Mekedes Alemeshete prize money
Mekedes Alemeshete has been paid $2,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2577th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 3000 m and women's 5000 m, the best of them 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 5000 m | 15th | - |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 3000 m | 12th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 5000 m | 13th | - |
| Doha Diamond League 2024 | 5000 m | 10th | - |
| Herculis 2024 | 5000 m | 10th | - |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 3000 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2023 | 5000 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2023 | 3000 m | 8th | $500 |
| All eight | two disciplines | - | $2,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,500 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Five of the eight starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Mekedes Alemeshete
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 m | 3 | - | 2023 to 2025 | $1,500 |
| Women's 5000 m | 5 | - | 2023 to 2025 | $1,000 |
The women's 3000 m has paid Mekedes Alemeshete $1,500 of the $2,500, which is 60% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2023 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | - |
| 2025 | 3 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | - |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $2,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Mekedes Alemeshete in 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $2,500.
Around Mekedes Alemeshete on the money list
Ranks 2557 to 2597
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2557 | Jordan Hogan | Women's 3000 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2558 | Julian Reus | Men's 100 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2559 | Justin Rodhe | Men's shot put | - | $2,500 |
| 2560 | Khalifa St. Fort | Women's 100 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2561 | Koen Smet | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2562 | LaRon Bennett | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2563 | Lars Hamann | Men's javelin throw | - | $2,500 |
| 2564 | Laura Roesler | Women's 800 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2565 | Lee Eppie | Men's 400 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2566 | Linda Leverton | Women's triple jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2567 | Linda Olivieri | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2568 | Liu Qizhen | Men's javelin throw | - | $2,500 |
| 2569 | Ludovica Cavalli | Women's 1500 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2570 | Łukasz Oslizlo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,500 |
| 2571 | Madiea Ghafoor | two disciplines | - | $2,500 |
| 2572 | Mahau Suguimati | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2573 | Margot Appleton | Women's 2 miles | - | $2,500 |
| 2574 | Mariely Sánchez | Women's 100 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2575 | Maruša Černjul | Women's high jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2576 | Mary Cain | Women's 800 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2577 | Mekedes Alemeshete | two disciplines | - | $2,500 |
| 2578 | Mercy Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,500 |
| 2579 | Miguel Francis | Men's 200 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2580 | Mihai Donisan | Men's high jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2581 | Miles Ukaoma | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2582 | Mitko Tsenov | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,500 |
| 2583 | Moa Granat | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2584 | Mthi Mthimkulu | Men's 200 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2585 | Muhammad Abdallah Kounta | Men's 400 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2586 | Musab Adam Ali | two disciplines | - | $2,500 |
| 2587 | Natalia Stratulat | Women's discus throw | - | $2,500 |
| 2588 | Nathalie Marie-Nely | Women's triple jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2589 | Nathan Green | two disciplines | - | $2,500 |
| 2590 | Nathan Woodward | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2591 | Nazim Babayev | Men's triple jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2592 | Nichole Denby | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2593 | Nicola Sanders | Women's 400 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2594 | Nikkita Holder | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2595 | Nil de Oliveira | two disciplines | - | $2,500 |
| 2596 | Olivia Gürth | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,500 |
| 2597 | Patrick van Luijk | Men's 200 m | - | $2,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mekedes Alemeshete is 2577th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $2,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mekedes Alemeshete most
Xiamen Diamond League 2023 paid $1,000 for 6th in the 3000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Melknat Wudu, Selah Jepleting Busienei, Yenawa Nbret, Asayech Ayichew, Tsiyon Abebe and Beatrice Chebet.
Memorial Van Damme 2023 paid $1,000 for 6th in the 5000 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Jessica Warner-Judd, Edinah Jebitok, Maureen Koster, Elise Cranny and Tigist Ketema.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2023 paid $500 for 8th in the 3000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aimee Pratt, Freweyni Hailu, Lilian Kasait Rengeruk, Lemlem Hailu, Teresia Muthoni Gateri and Margaret Akidor.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mekedes Alemeshete won?
$2,500, which ranks 2577th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2023 and 2025.
What is Mekedes Alemeshete's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 6th in the 3000 m at the 2023 Xiamen Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Mekedes Alemeshete 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 3000 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.
Has Mekedes Alemeshete ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Five times. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Mekedes Alemeshete 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 Mekedes Alemeshete is Mary Cain on $2,500, and one below Mercy Chepkurui on $2,500. Mekedes Alemeshete is one of 147 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $5,789,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Mekedes Alemeshete 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 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.