Sara Kolak prize money
Sara Kolak has been paid $8,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 890th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, the best of them 4th.
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 | — |
| All six | Women's javelin throw | — | $8,750 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $8,750 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2019 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
2026 is the biggest of them, $3,500 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Sara Kolak in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $8,750.
Around Sara Kolak on the money list
Ranks 870 to 910
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 870 | Robbie Grabarz | Men's high jump | — | $9,250 |
| 871 | Rohan Watson | Men's 100 m | — | $9,250 |
| 872 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Men's high jump | — | $9,250 |
| 873 | Zach Bradford | Men's pole vault | — | $9,250 |
| 874 | Adam Kszczot | Men's 800 m | — | $9,000 |
| 875 | Jerome Blake | two disciplines | — | $9,000 |
| 876 | Jonathan Jones | Men's 400 m | — | $9,000 |
| 877 | Karyna Taranda | Women's high jump | — | $9,000 |
| 878 | Kori Carter | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 879 | Mathew Sawe | Men's high jump | — | $9,000 |
| 880 | Milan Trajkovic | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 881 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | — | $9,000 |
| 882 | Valentin Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | — | $9,000 |
| 883 | Veronica Vancardo | Women's 800 m | — | $9,000 |
| 884 | Viivi Lehikoinen | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 885 | Yelena Sokolova | Women's long jump | — | $9,000 |
| 886 | Aynadis Mebratu | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 887 | Elena Bellò | Women's 800 m | — | $8,750 |
| 888 | Lovisa Lindh | Women's 800 m | — | $8,750 |
| 889 | Mouhamadou Fall | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 890 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | — | $8,750 |
| 891 | Saúl Ordóñez | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 892 | Alemnat Walle | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,500 |
| 893 | Alex Rose | Men's discus throw | — | $8,500 |
| 894 | Celera Barnes | Women's 100 m | — | $8,500 |
| 895 | Eduardo Herrera | two disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 896 | José Figueroa | Men's 200 m | — | $8,500 |
| 897 | Laura Weightman | three disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 898 | Naomi Van den Broeck | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,500 |
| 899 | Raymond Richards | Men's high jump | — | $8,500 |
| 900 | Sarah Lavin | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $8,500 |
| 901 | Tadese Takele | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,500 |
| 902 | Tasa Jiya | Women's 200 m | — | $8,500 |
| 903 | Vitória Cristina Rosa | two disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 904 | Edis Matusevičius | Men's javelin throw | — | $8,250 |
| 905 | Lore Hoffmann | two disciplines | — | $8,250 |
| 906 | Yual Reath | Men's high jump | — | $8,250 |
| 907 | Yupun Abeykoon | Men's 100 m | — | $8,250 |
| 908 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | — | $8,125 |
| 909 | Bershawn Jackson | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 910 | Dezerea Bryant | Women's 200 m | — | $8,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sara Kolak is 890th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $8,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sara Kolak most
Müller Anniversary Games 2019 paid $3,000 for 4th in the javelin throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nikola Ogrodníková, Barbora Špotáková, Martina Ratej, Madara Palameika, Kara Winger and Elizabeth Gleadle.
Athletissima 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the javelin throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Madison Wiltrout, Anete Sietiņa, Sigrid Borge, Haruka Kitaguchi, Flor Ruiz and Adriana Vilagoš.
Bislett Games 2025 paid $1,500 for 7th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Flor Ruiz, Haruka Kitaguchi, Adriana Vilagoš, Jo-Ané du Plessis, Elina Tzengko and Mackenzie Little.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sara Kolak won?
$8,750, which ranks 890th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2019 and 2026.
What is Sara Kolak's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the javelin throw at the 2019 Müller Anniversary Games. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th 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 place 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.
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. She 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 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 Sara Kolak is Mouhamadou Fall on $8,750, and one below Saúl Ordóñez on $8,750. Sara Kolak is one of 8 Croatia athletes athletics has paid, and Croatia athletics prize money adds them up to $285,500 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 800 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.