Robert Oosthuizen prize money
Robert Oosthuizen has been paid $20,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1143rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's javelin 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | Javelin throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2011 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| All five | Men's javelin throw | - | $20,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $20,000 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
2011 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $18,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $1,500 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $18,500 from four starts. Every season from 2011 to 2012 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $20,000.
Around Robert Oosthuizen on the money list
Ranks 1123 to 1163
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1123 | Ineta Radēviča | Women's long jump | - | $20,500 |
| 1124 | Jordan Díaz | Men's triple jump | 1 | $20,500 |
| 1125 | Mark Kosgei Kiptoo | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $20,500 |
| 1126 | Natalya Mikhnevich | Women's shot put | - | $20,500 |
| 1127 | Roman Avramenko | Men's javelin throw | - | $20,500 |
| 1128 | Jeron Robinson | Men's high jump | - | $20,417 |
| 1129 | Gabriela Leon | Women's pole vault | - | $20,250 |
| 1130 | Martina Weil | Women's 400 m | - | $20,250 |
| 1131 | Sylwester Bednarek | Men's high jump | 1 | $20,250 |
| 1132 | Svetlana Radzivil | Women's high jump | - | $20,083 |
| 1133 | Aleksey Fyodorov | Men's triple jump | - | $20,000 |
| 1134 | Buze Diriba | two disciplines | - | $20,000 |
| 1135 | Cindy Billaud | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $20,000 |
| 1136 | Cooper Lutkenhaus | Men's 800 m | 2 | $20,000 |
| 1137 | Favour Ofili | two disciplines | - | $20,000 |
| 1138 | Jade Lally | Women's discus throw | - | $20,000 |
| 1139 | Jaide Stepter Baynes | two disciplines | - | $20,000 |
| 1140 | Kemba Nelson | Women's 100 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 1141 | Maggie Malone-Hardin | Women's javelin throw | - | $20,000 |
| 1142 | Marvin Anderson | Men's 200 m | - | $20,000 |
| 1143 | Robert Oosthuizen | Men's javelin throw | - | $20,000 |
| 1144 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $20,000 |
| 1145 | Stephanie Garcia | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $20,000 |
| 1146 | Timothy Kitum | Men's 800 m | - | $20,000 |
| 1147 | William Sharman | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $20,000 |
| 1148 | Daniil Tsyplakov | Men's high jump | 1 | $19,750 |
| 1149 | Marvin Bracy | Men's 100 m | 1 | $19,750 |
| 1150 | Maureen Koster | three disciplines | - | $19,750 |
| 1151 | Rose Davies | two disciplines | - | $19,750 |
| 1152 | Stanley Joseph | Men's pole vault | - | $19,750 |
| 1153 | Victoria Hudson | Women's javelin throw | - | $19,750 |
| 1154 | Maria Żodzik | Women's high jump | 1 | $19,667 |
| 1155 | Andrew Turner | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $19,500 |
| 1156 | Curtis Mitchell | Men's 200 m | - | $19,500 |
| 1157 | Daniele Greco | Men's triple jump | - | $19,500 |
| 1158 | David Kendziera | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $19,500 |
| 1159 | Eliott Crestan | Men's 800 m | - | $19,500 |
| 1160 | Emil Agyekum | two disciplines | - | $19,500 |
| 1161 | Inika McPherson | Women's high jump | - | $19,500 |
| 1162 | Isobel Pooley | Women's high jump | - | $19,500 |
| 1163 | Jacious Sears | Women's 100 m | - | $19,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Robert Oosthuizen is 1143rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $20,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Robert Oosthuizen most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tero Pitkämäki, Sergey Makarov, Andreas Thorkildsen, Vítězslav Veselý, Vadims Vasiļevskis and Matthias de Zordo.
Bislett Games 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Petr Frydrych, Vadims Vasiļevskis, Tero Pitkämäki, Oleksandr Pyatnytsya, Ari Mannio and Till Wöschler.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Teemu Wirkkala, Igor Janik, Petr Frydrych, Qiang Qin, Chen Qi and Tero Pitkämäki.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Robert Oosthuizen won?
$20,000, which ranks 1143rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2011 and 2012.
What is Robert Oosthuizen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the javelin throw at the 2011 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Robert Oosthuizen 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 javelin 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 Robert Oosthuizen 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 Robert Oosthuizen is Marvin Anderson on $20,000, and one below Salaheddine Ben Yazide on $20,000. Robert Oosthuizen is one of 54 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $2,356,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Robert Oosthuizen 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.