Pamela Jelimo prize money
Pamela Jelimo has been paid $39,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 756th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's 800 m, two 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2012 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala 2012 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2012 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2012 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2010 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All six | Women's 800 m | - | $39,500 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $39,500 is six 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 | 1 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $1,500 |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | 5 | 2 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $38,000 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $38,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Pamela Jelimo in 2011, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $39,500.
Around Pamela Jelimo on the money list
Ranks 736 to 776
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 736 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $40,500 |
| 737 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,500 |
| 738 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | - | $40,250 |
| 739 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 3 | $40,000 |
| 740 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 741 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 742 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 743 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 744 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | - | $40,000 |
| 745 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 746 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 747 | Jan Kudlička | Men's pole vault | - | $40,000 |
| 748 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 749 | Nadine Kleinert | Women's shot put | - | $40,000 |
| 750 | Petr Frydrych | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,000 |
| 751 | Xiang Liu | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $40,000 |
| 752 | Zarck Visser | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,000 |
| 753 | Amine Laalou | three disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 754 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $39,500 |
| 755 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 756 | Pamela Jelimo | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,500 |
| 757 | Youssef Ahmed Masrahi | Men's 400 m | 1 | $39,500 |
| 758 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 759 | Halima Hachlaf | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,000 |
| 760 | Kim Amb | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 761 | Leonel Manzano | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 762 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 763 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 764 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 765 | Romain Mesnil | Men's pole vault | 1 | $38,583 |
| 766 | Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 767 | Molly Ludlow | Women's 800 m | - | $38,500 |
| 768 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | - | $38,500 |
| 769 | Sally Kipyego | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 770 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 771 | Alessia Trost | Women's high jump | - | $38,333 |
| 772 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $38,250 |
| 773 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 774 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | - | $38,250 |
| 775 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | - | $38,000 |
| 776 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $38,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Pamela Jelimo is 756th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $39,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Pamela Jelimo most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fantu Magiso, Janeth Jepkosgei, Yuneysi Santiusti, Emma Jackson, Molly Ludlow and Eunice Sum.
Athletissima 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mariya Savinova, Yelena Kotulskaya, Diane Cummins, Hilary Stellingwerff and Nataliya Lupu.
Golden Gala 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mariya Savinova, Yuneysi Santiusti, Janeth Jepkosgei, Malika Akkaoui, Caster Semenya and Fantu Magiso.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Pamela Jelimo won?
$39,500, which ranks 756th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2010 and 2012.
What is Pamela Jelimo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2012 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Pamela Jelimo 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 800 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Pamela Jelimo won?
Two of six, worth $20,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Pamela Jelimo 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 Pamela Jelimo is Josh Hoey on $39,500, and one below Youssef Ahmed Masrahi on $39,500. Pamela Jelimo is one of 221 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $10,867,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Pamela Jelimo 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 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.