Sahily Diago Mesa prize money
Sahily Diago Mesa has been paid $6,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1933rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 800 m, and it was 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.
The payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2014 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,000 is one 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.
Around Sahily Diago Mesa on the money list
Ranks 1913 to 1953
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Lassi Etelätalo | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1914 | Laura Galván | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1915 | Lavanya Williams | Women's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1916 | Luis Castro | Men's high jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1917 | Marcelina Witek-Konofał | Women's javelin throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1918 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | Women's 1500 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1919 | Mekdes Bekele | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1920 | Melker Svärd Jacobsson | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1921 | Muriel Hurtis | Women's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1922 | Nick Ponzio | Men's shot put | - | $6,000 |
| 1923 | Nicolas-Marie Daru | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1924 | Niklas Arrhenius | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1925 | Pablo Torrijos | Men's triple jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1926 | Plamena Mitkova | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1927 | Poļina Jeļizarova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1928 | Ramon Miller | Men's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1929 | Ruddy Zang Milama | Women's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1930 | Ruky Abdulai | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1931 | Russell Robinson | Men's triple jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1932 | Sadik Mikhou | three disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1933 | Sahily Diago Mesa | Women's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1934 | Sammy Alex Mutahi | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1935 | Sara Aerts | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1936 | Sergey Morgunov | Men's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1937 | Sophie McKinna | Women's shot put | - | $6,000 |
| 1938 | Tahesia Harrigan-Scott | Women's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1939 | Thijmen Kupers | Men's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1940 | Tori Polk | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1941 | Tuğba Danışmaz | Women's triple jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1942 | Tynia Gaither | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1943 | Vonette Dixon | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1944 | Yelizaveta Bryzgina | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1945 | Youcef Abdi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1946 | Yulenmis Aguilar | Women's javelin throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1947 | Axelina Johansson | Women's shot put | - | $5,750 |
| 1948 | Bassant Hemida | two disciplines | - | $5,750 |
| 1949 | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | Men's pole vault | - | $5,750 |
| 1950 | Cornelius Tuwei | Men's 800 m | - | $5,750 |
| 1951 | Diondre Batson | Men's 100 m | - | $5,750 |
| 1952 | Karissa Schweizer | three disciplines | - | $5,750 |
| 1953 | Rohan Browning | Men's 100 m | - | $5,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sahily Diago Mesa is 1933rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $6,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sahily Diago Mesa most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ajeé Wilson, Angelika Cichocka, Brenda Martinez, Malika Akkaoui, Marina Arzamasova and Rose Mary Almanza.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sahily Diago Mesa won?
$6,000, which ranks 1933rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2014.
What is Sahily Diago Mesa's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 800 m at the 2014 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Sahily Diago Mesa gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women's 800 m 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 Sahily Diago Mesa 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 her, 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 Sahily Diago Mesa is Sadik Mikhou on $6,000, and one below Sammy Alex Mutahi on $6,000. Sahily Diago Mesa is one of 43 Cuba athletes athletics has paid, and Cuba athletics prize money adds them up to $2,146,583 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sahily Diago Mesa has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.