Lydia Jele prize money
Lydia Jele has been paid $3,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1333rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 400 m, and it was 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.
The payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,000 is one 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.
Around Lydia Jele on the money list
Ranks 1313 to 1353
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1313 | Caleb Ndiku | Men's 3000 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1314 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1315 | Christopher Belcher | Men's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1316 | Déborah Sananes | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1317 | Divine Oduduru | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1318 | Elena Kelety | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1319 | Elisabeth Pihela | Women's high jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1320 | Emily Cherotich Tuei | Women's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1321 | Erika Beistle | Women's discus throw | — | $3,000 |
| 1322 | Gil Roberts | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1323 | Ishmael Kipkurui | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1324 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Women's 200 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1325 | Jasmin Stowers | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1326 | Jonathan Seremes | Men's triple jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1327 | Jude Thomas | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1328 | Julien Bonvin | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1329 | Karabo Sibanda | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1330 | Khairi Bejiga | Men's 5000 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1331 | Luis Castro | Men's high jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1332 | Luke Boyes | Men's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1333 | Lydia Jele | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1334 | Lynna Irby-Jackson | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1335 | Michaela Meijer | Women's pole vault | — | $3,000 |
| 1336 | Nataliya Strebkova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $3,000 |
| 1337 | Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue | Women's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1338 | Owen Ansah | Men's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1339 | Paris Peoples | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1340 | Phaezel Selepe | Men's 200 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1341 | Pieter Conradie | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1342 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | — | $3,000 |
| 1343 | Rutger Koppelaar | Men's pole vault | — | $3,000 |
| 1344 | Salomé Kora | Women's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1345 | Sam Blaskowski | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1346 | Sam Tanner | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1347 | Sanu Jallow-Lockhart | Women's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1348 | Sebastian Rodger | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1349 | Senni Salminen | Women's triple jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1350 | Taliyah Brooks | Women's long jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1351 | Tatjana Pinto | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1352 | Yemi Mary John | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1353 | Zhang Yaoguang | Men's long jump | — | $3,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lydia Jele is 1333rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $3,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lydia Jele most
Meeting de Paris 2017 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Floria Gueï, Déborah Sananes, Novlene Williams-Mills, Courtney Okolo and Shericka Jackson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lydia Jele won?
$3,000, which ranks 1333rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2017.
What is Lydia Jele's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 400 m at the 2017 Meeting de Paris. 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 Lydia Jele 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 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 Lydia Jele 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 Lydia Jele is Luke Boyes on $3,000, and one below Lynna Irby-Jackson on $3,000. Lydia Jele is one of 15 Botswana athletes athletics has paid, and Botswana athletics prize money adds them up to $1,108,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Lydia Jele 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 Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.