Milkesa Mengesha prize money
Milkesa Mengesha has been paid $1,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 3185th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's 5000 m and men's 3000 m, 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2022 | 5000 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2022 | 5000 m | 10th | - |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 5000 m | 18th | - |
| Oslo Bislett Games 2019 | 3000 m | 13th | - |
| All four | two disciplines | - | $1,250 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,250 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. Three of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Milkesa Mengesha
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 3 | - | 2019 to 2022 | $1,250 |
| Men's 3000 m | 1 | - | 2019 | $0 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Milkesa Mengesha $1,250 of the $1,250, which is 100% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2019 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $1,250 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $1,250 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Milkesa Mengesha in 2019, 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $1,250.
Around Milkesa Mengesha on the money list
Ranks 3165 to 3205
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3165 | Elena Burkard | two disciplines | - | $1,250 |
| 3166 | Ellie Beer | Women's 400 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3167 | Emile Erasmus | Men's 100 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3168 | Ethan Hussey | Men's 800 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3169 | Evelis Aguilar | Women's 400 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3170 | Flavie Renouard | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,250 |
| 3171 | Girmawit Gebrzihair | two disciplines | - | $1,250 |
| 3172 | Hamza Dair | Men's 400 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3173 | Hana Basic | Women's 100 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3174 | Hannah Cunliffe | Women's 100 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3175 | Hannah Williams | Women's 400 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3176 | Jeanelle Scheper | Women's high jump | - | $1,250 |
| 3177 | Jona Efoloko | two disciplines | - | $1,250 |
| 3178 | Joshua Abuaku | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,250 |
| 3179 | Justyn Knight | Men's 5000 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3180 | Kamar Etyang | Men's 1500 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3181 | Lada Vondrová | Women's 400 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3182 | Lindsey Butterworth | Women's 800 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3183 | Lisa Lilja | Women's 200 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3184 | María Fernanda Murillo | Women's high jump | - | $1,250 |
| 3185 | Milkesa Mengesha | two disciplines | - | $1,250 |
| 3186 | Mohamed Ali Gouaned | Men's 800 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3187 | Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim | Men's 3000 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3188 | Mouad Zahafi | Men's 800 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3189 | Nicole Yeargin | Women's 400 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3190 | Péter Bakosi | Men's high jump | - | $1,250 |
| 3191 | Robert Renner | Men's pole vault | - | $1,250 |
| 3192 | Ryo Sato | Men's high jump | - | $1,250 |
| 3193 | Ryo Wada | Men's 100 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3194 | Salome Lang | Women's high jump | - | $1,250 |
| 3195 | Samuele Ceccarelli | Men's 100 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3196 | Sandrey Davison | Men's 100 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3197 | Sean McGorty | Men's 3000 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3198 | Shana Grebo | Women's 400 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3199 | Shannon Osika | Women's 1500 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3200 | Sheila Chelangat | Women's 3000 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3201 | Simon Sundström | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,250 |
| 3202 | Yuki Joseph Nakajima | Men's 400 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3203 | Aaliyah Brown | Women's 100 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3204 | Aaliyah McCormick | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3205 | Abby Moore | Women's shot put | - | $1,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Milkesa Mengesha is 3185th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $1,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Milkesa Mengesha most
Bislett Games 2022 paid $1,250 for 5th in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jack Rayner, Adel Mechaal, Peter Maru, Narve Gilje Nordås, Luis Grijalva and Henrik Ingebrigtsen.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2022 paid $0 for 10th in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yemaneberhan Crippa, Jonas Raess, Nicholas Kimeli, Jacob Krop, Yomif Kejelcha and Selemon Barega.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 paid $0 for 18th in the 5000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nick Willis, Telahun Haile Bekele, Selemon Barega, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Birhanu Balew and Abadi Hadis.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Milkesa Mengesha won?
$1,250, which ranks 3185th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish between 2019 and 2022.
What is Milkesa Mengesha's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,250, for finishing 5th in the 5000 m at the 2022 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 Milkesa Mengesha 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 5000 m 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 Milkesa Mengesha 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 Milkesa Mengesha 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 Milkesa Mengesha is María Fernanda Murillo on $1,250, and one below Mohamed Ali Gouaned on $1,250. Milkesa Mengesha is one of 147 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $5,789,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 5000 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Milkesa Mengesha has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.