Saida Tsehaye prize money
Saida Tsehaye has been paid $16,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 687th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 800 m, 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 800 m | 3rd | $9,000 |
| Athletissima 2026 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | 800 m | 12th | — |
| All four | Women's 800 m | — | $16,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $16,000 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Around Saida Tsehaye on the money list
Ranks 667 to 707
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 667 | Caroline Nyaga | two disciplines | — | $16,500 |
| 668 | Eliott Crestan | Men's 800 m | — | $16,500 |
| 669 | Elvira Herman | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $16,500 |
| 670 | Ewa Swoboda | Women's 100 m | — | $16,500 |
| 671 | Hanna Green | Women's 800 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 672 | Jessica Beard | Women's 400 m | — | $16,500 |
| 673 | Liveta Jasiūnaitė | Women's javelin throw | — | $16,500 |
| 674 | Luxolo Adams | Men's 200 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 675 | Zane Weir | Men's shot put | — | $16,500 |
| 676 | Safina Sadullayeva | Women's high jump | 1 | $16,375 |
| 677 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | — | $16,250 |
| 678 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic | Women's 400 m | — | $16,250 |
| 679 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Men's 400 m | — | $16,250 |
| 680 | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Women's high jump | — | $16,250 |
| 681 | Amálie Švábíková | Women's pole vault | — | $16,000 |
| 682 | Baptiste Thiery | Men's pole vault | — | $16,000 |
| 683 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $16,000 |
| 684 | Gerald Drummond | two disciplines | 1 | $16,000 |
| 685 | Lea Meyer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $16,000 |
| 686 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | — | $16,000 |
| 687 | Saida Tsehaye | Women's 800 m | — | $16,000 |
| 688 | Saron Berhe | three disciplines | — | $16,000 |
| 689 | Wang Jianan | Men's long jump | — | $16,000 |
| 690 | Jan Štefela | Men's high jump | — | $15,958 |
| 691 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | — | $15,875 |
| 692 | Brian Komen | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $15,750 |
| 693 | Lynna Irby | two disciplines | — | $15,750 |
| 694 | Paulien Couckuyt | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $15,750 |
| 695 | Thiago Braz | Men's pole vault | — | $15,750 |
| 696 | Antonio Alkana | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $15,500 |
| 697 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $15,500 |
| 698 | Courtney Wayment | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $15,500 |
| 699 | Jorge A. Hodelín | Men's long jump | — | $15,500 |
| 700 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | — | $15,500 |
| 701 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Men's 100 m | — | $15,250 |
| 702 | Beth Dobbin | Women's 200 m | — | $15,250 |
| 703 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | — | $15,250 |
| 704 | Jacko Gill | Men's shot put | — | $15,250 |
| 705 | Elena Vallortigara | Women's high jump | — | $15,000 |
| 706 | Hailemariyam Amare | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $15,000 |
| 707 | Khaleb McRae | Men's 400 m | — | $15,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Saida Tsehaye is 687th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $16,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Saida Tsehaye most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $9,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Veronica Vancardo, Oratile Nowe, Sarah Billings, Addison Wiley, Camille Laus and Prudence Sekgodiso.
Athletissima 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Veronica Vancardo, Valentina Rosamilia, Addison Wiley, Lilian Odira, Prudence Sekgodiso and Oratile Nowe.
Weltklasse Zürich 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sarah Billings, Veronica Vancardo, Eloisa Coiro, Valentina Rosamilia, Jessica Hull and Audrey Werro.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Saida Tsehaye won?
$16,000, which ranks 687th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes in 2026.
What is Saida Tsehaye's biggest Diamond League payday?
$9,000, for finishing 3rd in the Diamond+ 800 m at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Saida Tsehaye 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.
Has Saida Tsehaye 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. She is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Saida Tsehaye earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Saida Tsehaye is Natoya Goule-Toppin on $16,000, and one below Saron Berhe on $16,000. Saida Tsehaye is one of 95 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,242,000 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 Saida Tsehaye 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 AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it.