Madara Palameika prize money
Madara Palameika has been paid $142,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 199th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 43 paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, five 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 43 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $142,000 is 43 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | - | Herculis | $10,000 |
| 2011 | 5 | - | Herculis | $10,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | - | Athletissima | $7,000 |
| 2013 | 3 | - | Meeting Areva | $8,000 |
| 2014 | 6 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $16,500 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $22,000 |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $50,500 |
| 2017 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $10,000 |
| 2018 | 3 | - | Bislett Games | $4,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $4,000 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $50,500 from seven starts. Every season from 2010 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $142,000.
Around Madara Palameika on the money list
Ranks 179 to 219
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 4 | $149,250 |
| 180 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | 1 | $148,750 |
| 181 | Aries Merritt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $148,500 |
| 182 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 183 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $148,000 |
| 184 | Michael Tinsley | Men's 400 m hurdles | 8 | $148,000 |
| 185 | Ramil Guliyev | two disciplines | 5 | $147,500 |
| 186 | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | 11 | $147,500 |
| 187 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 188 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 189 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 190 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 191 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 192 | Dani Stevens | Women's discus throw | 1 | $145,000 |
| 193 | Veronica Campbell Brown | two disciplines | 7 | $145,000 |
| 194 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | - | $143,250 |
| 195 | Mo Farah | three disciplines | 9 | $142,500 |
| 196 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | 1 | $142,500 |
| 197 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | 4 | $142,500 |
| 198 | Churandy Martina | two disciplines | 2 | $142,000 |
| 199 | Madara Palameika | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $142,000 |
| 200 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | two disciplines | 6 | $140,750 |
| 201 | Alonso Edward | two disciplines | 8 | $140,500 |
| 202 | Trayvon Bromell | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 203 | Yared Nuguse | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 204 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
| 205 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $138,250 |
| 206 | Natasha Hastings | two disciplines | 3 | $138,000 |
| 207 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $137,750 |
| 208 | Francena McCorory | Women's 400 m | 6 | $137,500 |
| 209 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $137,375 |
| 210 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $136,750 |
| 211 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 3 | $136,375 |
| 212 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 213 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $135,833 |
| 214 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | 6 | $135,500 |
| 215 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 216 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | 3 | $135,250 |
| 217 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 5 | $135,000 |
| 218 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 219 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Madara Palameika is 199th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $142,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Madara Palameika most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Liina Laasma, Kathryn Mitchell, Līna Mūze, Martina Ratej, Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir and Hanna Hatsko.
British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kathryn Mitchell, Linda Stahl, Christina Obergföll, Elizabeth Gleadle, Brittany Borman and Sunette Viljoen.
Athletissima 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Barbora Špotáková, Tatsiana Khaladovich, Kathryn Mitchell, Sunette Viljoen, Liina Laasma and Christina Obergföll.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Madara Palameika won?
$142,000, which ranks 199th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 43 paid finishes between 2010 and 2019.
What is Madara Palameika's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2016 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. 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 Madara Palameika 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 javelin throw 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 Madara Palameika won?
Five of 43, worth $50,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $4,000.
Is this everything Madara Palameika 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 Madara Palameika is Churandy Martina on $142,000, and one below Wycliffe Kinyamal on $140,750. Madara Palameika is one of 17 Latvia athletes athletics has paid, and Latvia athletics prize money adds them up to $368,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Madara Palameika 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 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.