Robert Urbanek prize money
Robert Urbanek has been paid $122,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 246th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 32 paid finishes in the men's discus throw, three 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 32 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $122,750 is 32 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2013 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | - | Golden Grand Prix | $14,500 |
| 2014 | 6 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $17,500 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2 | Bislett Games | $44,500 |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $28,500 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $9,000 |
| 2018 | 3 | - | Meeting de Paris | $8,000 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Birmingham Diamond League | $750 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $44,500 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Robert Urbanek in 2019, 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $122,750.
Around Robert Urbanek on the money list
Ranks 226 to 266
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | Asafa Powell | Men's 100 m | 9 | $131,500 |
| 227 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $131,500 |
| 228 | Hiwot Ayalew | two disciplines | 5 | $131,500 |
| 229 | Tomasz Majewski | Men's shot put | 1 | $131,000 |
| 230 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | two disciplines | 11 | $131,000 |
| 231 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $130,750 |
| 232 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 233 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 234 | Dylan Armstrong | Men's shot put | 5 | $130,000 |
| 235 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $129,500 |
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
| 241 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 242 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | five disciplines | - | $126,500 |
| 243 | David Storl | Men's shot put | 5 | $125,500 |
| 244 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $125,250 |
| 245 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $123,250 |
| 246 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | 3 | $122,750 |
| 247 | Greg Rutherford | Men's long jump | 7 | $122,500 |
| 248 | Adam Kszczot | two disciplines | 5 | $122,000 |
| 249 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
| 250 | Tori Bowie | three disciplines | 8 | $121,500 |
| 251 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | - | $121,250 |
| 252 | Brandon Starc | Men's high jump | 3 | $121,000 |
| 253 | Yenew Alamirew | three disciplines | 6 | $121,000 |
| 254 | Muktar Edris | two disciplines | 5 | $120,750 |
| 255 | Yarelis Barrios | Women's discus throw | 6 | $120,500 |
| 256 | Lyu Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 6 | $120,250 |
| 257 | Darrell Hill | Men's shot put | 1 | $119,000 |
| 258 | Andreas Hofmann | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $117,500 |
| 259 | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 6 | $117,500 |
| 260 | JuVaughn Harrison | two disciplines | 4 | $117,250 |
| 261 | Henriette Jæger | two disciplines | 3 | $116,500 |
| 262 | Sha'Carri Richardson | two disciplines | 5 | $116,250 |
| 263 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $116,250 |
| 264 | Malte Mohr | Men's pole vault | 3 | $116,000 |
| 265 | Rumesh Tharanga | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $116,000 |
| 266 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 2 | $115,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Robert Urbanek is 246th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $122,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Robert Urbanek most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Victor Hogan, Robert Harting, Fedrick Dacres, Daniel Ståhl, Piotr Małachowski and Benn Harradine.
Bislett Games 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Erik Cadée, Piotr Małachowski, Christoph Harting, Gerd Kanter, Ehsan Haddadi and Martin Kupper.
Weltklasse Zürich 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Piotr Małachowski, Gerd Kanter, Philip Milanov, Vikas Gowda, Apostolos Parellis and Martin Wierig.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Robert Urbanek won?
$122,750, which ranks 246th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 32 paid finishes between 2013 and 2022.
What is Robert Urbanek's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the discus throw at the 2016 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. 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 Robert Urbanek 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 discus 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Robert Urbanek won?
Three of 32, worth $30,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $7,000.
Is this everything Robert Urbanek 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 Urbanek is Tina Šutej on $123,250, and one below Greg Rutherford on $122,500. Robert Urbanek 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 discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Robert Urbanek 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 Birmingham Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.