sidorova, Angelica Bengtsson, Katie Moon, Holly Bradshaw and Yarisley Silva.
Herculis 2022 paid $1,000 for 6th in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tina Šutej, Angelica Moser, Nina Kennedy, Sandi Morris, Katerina Stefanidi and Roberta Bruni.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 paid $750 for 7th in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Elisa Molinarolo, Katerina Stefanidi, Katie Moon, Tina Šutej, Nina Kennedy and Roberta Bruni.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lene Retzius won?
$3,750, which ranks 1249th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2018 and 2023.
What is Lene Retzius's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,500, for finishing 7th in the pole vault at the 2018 Bislett Games. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 7th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Lene Retzius 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 pole vault 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 Lene Retzius 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 Lene Retzius is Kenny Selmon on $3,750, and one below Raphael Holzdeppe on $3,750. Lene Retzius is one of 41 Norway athletes athletics has paid, and Norway athletics prize money adds them up to $1,648,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Lene Retzius has been paid in one 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.