Sara Kolak prize money
Sara Kolak has been paid $40,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 735th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2026 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | Javelin throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2025 | Javelin throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | Javelin throw | 7th | $750 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | Javelin throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2019 | Javelin throw | 10th | - |
| Athletissima 2017 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2017 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $10,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2017 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2017 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Herculis 2016 | Javelin throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| All eleven | Women's javelin throw | - | $40,750 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $40,750 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the eleven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2016 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | - | Herculis | $2,000 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | Athletissima | $30,000 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 2 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $3,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $750 |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $1,500 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $3,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $30,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Sara Kolak in 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $40,750.
Around Sara Kolak on the money list
Ranks 715 to 755
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 715 | Lawrence Okoye | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 716 | Mahiedine Mekhissi | two disciplines | 1 | $42,000 |
| 717 | Mary Saxer | Women's pole vault | - | $41,583 |
| 718 | Abel Kiprop Mutai | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $41,500 |
| 719 | Gil Roberts | two disciplines | - | $41,500 |
| 720 | Martyn Rooney | Men's 400 m | - | $41,500 |
| 721 | Ryan Bailey | two disciplines | 1 | $41,500 |
| 722 | Stephanie Brown-Trafton | Women's discus throw | 1 | $41,500 |
| 723 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | - | $41,250 |
| 724 | Lisa Ryzih | Women's pole vault | - | $41,250 |
| 725 | Andrey Silnov | Men's high jump | 1 | $41,000 |
| 726 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 727 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 728 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 729 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 730 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Women's shot put | - | $41,000 |
| 731 | Zinaida Sendriutė | Women's discus throw | - | $41,000 |
| 732 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 733 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $40,750 |
| 734 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $40,750 |
| 735 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $40,750 |
| 736 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $40,500 |
| 737 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,500 |
| 738 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | - | $40,250 |
| 739 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 3 | $40,000 |
| 740 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 741 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 742 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 743 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 744 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | - | $40,000 |
| 745 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 746 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 747 | Jan Kudlička | Men's pole vault | - | $40,000 |
| 748 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 749 | Nadine Kleinert | Women's shot put | - | $40,000 |
| 750 | Petr Frydrych | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,000 |
| 751 | Xiang Liu | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $40,000 |
| 752 | Zarck Visser | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,000 |
| 753 | Amine Laalou | three disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 754 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $39,500 |
| 755 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sara Kolak is 735th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $40,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sara Kolak most
Athletissima 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Barbora Špotáková, Kathryn Mitchell, Kelsey-Lee Barber, Tatsiana Khaladovich, Sunette Viljoen and Madara Palameika.
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tatsiana Khaladovich, Martina Ratej, Madara Palameika, Kara Winger, Elizabeth Gleadle and Barbora Špotáková.
Müller Anniversary Games 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Martina Ratej, Elizabeth Gleadle, Kelsey-Lee Barber, Kathryn Mitchell, Kara Winger and Madara Palameika.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sara Kolak won?
$40,750, which ranks 735th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2016 and 2026.
What is Sara Kolak's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2017 Athletissima. 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 Sara Kolak 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 win is worth the same in the women'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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Sara Kolak won?
One of eleven, worth $10,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $10,000.
Has Sara Kolak 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 Sara Kolak 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 Sara Kolak is Quanera Hayes on $40,750, and one below Leonard Bett on $40,500. Sara Kolak is one of 12 Croatia athletes athletics has paid, and Croatia athletics prize money adds them up to $1,065,583 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sara Kolak 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 Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it.