Lidya Chepkurui prize money
Lidya Chepkurui has been paid $82,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 379th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 22 paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, two 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 22 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $82,000 is 22 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2011 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | - | London Grand Prix | $2,500 |
| 2012 | 5 | - | Meeting Areva | $18,500 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2 | Qatar Athletic | $38,000 |
| 2014 | 4 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $9,000 |
| 2015 | 4 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $11,500 |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $2,500 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $38,000 from six starts. Every season from 2011 to 2016 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $82,000.
Around Lidya Chepkurui on the money list
Ranks 359 to 399
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 373 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $83,500 |
| 374 | Georganne Moline | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $83,500 |
| 375 | Janay Deloach | Women's long jump | 3 | $83,000 |
| 376 | Jimmy Vicaut | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 377 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 378 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
| 391 | Jeneba Tarmoh | two disciplines | 2 | $80,500 |
| 392 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | - | $80,000 |
| 393 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 4 | $80,000 |
| 394 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 395 | Lolo Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $79,500 |
| 396 | Virgilijus Alekna | Men's discus throw | 2 | $79,500 |
| 397 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | 3 | $79,000 |
| 398 | Jehue Gordon | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $79,000 |
| 399 | Shawn Barber | Men's pole vault | - | $79,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lidya Chepkurui is 379th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $82,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lidya Chepkurui most
Qatar Athletic 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sofia Assefa, Hiwot Ayalew, Etenesh Diro, Milcah Chemos, Purity Cherotich Kirui and Habiba Ghribi.
Adidas Grand Prix 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Etenesh Diro, Sofia Assefa, Bridget Franek, Purity Cherotich Kirui, Beverly Ramos and Claire Perraux.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2013 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sofia Assefa, Hiwot Ayalew, Etenesh Diro, Lydia Chebet Rotich, Salima el Ouali Alami and Antje Möldner-Schmidt.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lidya Chepkurui won?
$82,000, which ranks 379th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 22 paid finishes between 2011 and 2016.
What is Lidya Chepkurui's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2013 Qatar Athletic. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Lidya Chepkurui 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 win is worth the same in the women's 3000 m steeplechase 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 Lidya Chepkurui won?
Two of 22, worth $20,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Lidya Chepkurui 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 her, 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 Lidya Chepkurui is Yan Ziyi on $82,500, and one below Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone on $82,000. Lidya Chepkurui is one of 221 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $10,867,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Lidya Chepkurui 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 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.