Lina Nielsen prize money
Lina Nielsen has been paid $12,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1479th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, the best of them 4th.
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 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2024 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $500 |
| Athletissima 2023 | 400 m hurdles | 7th | $750 |
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2022 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2022 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $1,250 |
| All eight | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $12,000 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $12,000 is eight separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Athletics Relays
What Lina Nielsen ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | 3rd | 3:09.84 | $10,000 |
The World Relays have paid $10,000 for the one team Lina Nielsen ran on in Gaborone 2026, and all of it went to Great Britain rather than to the four who ran. The $12,000 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid her. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. No team she ran on won its final, and the ladder paid the teams anyway: it reaches all eight teams in a final, $40,000 for a title down to $2,000 for 8th, so reaching one is the run that pays. She ran alongside Alex Haydock-Wilson and Yemi Mary John, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Lina Nielsen won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | Bronze | - |
The bronze in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2022 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | - | Birmingham Diamond League | $5,250 |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $750 |
| 2024 | 2 | - | London Athletics Meet | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $5,000 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $5,250 from three starts. Every season from 2022 to 2025 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $12,000.
Around Lina Nielsen on the money list
Ranks 1459 to 1499
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1459 | Misleydis González | Women's shot put | - | $12,500 |
| 1460 | Rachel Buciarski | Women's javelin throw | - | $12,500 |
| 1461 | Robert Farken | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1462 | Sule Utura | Women's 5000 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1463 | Verena Sailer | Women's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1464 | Yaroslav Rybakov | Men's high jump | - | $12,500 |
| 1465 | Annik Kälin | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1466 | Bram Som | Men's 800 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1467 | Danil Lysenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $12,000 |
| 1468 | Darvis Patton | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1469 | Emily Mackay | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1470 | Fatih Avan | Men's javelin throw | - | $12,000 |
| 1471 | Fausto Desalu | Men's 200 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1472 | Isaac Kimeli | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $12,000 |
| 1473 | Kena Tufa | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1474 | Kristina Gadschiew | Women's pole vault | - | $12,000 |
| 1475 | Lalonde Gordon | Men's 400 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1476 | LaQuan Nairn | Men's long jump | 1 | $12,000 |
| 1477 | Lerone Clarke | Men's 100 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1478 | Lexy Halladay-Lowry | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1479 | Lina Nielsen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $12,000 |
| 1480 | Luka Janežič | Men's 400 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1481 | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Men's 200 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1482 | Milica Gardašević | Women's long jump | - | $12,000 |
| 1483 | Nery Brenes | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1484 | Rouguy Diallo | Women's triple jump | - | $12,000 |
| 1485 | Xu Zhuoyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $12,000 |
| 1486 | Yemane Haileselassie | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1487 | Damian Czykier | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $11,750 |
| 1488 | Elise Cranny | four disciplines | - | $11,750 |
| 1489 | Ersu Şaşma | Men's pole vault | - | $11,750 |
| 1490 | Fabian Schulze | Men's pole vault | - | $11,750 |
| 1491 | Marija Vuković | Women's high jump | - | $11,750 |
| 1492 | Olena Holosha | Women's high jump | - | $11,750 |
| 1493 | Tobia Bocchi | Men's triple jump | - | $11,750 |
| 1494 | Zenéy Geldenhuys | two disciplines | - | $11,750 |
| 1495 | Erick Portillo | Men's high jump | - | $11,583 |
| 1496 | Alastair Chalmers | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1497 | Artur Noga | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1498 | Charlie Grice | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1499 | Collis Birmingham | three disciplines | - | $11,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lina Nielsen is 1479th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $12,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lina Nielsen most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Louise Maraval, Zenéy Geldenhuys, Shiann Salmon, Linda Olivieri, Cassandra Tate and Andrenette Knight.
London Athletics Meet 2025 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Daniela Ledecká, Janieve Russell, Femke Broeders-Bol, Jasmine Jones, Andrenette Knight and Gianna Woodruff.
Birmingham Diamond League 2022 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gianna Woodruff, Jessie Knight, Janieve Russell, Jessica Turner, Dalilah Muhammad and Viktoriya Tkachuk.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lina Nielsen won?
$12,000, which ranks 1479th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2022 and 2025.
What is Lina Nielsen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 400 m hurdles at the 2025 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Lina Nielsen 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 400 m hurdles 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.
What did Lina Nielsen's World Relays teams win?
$10,000, across one paid final in Gaborone 2026. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Lina Nielsen or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Lina Nielsen earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Relays 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Lina Nielsen is Lexy Halladay-Lowry on $12,000, and one below Luka Janežič on $12,000. Lina Nielsen is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Lina Nielsen 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay page.