Likina Amebaw prize money
Likina Amebaw has been paid $71,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 209th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the women's 5000 m and women's 3000 m, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 5000 m | 2nd | $12,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bislett Games 2026 | 3000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 5000 m | 2nd | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 3000 m | 3rd | $10,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 5000 m | 5th | $3,000 |
| Bislett Games 2024 | 3000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2024 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 | 5000 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| All eleven | two disciplines | — | $71,250 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $71,250 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The Ultimate Championship
What Likina Amebaw did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 metres | 1st | 14:30.36 | $150,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Likina Amebaw $150,000 for one finish over three days, against $71,250 from eleven Diamond League starts between 2024 and 2026. One win in Budapest paid $150,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid her in any single season. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Likina Amebaw
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 8 | 1 | 2024 to 2026 | $49,250 |
| Women's 3000 m | 3 | — | 2024 to 2026 | $22,000 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Likina Amebaw $49,250 of the $71,250, which is 69% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | — | Bislett Games | $13,250 |
| 2025 | 3 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $23,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $35,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $35,000 from five starts. Every season from 2024 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $71,250.
Around Likina Amebaw on the money list
Ranks 189 to 229
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
| 190 | Lü Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $77,250 |
| 191 | Medina Eisa | two disciplines | 3 | $77,000 |
| 192 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 193 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 5 | $76,000 |
| 194 | Sydney McLaughlin | two disciplines | 3 | $76,000 |
| 195 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $75,250 |
| 196 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $75,250 |
| 197 | Ackeem Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $75,000 |
| 198 | Jemma Reekie | four disciplines | 1 | $73,750 |
| 199 | Zakithi Nene | Men's 400 m | 2 | $73,750 |
| 200 | Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 3 | $73,500 |
| 201 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 202 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 203 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 204 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $72,750 |
| 205 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 206 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $71,750 |
| 207 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 208 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $71,500 |
| 209 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 210 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | Women's 400 m | 2 | $71,250 |
| 211 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 212 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $70,750 |
| 213 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | — | $70,500 |
| 214 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $70,250 |
| 215 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 216 | Caster Semenya | two disciplines | 7 | $70,000 |
| 217 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 218 | Courtney Lindsey | two disciplines | 1 | $69,750 |
| 219 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 220 | Mackenzie Little | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 221 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 222 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 223 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 224 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | — | $69,000 |
| 225 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 226 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
| 227 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | — | $68,500 |
| 228 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 2 | $68,250 |
| 229 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Likina Amebaw is 209th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $71,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Likina Amebaw most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Senayet Getachew, Rose Davies, Hirut Meshesha, Georgia Griffith, Maureen Koster and Medina Eisa.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of 18 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aleshign Baweke, Freweyni Hailu, Senayet Getachew, Medina Eisa, Hirut Meshesha and Fantaye Belayneh.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 paid $10,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aleshign Baweke, Josette Andrews, Marta García, Maureen Koster, Hirut Meshesha and Caroline Nyaga.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Likina Amebaw won?
$71,250, which ranks 209th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Likina Amebaw's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the 5000 m at the 2026 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 Likina Amebaw 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Likina Amebaw won?
One of eleven, worth $10,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $22,000.
How much did Likina Amebaw win at the Ultimate Championship?
$150,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
Is this everything Likina Amebaw earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The Ultimate Championship money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Likina Amebaw is Stewart McSweyn on $71,500, and one below Stephenie Ann McPherson on $71,250. Likina Amebaw 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 Likina Amebaw 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 AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's 5000 metres page.