Sentayehu Ejigu prize money
Sentayehu Ejigu has been paid $63,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 485th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the women's 5000 m and women's 3000 m, two 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2011 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2011 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2011 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2010 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis 2010 | 3000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2010 | 3000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2010 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All eleven | two disciplines | - | $63,500 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $63,500 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Sentayehu Ejigu
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 9 | 1 | 2010 to 2011 | $49,500 |
| Women's 3000 m | 2 | 1 | 2010 | $14,000 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Sentayehu Ejigu $49,500 of the $63,500, which is 78% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2011, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 2 | Shanghai Diamond League | $44,000 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $19,500 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $44,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2010 to 2011 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $63,500.
Around Sentayehu Ejigu on the money list
Ranks 465 to 505
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 465 | Ivan Ukhov | Men's high jump | 7 | $67,000 |
| 466 | Jillian Camarena-Williams | Women's shot put | - | $67,000 |
| 467 | Erriyon Knighton | two disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 468 | Linda Stahl | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $66,500 |
| 469 | Ronald Kwemoi | four disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 470 | Andrenette Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $66,250 |
| 471 | Fantaye Belayneh | two disciplines | 1 | $65,750 |
| 472 | Timur Morgunov | Men's pole vault | 1 | $65,750 |
| 473 | Sherone Simpson | two disciplines | - | $65,500 |
| 474 | Morgan Lake | Women's high jump | 1 | $65,417 |
| 475 | Rénelle Lamote | Women's 800 m | 1 | $65,250 |
| 476 | Danielle Carruthers | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $65,000 |
| 477 | Elina Tzengko | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $65,000 |
| 478 | Matthias de Zordo | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $65,000 |
| 479 | Sondre Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | - | $64,250 |
| 480 | Winny Chebet | three disciplines | - | $64,250 |
| 481 | Jermaine Gonzales | Men's 400 m | 2 | $64,000 |
| 482 | Kathryn Mitchell | Women's javelin throw | - | $64,000 |
| 483 | Martina Ratej | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $64,000 |
| 484 | Morgan Uceny | two disciplines | 3 | $63,500 |
| 485 | Sentayehu Ejigu | two disciplines | 2 | $63,500 |
| 486 | Telahun Haile Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $63,250 |
| 487 | Charonda Williams | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 488 | Dwight Phillips | Men's long jump | 4 | $63,000 |
| 489 | Richard Thompson | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 490 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | four disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 491 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | two disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 492 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | - | $62,500 |
| 493 | Etenesh Diro | three disciplines | 1 | $62,500 |
| 494 | Kim Collins | two disciplines | - | $62,500 |
| 495 | Ditaji Kambundji | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $62,250 |
| 496 | Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba | three disciplines | 2 | $62,000 |
| 497 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | two disciplines | - | $61,500 |
| 498 | Senbere Teferi | three disciplines | - | $61,500 |
| 499 | Thiago Braz | Men's pole vault | - | $61,500 |
| 500 | Marco Fassinotti | Men's high jump | 1 | $61,333 |
| 501 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | - | $61,250 |
| 502 | Kishane Thompson | Men's 100 m | 2 | $61,250 |
| 503 | Alysia Montaño | Women's 800 m | 2 | $61,000 |
| 504 | Jeff Henderson | Men's long jump | 2 | $61,000 |
| 505 | Priscilla Schliep | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $61,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sentayehu Ejigu is 485th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $63,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sentayehu Ejigu most
Shanghai Diamond League 2010 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Linet Chepkwemoi Masai, Meselech Melkamu, Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet, Sule Utura, Emebet Anteneh and Mercy Cherono.
Herculis 2010 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Shannon Rowbury, Mimi Belete, Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet, Margaret Wangari Muriuki and Belaynesh Oljira.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Linet Chepkwemoi Masai, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Mercy Cherono, Priscah Jepleting Cherono, Pauline Chemning Korikwiang and Sule Utura.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sentayehu Ejigu won?
$63,500, which ranks 485th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2010 and 2011.
What is Sentayehu Ejigu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 5000 m at the 2010 Shanghai Diamond League. 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 Sentayehu Ejigu 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 5000 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Sentayehu Ejigu won?
Two of eleven, worth $20,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Sentayehu Ejigu 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 Sentayehu Ejigu is Morgan Uceny on $63,500, and one below Telahun Haile Bekele on $63,250. Sentayehu Ejigu is one of 147 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $5,789,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sentayehu Ejigu has been paid in two 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.