Mélina Robert-Michon prize money
Mélina Robert-Michon has been paid $19,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 597th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 17 paid finishes in the women's discus throw, 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
The 17 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $19,750 is 17 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 20 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2017 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $2,500 |
| 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
2023 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from six 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 $19,750.
Around Mélina Robert-Michon on the money list
Ranks 577 to 617
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 577 | Jo-Ané du Plessis | Women's javelin throw | — | $21,000 |
| 578 | Marco Fassinotti | Men's high jump | — | $21,000 |
| 579 | Adam Gemili | two disciplines | — | $20,500 |
| 580 | Alexis Copello | Men's triple jump | — | $20,500 |
| 581 | Gabrielle Jennings | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,500 |
| 582 | Jamile Samuel | two disciplines | — | $20,500 |
| 583 | Jordan Díaz | Men's triple jump | 1 | $20,500 |
| 584 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | two disciplines | 1 | $20,250 |
| 585 | Gabriela Leon | Women's pole vault | — | $20,250 |
| 586 | Martina Weil | Women's 400 m | — | $20,250 |
| 587 | Yemisi Ogunleye | Women's shot put | — | $20,250 |
| 588 | Cooper Lutkenhaus | Men's 800 m | 2 | $20,000 |
| 589 | Favour Ofili | two disciplines | — | $20,000 |
| 590 | Hyvin Kiyeng | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,000 |
| 591 | Jacob Kiplimo | three disciplines | — | $20,000 |
| 592 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | Women's long jump | — | $20,000 |
| 593 | Kemba Nelson | Women's 100 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 594 | Rusheen McDonald | Men's 400 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 595 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,000 |
| 596 | Marcell Jacobs | Men's 100 m | — | $19,750 |
| 597 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | — | $19,750 |
| 598 | Rose Davies | two disciplines | — | $19,750 |
| 599 | Victoria Hudson | Women's javelin throw | — | $19,750 |
| 600 | Maria Żodzik | Women's high jump | 1 | $19,667 |
| 601 | Tihomir Ivanov | Men's high jump | — | $19,625 |
| 602 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | — | $19,500 |
| 603 | David Kendziera | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $19,500 |
| 604 | Emil Agyekum | two disciplines | — | $19,500 |
| 605 | Jacious Sears | Women's 100 m | — | $19,500 |
| 606 | Maddi Wesche | Women's shot put | — | $19,500 |
| 607 | Shanice Craft | Women's discus throw | — | $19,500 |
| 608 | Dylan Beard | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $19,250 |
| 609 | Fantu Worku | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 610 | Heather MacLean | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 611 | Lisanne de Witte | Women's 400 m | — | $19,250 |
| 612 | Oliver Helander | Men's javelin throw | — | $19,250 |
| 613 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | — | $19,000 |
| 614 | Cole Walsh | Men's pole vault | — | $19,000 |
| 615 | Jasmine Jones | two disciplines | — | $19,000 |
| 616 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | — | $19,000 |
| 617 | Parker Wolfe | two disciplines | 1 | $19,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mélina Robert-Michon is 597th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $19,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mélina Robert-Michon most
Bislett Games 2017 paid $2,500 for 5th in the discus throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Julia Harting, Sandra Elkasević, Yaime Pérez, Denia Caballero and Nadine Müller.
Birmingham Diamond League 2022 paid $2,000 for 4th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marija Tolj, Liliana Cá, Jade Lally, Kirsty Law, Valarie Allman and Sandra Perković.
Meeting de Paris 2019 paid $2,000 for 6th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nadine Müller, Andressa de Morais, Denia Caballero, Sandra Perković, Feng Bin and Kristin Pudenz.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mélina Robert-Michon won?
$19,750, which ranks 597th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 17 paid finishes between 2017 and 2025.
What is Mélina Robert-Michon's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the discus throw at the 2017 Bislett Games. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 5th 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. She 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 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 Mélina Robert-Michon is Marcell Jacobs on $19,750, and one below Rose Davies on $19,750. Mélina Robert-Michon is one of 104 France athletes athletics has paid, and France athletics prize money adds them up to $1,290,042 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 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.