Raul Spank prize money
Raul Spank has been paid $18,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1217th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's high jump, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | High jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bislett Games 2011 | High jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2011 | High jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| DN Galan 2011 | High jump | =8th | $500 |
| Herculis 2010 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| All five | Men's high jump | - | $18,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $18,000 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2011, in the order it was won
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $16,000 from four starts. Every season from 2010 to 2011 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $18,000.
Around Raul Spank on the money list
Ranks 1197 to 1237
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1197 | Michael Bingham | Men's 400 m | - | $18,500 |
| 1198 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | two disciplines | - | $18,500 |
| 1199 | Dariya Derkach | Women's triple jump | - | $18,250 |
| 1200 | Susan Ejore | Women's 1500 m | - | $18,250 |
| 1201 | Timothé Mumenthaler | two disciplines | - | $18,250 |
| 1202 | Worknesh Mesele | three disciplines | - | $18,250 |
| 1203 | Vita Styopina | Women's high jump | - | $18,083 |
| 1204 | Oksana Okuneva | Women's high jump | - | $18,050 |
| 1205 | Brahim Taleb | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $18,000 |
| 1206 | Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1207 | Cyréna Samba-Mayela | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $18,000 |
| 1208 | Egide Ntakarutimana | two disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1209 | Ewa Swoboda | Women's 100 m | - | $18,000 |
| 1210 | Germán Luján Lauro | Men's shot put | - | $18,000 |
| 1211 | Hobbs Kessler | four disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1212 | Ibrahim Jeilan | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1213 | Irina Gumenyuk | Women's triple jump | - | $18,000 |
| 1214 | Jaida Ross | Women's shot put | - | $18,000 |
| 1215 | Lyudmila Kolchanova | Women's long jump | - | $18,000 |
| 1216 | McKenzie Long | two disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1217 | Raul Spank | Men's high jump | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1218 | Renata Pliś | four disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1219 | Roxana Gómez | Women's 400 m | - | $18,000 |
| 1220 | Tsigie Gebreselama | two disciplines | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1221 | Kateryna Tabashnyk | Women's high jump | - | $17,800 |
| 1222 | David Neville | Men's 400 m | - | $17,750 |
| 1223 | Margaret Akidor | two disciplines | 1 | $17,750 |
| 1224 | Shafiqua Maloney | two disciplines | - | $17,750 |
| 1225 | Michaela Hrubá | Women's high jump | - | $17,583 |
| 1226 | Aleksandr Gripich | Men's pole vault | - | $17,500 |
| 1227 | Alena Abramchuk | Women's shot put | - | $17,500 |
| 1228 | Balázs Baji | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $17,500 |
| 1229 | Brianna Glenn | Women's long jump | 1 | $17,500 |
| 1230 | Chandra Sturrup | Women's 100 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1231 | Geordie Beamish | four disciplines | - | $17,500 |
| 1232 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen | two disciplines | - | $17,500 |
| 1233 | Irene Pusterla | Women's long jump | - | $17,500 |
| 1234 | Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva | Men's 800 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1235 | Kahmari Montgomery | Men's 400 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1236 | Karl Bebendorf | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $17,500 |
| 1237 | Melissa Boekelman | Women's shot put | - | $17,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Raul Spank is 1217th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $18,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Raul Spank most
Prefontaine Classic 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andrey Silnov, Jesse Williams, Dusty Jonas, Mutaz Barsham, Ivan Ukhov and Kyriakos Ioannou.
Bislett Games 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jaroslav Bába, Jesse Williams, Osku Torro, Donald Thomas, Aleksandr Shustov and Kyriakos Ioannou.
Herculis 2010 paid $2,000 for 6th in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mickaël Hanany, Sylwester Bednarek, Ivan Ukhov, Jesse Williams, Andrey Silnov and Yaroslav Rybakov.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Raul Spank won?
$18,000, which ranks 1217th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2010 and 2011.
What is Raul Spank's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the high jump at the 2011 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Raul Spank 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 win is worth the same in the men's high jump 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 Raul Spank won?
One of five, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Raul Spank 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 Raul Spank is McKenzie Long on $18,000, and one below Renata Pliś on $18,000. Raul Spank is one of 139 Germany athletes athletics has paid, and Germany athletics prize money adds them up to $4,199,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Raul Spank has been paid in one 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.