Sheila Chelangat prize money
Sheila Chelangat has been paid $1,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1782nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 3000 m, and it was 5th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2021 | 3000 m | 5th | $1,250 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,250 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Sheila Chelangat on the money list
Ranks 1762 to 1802
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1762 | María Fernanda Murillo | Women's high jump | — | $1,250 |
| 1763 | Maryna Kylypko | Women's pole vault | — | $1,250 |
| 1764 | Matthew Hughes | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,250 |
| 1765 | Milkesa Mengesha | two disciplines | — | $1,250 |
| 1766 | Mohamed Ali Gouaned | Men's 800 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1767 | Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim | Men's 3000 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1768 | Mouad Zahafi | Men's 800 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1769 | Nicole Yeargin | Women's 400 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1770 | Ninon Chapelle | Women's pole vault | — | $1,250 |
| 1771 | Péter Bakosi | Men's high jump | — | $1,250 |
| 1772 | Ryo Sato | Men's high jump | — | $1,250 |
| 1773 | Ryo Wada | Men's 100 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1774 | Salome Lang | Women's high jump | — | $1,250 |
| 1775 | Samuele Ceccarelli | Men's 100 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1776 | Sandrey Davison | Men's 100 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1777 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,250 |
| 1778 | Sean McGorty | Men's 3000 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1779 | Shana Grebo | Women's 400 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1780 | Shane Brathwaite | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $1,250 |
| 1781 | Shannon Osika | Women's 1500 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1782 | Sheila Chelangat | Women's 3000 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1783 | Simon Sundström | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,250 |
| 1784 | Yuki Joseph Nakajima | Men's 400 m | — | $1,250 |
| 1785 | Yuliya Chumachenko | Women's high jump | — | $1,250 |
| 1786 | Aaliyah McCormick | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1787 | Abby Moore | Women's shot put | — | $1,000 |
| 1788 | Abdullahi Jama Mahamed | Men's 5000 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1789 | Aleec Harris | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1790 | Alexandra Burghardt | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1791 | Alice Muraro | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1792 | Almaz Ayana | Women's 5000 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1793 | Anna Gryc | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1794 | Anna Polinari | Women's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1795 | Anthony Rotich | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,000 |
| 1796 | Archie Davis | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1797 | Aster Areri | Women's 1500 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1798 | Ayla Hallberg Hossain | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1799 | Bakhita John Moresio | Women's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1800 | Bassem Hemeida | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1801 | Ben Bassaw | Men's 200 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1802 | Ben Jefferies | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sheila Chelangat is 1782nd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $1,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sheila Chelangat most
Doha Diamond League 2021 paid $1,250 for 5th in the 3000 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yasemin Can, Hawi Feysa, Eva Cherono, Beatrice Chebet, Margaret Kipkemboi and Lilian Kasait Rengeruk.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sheila Chelangat won?
$1,250, which ranks 1782nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2021.
What is Sheila Chelangat's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,250, for finishing 5th in the 3000 m at the 2021 Doha 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 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Sheila Chelangat 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 3000 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 Sheila Chelangat 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 Sheila Chelangat is Shannon Osika on $1,250, and one below Simon Sundström on $1,250. Sheila Chelangat is one of 100 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $4,636,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sheila Chelangat 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.