Roba Gari prize money
Roba Gari has been paid $28,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 944th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting Areva 2013 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bislett Games 2013 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2012 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| Athletissima 2012 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Herculis 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $1,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| All eleven | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $28,000 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $28,000 is eleven 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 2013, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $4,000 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $12,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $7,500 |
| 2013 | 2 | - | Meeting Areva | $4,500 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $12,000 from four starts. Every season from 2010 to 2013 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $28,000.
Around Roba Gari on the money list
Ranks 924 to 964
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 933 | Kévin Menaldo | Men's pole vault | - | $28,500 |
| 934 | Kimberlyn Duncan | Women's 200 m | - | $28,500 |
| 935 | Maykel Massó | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,500 |
| 936 | Nico Young | two disciplines | 1 | $28,500 |
| 937 | Orlando Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $28,500 |
| 938 | Vera Markaryan | Women's javelin throw | - | $28,500 |
| 939 | Christina Honsel | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,167 |
| 940 | Andrew Osagie | two disciplines | - | $28,000 |
| 941 | Jeff Porter | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $28,000 |
| 942 | Liam Adcock | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,000 |
| 943 | Mabel Gay | Women's triple jump | - | $28,000 |
| 944 | Roba Gari | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $28,000 |
| 945 | Yanfeng Li | Women's discus throw | 2 | $28,000 |
| 946 | Elena Vallortigara | Women's high jump | - | $27,800 |
| 947 | Lorenzo Simonelli | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $27,750 |
| 948 | Amber Anning | Women's 400 m | - | $27,500 |
| 949 | Garfield Darien | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $27,500 |
| 950 | Maksym Mazuryk | Men's pole vault | - | $27,500 |
| 951 | Oleksandr Pyatnytsya | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $27,500 |
| 952 | Peter Bol | Men's 800 m | - | $27,500 |
| 953 | Su Bingtian | Men's 100 m | - | $27,500 |
| 954 | Tiffany Williams | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $27,500 |
| 955 | Carey McLeod | Men's long jump | 1 | $27,250 |
| 956 | Ajoke Odumosu | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $27,000 |
| 957 | Alyssa Jones | Women's long jump | 1 | $27,000 |
| 958 | Irene Jelagat | four disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 959 | Job Koech Kinyor | Men's 800 m | - | $27,000 |
| 960 | Mohammed Ahmed | three disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 961 | Tiffany Townsend | two disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 962 | Carl Bengtström | three disciplines | - | $26,750 |
| 963 | Kendall Ellis | Women's 400 m | 1 | $26,750 |
| 964 | Twanisha Terry | two disciplines | - | $26,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Roba Gari is 944th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $28,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Roba Gari most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jairus Kipchoge Birech, Conseslus Kipruto, Bernard Nganga, Gilbert Kirui, Elijah Kipterege and Paul Kipsiele Koech.
Prefontaine Classic 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ruben Ramolefi, Daniel Huling, Kyle Alcorn, Billy Nelson, Ben Bruce and Ezekiel Kemboi.
Bislett Games 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mahiedine Mekhissi, Tarik Langat Akdag, Hilal Yego, Benjamin Kiplagat, Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen and Paul Kipsiele Koech.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Roba Gari won?
$28,000, which ranks 944th 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 2013.
What is Roba Gari's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Roba Gari 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 3000 m steeplechase 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 Roba Gari 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 Roba Gari is Mabel Gay on $28,000, and one below Yanfeng Li on $28,000. Roba Gari 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 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Roba Gari 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 Meeting Areva has its own page across every edition of it.