Michal Balner prize money
Michal Balner has been paid $7,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1741st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's pole vault, 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis 2015 | Pole vault | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | Pole vault | =4th | $2,750 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 | Pole vault | 7th | $1,500 |
| All four | Men's pole vault | - | $7,750 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,750 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | - | Bislett Games | $6,750 |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Herculis | $1,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $6,750 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Michal Balner in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,750.
Around Michal Balner on the money list
Ranks 1721 to 1761
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1721 | Lisa Aguilera | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1722 | Lopez Lomong | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1723 | Maggie Vessey | Women's 800 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1724 | Marlon Devonish | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1725 | Maurren Higa Maggi | Women's long jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1726 | Michał Rozmys | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1727 | Ryan Hill | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1728 | Ryohei Arai | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,000 |
| 1729 | Shalane Flanagan | Women's 5000 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1730 | Shevon Stoddart | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1731 | Tatyana Polnova | Women's pole vault | - | $8,000 |
| 1732 | Thomas Wilkes | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1733 | Viktoriya Rybalko | Women's long jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1734 | Zhang Yaoguang | Men's long jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1735 | Abby Steiner | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1736 | Adrián Ben | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1737 | Emmanuel Matadi | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1738 | Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen | Men's 400 m | - | $7,750 |
| 1739 | Ilionis Guillaume | Women's triple jump | - | $7,750 |
| 1740 | Mark Hollis | Men's pole vault | - | $7,750 |
| 1741 | Michal Balner | Men's pole vault | - | $7,750 |
| 1742 | Pavel Seliverstau | Men's high jump | - | $7,750 |
| 1743 | Shaun Maswanganyi | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1744 | Yancarlos Martínez | Men's 200 m | - | $7,750 |
| 1745 | Tomohiro Shinno | Men's high jump | - | $7,667 |
| 1746 | Abiodun Oyepitan | Women's 200 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1747 | Ashleigh Nelson | Women's 100 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1748 | Audrey Leduc | Women's 200 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1749 | Brian Johnson | Men's long jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1750 | Christian Reif | Men's long jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1751 | Constantin Preis | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1752 | Craig Engels | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1753 | Elena Andreea Taloș | Women's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1754 | Elle Purrier St. Pierre | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1755 | Gaetan Saku Bafuanga | Men's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1756 | Guillermo Martínez | Men's javelin throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1757 | Hayle Ibrahimov | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1758 | Jaheel Hyde | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1759 | Jessica Cérival | Women's shot put | - | $7,500 |
| 1760 | Lomi Muleta | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,500 |
| 1761 | Luca Kozák | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Michal Balner is 1741st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $7,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Michal Balner most
Bislett Games 2010 paid $2,750 for =4th in the pole vault, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Przemysław Czerwiński, Derek Miles, Maksym Mazuryk, Renaud Lavillenie, Malte Mohr and Aleksandr Gripich.
Meeting Areva 2010 paid $2,500 for 5th in the pole vault, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Przemysław Czerwiński, Romain Mesnil, Damiel Dossevi, Giuseppe Gibilisco, Giovanni Lanaro and Renaud Lavillenie.
New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 paid $1,500 for 7th in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jeremy Scott, Renaud Lavillenie, Steven Hooker, Przemysław Czerwiński, Giuseppe Gibilisco and Derek Miles.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Michal Balner won?
$7,750, which ranks 1741st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2010 and 2015.
What is Michal Balner's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,750, for finishing =4th in the pole vault at the 2010 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 =4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Michal Balner gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men's pole vault 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 Michal Balner 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 him, 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 Michal Balner is Mark Hollis on $7,750, and one below Pavel Seliverstau on $7,750. Michal Balner is one of 30 Czechia athletes athletics has paid, and Czechia athletics prize money adds them up to $1,752,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Michal Balner has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Herculis has its own page across every edition of it.