Robert Sobera prize money
Robert Sobera has been paid $11,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1542nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's pole vault, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | Pole vault | 11th | - |
| Athletissima 2016 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | Pole vault | 8th | $1,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2015 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| Belgacom Memorial Van Damme 2014 | Pole vault | =2nd | $5,000 |
| All five | Men's pole vault | - | $11,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $11,000 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the five starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2014 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | - | Belgacom Memorial Van Damme | $5,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $2,500 |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $3,500 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | - |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $5,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Robert Sobera in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $11,000.
Around Robert Sobera on the money list
Ranks 1522 to 1562
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1522 | Andrew Wheating | three disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1523 | Anna Kiełbasińska | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1524 | Antonietta di Martino | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1525 | Betsy Saina | three disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1526 | Carrie Russell | Women's 100 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1527 | DeeDee Trotter | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1528 | Djilali Bedrani | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1529 | Edinah Jebitok | four disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1530 | Fatoumata Binta Diallo | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1531 | Georgi Ivanov | Men's shot put | - | $11,000 |
| 1532 | Ingvill Måkestad Bovim | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1533 | Karyna Demidik | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1534 | Leford Green | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1535 | Madeline Heiner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1536 | Marione Fourie | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1537 | Nicole Leach | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1538 | Nigel Levine | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1539 | Ola Stunes Isene | Men's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
| 1540 | Richard Kiplagat | Men's 800 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1541 | Robby Andrews | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1542 | Robert Sobera | Men's pole vault | - | $11,000 |
| 1543 | Rondel Sorrillo | Men's 200 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1544 | Rondell Bartholomew | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1545 | Tigest Getent | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1546 | Vanessa Kamga | Women's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
| 1547 | Veronica Wanjiru | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1548 | Yanmei Li | Women's triple jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1549 | Maja Åskag | two disciplines | - | $10,750 |
| 1550 | Mohamed Tindouft | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,750 |
| 1551 | Ainars Kovals | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1552 | Anne Zagré | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1553 | Artur Felfner | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1554 | Donn Cabral | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,500 |
| 1555 | Edwin Kurgat | two disciplines | - | $10,500 |
| 1556 | Genki Dean | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1557 | Jarmila Jurkovičová | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1558 | Javianne Oliver | Women's 100 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1559 | Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai | Men's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1560 | Nadine Hildebrand | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1561 | Nataliya Lupu | Women's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1562 | Yuki Hashioka | Men's long jump | - | $10,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Robert Sobera is 1542nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $11,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Robert Sobera most
Belgacom Memorial Van Damme 2014 paid $5,000 for =2nd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Konstantinos Filippidis, Mark Hollis, Changrui Xue, Piotr Lisek, Paweł Wojciechowski and Luke Cutts.
Athletissima 2016 paid $2,500 for 5th in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stanley Joseph, Paweł Wojciechowski, Tobias Scherbarth, Konstantinos Filippidis, Sam Kendricks and Piotr Lisek.
Memorial Van Damme 2015 paid $2,500 for 5th in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Raphael Holzdeppe, Paweł Wojciechowski, Tobias Scherbarth, Renaud Lavillenie, Shawn Barber and Konstantinos Filippidis.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Robert Sobera won?
$11,000, which ranks 1542nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2014 and 2024.
What is Robert Sobera's biggest Diamond League payday?
$5,000, for finishing =2nd in the pole vault at the 2014 Belgacom Memorial Van Damme. 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 Sobera 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 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.
Has Robert Sobera ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Robert Sobera 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 Sobera is Robby Andrews on $11,000, and one below Rondel Sorrillo on $11,000. Robert Sobera is one of 84 Poland athletes athletics has paid, and Poland athletics prize money adds them up to $2,711,542 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Robert Sobera has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Kamila Skolimowska Memorial has its own page across every edition of it.