Mercy Chepkurui prize money
Mercy Chepkurui has been paid $2,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2578th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, and it was 5th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 3000 m steeplechase | 10th | - |
| All two | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,500 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,500 is one 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. One of the two starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Around Mercy Chepkurui on the money list
Ranks 2558 to 2598
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2598 | Paul Renaudie | Men's 800 m | - | $2,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mercy Chepkurui is 2578th 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 Mercy Chepkurui most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek, Geneviève Lalonde, Fancy Cherono, Luiza Gega, Beatrice Chepkoech and Celliphine Chespol.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $0 for 10th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek, Beatrice Chepkoech, Hyvin Jepkemoi, Norah Jeruto, Daisy Jepkemei and Gesa Felicitas Krause.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mercy Chepkurui won?
$2,500, which ranks 2578th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2019.
What is Mercy Chepkurui's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2019 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai. 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 Mercy Chepkurui 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 steeplechase 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 Mercy Chepkurui ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Mercy Chepkurui 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 Mercy Chepkurui is Mekedes Alemeshete on $2,500, and one below Miguel Francis on $2,500. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Mercy Chepkurui 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.