Nicoleta Grasu prize money
Nicoleta Grasu has been paid $29,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 912th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the women's discus throw, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2012 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2012 | Discus throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | Discus throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Athletissima 2011 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2011 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | Discus throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | Discus throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2010 | Discus throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | Discus throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2010 | Discus throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| All eleven | Women's discus throw | - | $29,500 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $29,500 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | - | Meeting Areva | $17,500 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Aviva British Grand Prix | $9,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $3,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $17,500 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2012 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $29,500.
Around Nicoleta Grasu on the money list
Ranks 892 to 932
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 892 | Albert Rop | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 893 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | - | $30,000 |
| 894 | Kyra Jefferson | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 895 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 896 | Mario Forsythe | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 897 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 898 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $30,000 |
| 899 | Wang Jianan | Men's long jump | - | $30,000 |
| 900 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | - | $29,750 |
| 901 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 902 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 903 | Justyna Kasprzycka | Women's high jump | - | $29,750 |
| 904 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | - | $29,750 |
| 905 | Crystal Emmanuel | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 906 | David Verburg | Men's 400 m | - | $29,500 |
| 907 | Henry Frayne | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 908 | Julia Harting | Women's discus throw | - | $29,500 |
| 909 | Keila Costa | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 910 | Linet Chepkwemoi Masai | Women's 5000 m | - | $29,500 |
| 911 | Naoto Tobe | Men's high jump | - | $29,500 |
| 912 | Nicoleta Grasu | Women's discus throw | - | $29,500 |
| 913 | Paulina Guba | Women's shot put | - | $29,500 |
| 914 | Tamara Clark | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 915 | TJ Holmes | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $29,500 |
| 916 | Cambrea Sturgis | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 917 | Daniel Arce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $29,250 |
| 918 | Filippo Tortu | two disciplines | - | $29,250 |
| 919 | Ben True | two disciplines | 1 | $29,000 |
| 920 | Cierra Jackson | Women's discus throw | 1 | $29,000 |
| 921 | Ese Brume | Women's long jump | - | $29,000 |
| 922 | Fantu Magiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $29,000 |
| 923 | Jonathan Kitilit | two disciplines | - | $29,000 |
| 924 | Keston Bledman | Men's 100 m | - | $29,000 |
| 925 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 926 | Brigetta Barrett | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,750 |
| 927 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | - | $28,750 |
| 928 | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | Women's high jump | - | $28,583 |
| 929 | Anna Mishchenko | Women's 1500 m | 1 | $28,500 |
| 930 | Courtney Frerichs | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $28,500 |
| 931 | Floria Gueï | Women's 400 m | - | $28,500 |
| 932 | Janet Kisa | two disciplines | - | $28,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nicoleta Grasu is 912th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $29,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nicoleta Grasu most
Meeting Areva 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sandra Elkasević, Dani Stevens, Nadine Müller, Becky Breisch, Aretha D. Thurmond and Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová.
London Grand Prix 2010 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Becky Breisch, Nadine Müller, Aretha D. Thurmond, Joanna Wiśniewska, Jade Lally and Yarelis Barrios.
Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 paid $3,000 for 4th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stephanie Brown-Trafton, Joanna Wiśniewska, Jade Lally, Mélina Robert-Michon, Nadine Müller and Aretha D. Thurmond.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nicoleta Grasu won?
$29,500, which ranks 912th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2010 and 2012.
What is Nicoleta Grasu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the discus throw at the 2010 Meeting Areva. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Nicoleta Grasu 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.
Is this everything Nicoleta Grasu 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 Nicoleta Grasu is Naoto Tobe on $29,500, and one below Paulina Guba on $29,500. Nicoleta Grasu is one of 21 Romania athletes athletics has paid, and Romania athletics prize money adds them up to $135,500 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 Nicoleta Grasu 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.