Melissa Boekelman prize money
Melissa Boekelman has been paid $17,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1237th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the women's shot put, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 | Shot put | 3rd | $4,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 | Shot put | 7th | $3,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | Shot put | 8th | $1,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | Shot put | 8th | $1,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | Shot put | 7th | $1,500 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2014 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2013 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| All eight | Women's shot put | - | $17,500 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $17,500 is eight separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2013 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $3,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $2,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $1,500 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $4,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $7,000 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $7,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Melissa Boekelman in 2015, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $17,500.
Around Melissa Boekelman on the money list
Ranks 1217 to 1257
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1217 | Raul Spank | Men's high jump | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1218 | Renata Pliś | four disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1219 | Roxana Gómez | Women's 400 m | - | $18,000 |
| 1220 | Tsigie Gebreselama | two disciplines | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1221 | Kateryna Tabashnyk | Women's high jump | - | $17,800 |
| 1222 | David Neville | Men's 400 m | - | $17,750 |
| 1223 | Margaret Akidor | two disciplines | 1 | $17,750 |
| 1224 | Shafiqua Maloney | two disciplines | - | $17,750 |
| 1225 | Michaela Hrubá | Women's high jump | - | $17,583 |
| 1226 | Aleksandr Gripich | Men's pole vault | - | $17,500 |
| 1227 | Alena Abramchuk | Women's shot put | - | $17,500 |
| 1228 | Balázs Baji | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $17,500 |
| 1229 | Brianna Glenn | Women's long jump | 1 | $17,500 |
| 1230 | Chandra Sturrup | Women's 100 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1231 | Geordie Beamish | four disciplines | - | $17,500 |
| 1232 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen | two disciplines | - | $17,500 |
| 1233 | Irene Pusterla | Women's long jump | - | $17,500 |
| 1234 | Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva | Men's 800 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1235 | Kahmari Montgomery | Men's 400 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1236 | Karl Bebendorf | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $17,500 |
| 1237 | Melissa Boekelman | Women's shot put | - | $17,500 |
| 1238 | Xavier Carter | Men's 200 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1239 | Zaynab Dosso | Women's 100 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1240 | Ajla Del Ponte | two disciplines | - | $17,250 |
| 1241 | Ida Karstoft | Women's 200 m | 1 | $17,250 |
| 1242 | Meghan Beesley | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $17,250 |
| 1243 | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova | Women's long jump | - | $17,250 |
| 1244 | Lia Apostolovski | Women's high jump | - | $17,125 |
| 1245 | Amos Kirui | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $17,000 |
| 1246 | Anete Sietiņa | Women's javelin throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1247 | Becky Breisch | Women's discus throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1248 | Casey Malone | Men's discus throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1249 | Daniel Huling | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $17,000 |
| 1250 | Daniella Hill | Women's shot put | - | $17,000 |
| 1251 | Filippo Randazzo | Men's long jump | 1 | $17,000 |
| 1252 | Fotyen Tesfay | two disciplines | - | $17,000 |
| 1253 | Jemma Simpson | Women's 800 m | - | $17,000 |
| 1254 | Kemar Bailey-Cole | Men's 100 m | - | $17,000 |
| 1255 | Ludvy Vaillant | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $17,000 |
| 1256 | Marie Gayot | Women's 400 m | - | $17,000 |
| 1257 | Mauro Vinicius da Silva | Men's long jump | - | $17,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Melissa Boekelman is 1237th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $17,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Melissa Boekelman most
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Sophie McKinna, Michelle Carter, Fanny Roos, Klaudia Kardasz and Christina Schwanitz.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $3,000 for 7th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yuliya Leantsiuk, Gong Lijiao, Raven Saunders, Christina Schwanitz, Aliona Dubitskaya and Paulina Guba.
Meeting Areva 2013 paid $3,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yuliya Leantsiuk, Úrsula Ruiz, Jessica Cérival, Valerie Adams, Michelle Carter and Nadine Kleinert.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Melissa Boekelman won?
$17,500, which ranks 1237th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2013 and 2018.
What is Melissa Boekelman's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the shot put at the 2018 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Melissa Boekelman 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 shot put 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 Melissa Boekelman 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 Melissa Boekelman is Karl Bebendorf on $17,500, and one below Xavier Carter on $17,500. Melissa Boekelman is one of 55 Netherlands athletes athletics has paid, and Netherlands athletics prize money adds them up to $2,809,167 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Melissa Boekelman 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 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham has its own page across every edition of it.