Mélina Robert-Michon prize money
Mélina Robert-Michon has been paid $121,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 251st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 52 paid finishes in the women's discus throw, the best of them 2nd.
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 52 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $121,250 is 52 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. Three of the 55 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2011 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | - | Athletissima | $4,000 |
| 2012 | 4 | - | Meeting Areva | $8,500 |
| 2013 | 7 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $18,000 |
| 2014 | 6 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $17,500 |
| 2015 | 7 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $20,500 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Bauhausgalan | $22,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $13,500 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 4 | - | Meeting de Paris | $4,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Meeting de Paris | $1,750 |
| 2022 | 3 | - | Birmingham Diamond League | $2,750 |
| 2023 | 6 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $6,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $1,250 |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Meeting de Paris | $1,500 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $22,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Mélina Robert-Michon in 2018 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $121,250.
Around Mélina Robert-Michon on the money list
Ranks 231 to 271
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 231 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $130,750 |
| 232 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 233 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 234 | Dylan Armstrong | Men's shot put | 5 | $130,000 |
| 235 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $129,500 |
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
| 241 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 242 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | five disciplines | - | $126,500 |
| 243 | David Storl | Men's shot put | 5 | $125,500 |
| 244 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $125,250 |
| 245 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $123,250 |
| 246 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | 3 | $122,750 |
| 247 | Greg Rutherford | Men's long jump | 7 | $122,500 |
| 248 | Adam Kszczot | two disciplines | 5 | $122,000 |
| 249 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
| 250 | Tori Bowie | three disciplines | 8 | $121,500 |
| 251 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | - | $121,250 |
| 252 | Brandon Starc | Men's high jump | 3 | $121,000 |
| 253 | Yenew Alamirew | three disciplines | 6 | $121,000 |
| 254 | Muktar Edris | two disciplines | 5 | $120,750 |
| 255 | Yarelis Barrios | Women's discus throw | 6 | $120,500 |
| 256 | Lyu Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 6 | $120,250 |
| 257 | Darrell Hill | Men's shot put | 1 | $119,000 |
| 258 | Andreas Hofmann | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $117,500 |
| 259 | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 6 | $117,500 |
| 260 | JuVaughn Harrison | two disciplines | 4 | $117,250 |
| 261 | Henriette Jæger | two disciplines | 3 | $116,500 |
| 262 | Sha'Carri Richardson | two disciplines | 5 | $116,250 |
| 263 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $116,250 |
| 264 | Malte Mohr | Men's pole vault | 3 | $116,000 |
| 265 | Rumesh Tharanga | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $116,000 |
| 266 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 2 | $115,000 |
| 267 | Woo Sang-hyeok | Men's high jump | 5 | $113,750 |
| 268 | Anna Cockrell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 4 | $113,500 |
| 269 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | two disciplines | 3 | $113,000 |
| 270 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $113,000 |
| 271 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $112,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mélina Robert-Michon is 251st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $121,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mélina Robert-Michon most
Bauhausgalan 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Denia Caballero, Yaime Pérez, Irina Rodrigues, Jade Lally, Julia Viberg and Fernanda Martins.
Meeting de Paris 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Denia Caballero, Jade Lally, Nadine Müller, Shanice Craft, Zinaida Sendriutė and Pauline Pousse.
Weltklasse Zürich 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Denia Caballero, Julia Harting, Nadine Müller, Shanice Craft, Zinaida Sendriutė and Whitney Ashley.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mélina Robert-Michon won?
$121,250, which ranks 251st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 52 paid finishes between 2011 and 2025.
What is Mélina Robert-Michon's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the discus throw at the 2016 Bauhausgalan. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Mélina Robert-Michon 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 discus 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.
Has Mélina Robert-Michon ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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 Mélina Robert-Michon 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 Mélina Robert-Michon is Tori Bowie on $121,500, and one below Brandon Starc on $121,000. Mélina Robert-Michon is one of 181 France athletes athletics has paid, and France athletics prize money adds them up to $3,087,958 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Mélina Robert-Michon 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 Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.