Nina Kennedy prize money
Nina Kennedy has been paid $197,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 109th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 21 paid finishes in the women's pole vault, eleven of them wins.
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
The 21 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $197,500 is 21 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The Olympic Games
What Nina Kennedy won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's pole vault | Gold | $50,000 |
Nina Kennedy was paid $50,000 for the women's pole vault in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2022 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $52,000 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 | Meeting de Paris | $29,500 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $76,000 |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $40,000 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $76,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Nina Kennedy in 2025, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $197,500.
Around Nina Kennedy on the money list
Ranks 89 to 129
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
| 123 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | 4 | $187,000 |
| 124 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 3 | $186,500 |
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nina Kennedy is 109th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $197,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nina Kennedy most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $30,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sandi Morris, Alysha Newman, Molly Caudery, Angelica Moser, Roberta Bruni and Elien Vekemans.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $30,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sandi Morris, Tina Šutej, Roberta Bruni, Wilma Heltelä, Katerina Stefanidi and Angelica Moser.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Imogen Ayris, Katie Moon, Angelica Moser, Emily Grove, Olivia McTaggart and Molly Caudery.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nina Kennedy won?
$197,500, which ranks 109th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 21 paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is Nina Kennedy's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the pole vault at the 2024 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Nina Kennedy 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 win is worth the same in the women'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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Nina Kennedy won?
Eleven of 21, worth $160,000 between them. Three of her appearances came at a final, which paid $62,500.
Is this everything Nina Kennedy earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The Olympic money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Nina Kennedy is Faith Cherotich on $198,000, and one below Winfred Yavi on $197,500. Nina Kennedy is one of 87 Australia athletes athletics has paid, and Australia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,553,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Nina Kennedy 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.