Letesenbet Gidey prize money
Letesenbet Gidey has been paid $36,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 400th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 5000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2022 | 5000 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 5000 m | 2nd | $20,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | 3000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 5000 m | 10th | — |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | 3000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All six | two disciplines | — | $36,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $36,000 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Letesenbet Gidey
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 4 | — | 2019 to 2023 | $29,500 |
| Women's 3000 m | 2 | — | 2018 to 2019 | $6,500 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Letesenbet Gidey $29,500 of the $36,000, which is 82% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2018 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2019 | 3 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $24,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $3,500 |
| 2023 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $6,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $24,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Letesenbet Gidey in 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $36,000.
Around Letesenbet Gidey on the money list
Ranks 380 to 420
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 380 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 381 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 382 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 383 | Clayton Murphy | three disciplines | — | $39,000 |
| 384 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | — | $38,750 |
| 385 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | — | $38,750 |
| 386 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | — | $38,500 |
| 387 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 388 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $38,000 |
| 389 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | — | $37,500 |
| 390 | Genzebe Dibaba | three disciplines | 2 | $37,500 |
| 391 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | — | $37,500 |
| 392 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 393 | Nikola Ogrodníková | Women's javelin throw | — | $37,250 |
| 394 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | — | $36,500 |
| 395 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | — | $36,250 |
| 396 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | — | $36,250 |
| 397 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 398 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $36,000 |
| 399 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 400 | Letesenbet Gidey | two disciplines | — | $36,000 |
| 401 | Majd Eddin Ghazal | Men's high jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 402 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 403 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | — | $35,750 |
| 404 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $35,750 |
| 405 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | — | $35,500 |
| 406 | Hillary Bor | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $35,500 |
| 407 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $35,500 |
| 408 | Mattia Furlani | Men's long jump | — | $35,250 |
| 409 | Abbey Caldwell | four disciplines | 1 | $35,000 |
| 410 | Ayanleh Souleiman | two disciplines | — | $35,000 |
| 411 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | — | $35,000 |
| 412 | Wayde van Niekerk | two disciplines | 3 | $35,000 |
| 413 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | — | $34,750 |
| 414 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,750 |
| 415 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $34,750 |
| 416 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | — | $34,750 |
| 417 | Margaret Kipkemboi | two disciplines | — | $34,250 |
| 418 | Benjamin Robert | two disciplines | 1 | $34,000 |
| 419 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 420 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | — | $34,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Letesenbet Gidey is 400th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $36,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Letesenbet Gidey most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Konstanze Klosterhalfen, Hellen Obiri, Margaret Kipkemboi, Agnes Jebet Tirop, Gabriela DeBues-Stafford and Fantu Worku.
Meeting de Paris 2023 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ejgayehu Taye, Lilian Kasait Rengeruk, Freweyni Hailu, Margaret Kipkemboi, Lemlem Hailu and Alicia Monson.
Prefontaine Classic 2019 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Genzebe Dibaba, Laura Weightman, Hellen Obiri, Agnes Jebet Tirop, Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui and Sifan Hassan.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Letesenbet Gidey won?
$36,000, which ranks 400th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2018 and 2023.
What is Letesenbet Gidey's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the 5000 m at the 2019 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 Letesenbet Gidey 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 5000 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.
Has Letesenbet Gidey 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 Letesenbet Gidey 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 Letesenbet Gidey is Bozhidar Sarâboyukov on $36,000, and one below Majd Eddin Ghazal on $36,000. Letesenbet Gidey is one of 95 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,242,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Letesenbet Gidey 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.