Lydia Jele prize money
Lydia Jele has been paid $7,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1799th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 400 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 | 400 m | 8th | $2,000 |
| All three | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,000 is three 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.
Around Lydia Jele on the money list
Ranks 1779 to 1819
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1779 | Mario García | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1780 | Nick Smidt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1781 | Ryan Zeze | Men's 200 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1782 | Águeda Marqués | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1783 | Andreas Bube | Men's 800 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1784 | Anna Hall | three disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1785 | Blessing Ufodiama | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1786 | Carolin Dietrich | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1787 | Claudia Salman | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1788 | Dai Qianqian | Women's javelin throw | - | $7,000 |
| 1789 | Davita Prendergast | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1790 | Genet Yalew | Women's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1791 | Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1792 | Gerson Baldé | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1793 | JJ Jegede | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1794 | Jose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1795 | Katja Demut | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1796 | Kemar Mowatt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1797 | Ky Robinson | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1798 | Lisa Urech | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1799 | Lydia Jele | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1800 | Marie-Julie Bonnin | Women's pole vault | - | $7,000 |
| 1801 | Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio | Men's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1802 | Melanie Bauschke | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1803 | Michael Bultheel | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1804 | Michael Kipyego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,000 |
| 1805 | Minke Bisschops | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1806 | Moa Hjelmer | three disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1807 | Murali Sreeshankar | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1808 | Natalia Linares | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1809 | Omoghan Osaghae | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1810 | Paul Hession | Men's 200 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1811 | Petr Svoboda | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1812 | Phoebe Wright | Women's 800 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1813 | Rae Monzavous Edwards | Men's 100 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1814 | Sean McLean | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1815 | Sebastian Rodger | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1816 | Susan Krumins | four disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1817 | Susana Costa | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1818 | Sviatlana Kudzelich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,000 |
| 1819 | Tabarie Henry | Men's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lydia Jele is 1799th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $7,000.
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, Olha Zemlyak, Déborah Sananes, Novlene Williams-Mills, Courtney Okolo and Shericka Jackson.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Léa Sprunger, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, Natasha Hastings, Novlene Williams-Mills, Olha Zemlyak and Floria Gueï.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $2,000 for 8th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Salwa Eid Naser, Courtney Okolo, Natasha Hastings, Shericka Jackson and Novlene Williams-Mills.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lydia Jele won?
$7,000, which ranks 1799th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes 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 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 Lydia Jele is Lisa Urech on $7,000, and one below Marie-Julie Bonnin on $7,000. Lydia Jele is one of 18 Botswana athletes athletics has paid, and Botswana athletics prize money adds them up to $1,657,250 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.