Sintayehu Vissa prize money
Sintayehu Vissa has been paid $1,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1916th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 1500 m, and it was 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | 1500 m | 15th | — |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 1500 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2024 | 1500 m | 10th | — |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | 1500 m | 9th | — |
| All four | Women's 1500 m | — | $1,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,000 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. Three of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2023 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | — |
| 2024 | 2 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | — |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $1,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Sintayehu Vissa in 2023 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $1,000.
Around Sintayehu Vissa on the money list
Ranks 1896 to 1936
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Patrik Dömötör | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1897 | Pavel Mialeshka | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1898 | Polina Lukyanenkova | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1899 | Rabah Yousif | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1900 | Rachel Dincoff | Women's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1901 | Rachel Klopfenstein | Women's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1902 | Rashid Al-Mannai | Men's triple jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1903 | Raven Clay | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1904 | Remi Rougetet | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1905 | Rhesa Foster | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1906 | Rihab Dhahri | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,000 |
| 1907 | Rikkoi Brathwaite | Men's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1908 | Robin Ganter | Men's 200 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1909 | Sachin Yadav | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1910 | Salif Mane | Men's triple jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1911 | Sam Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1912 | Shivpal Singh | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1913 | Silinda Morales | Women's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1914 | Silvan Wicki | Men's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1915 | Simon Denissel | Men's 1500 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1916 | Sintayehu Vissa | Women's 1500 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1917 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1918 | Sven Martin Skagestad | Men's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1919 | Sydney Siame | Men's 200 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1920 | Takele Nigate | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,000 |
| 1921 | Tan Mengyi | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1922 | TeJyrica Robinson | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1923 | Thijmen Kupers | Men's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1924 | Thomas Keen | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1925 | Tiffani McReynolds | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1926 | Tiffany Flynn | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1927 | Tigest Getent | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,000 |
| 1928 | Toby Harries | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1929 | Tom Dradriga | Men's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1930 | Tsiyon Abebe | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1931 | Uziel Muñoz | Men's shot put | — | $1,000 |
| 1932 | Victor Hogan | Men's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1933 | Vincent Kibet Keter | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1934 | Walid El Boussiri | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1935 | Wei Yongli | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1936 | Wilma Heltelä | Women's pole vault | — | $1,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sintayehu Vissa is 1916th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $1,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sintayehu Vissa most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 paid $1,000 for 6th in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Worknesh Mesele, Sarah Healy, Revée Walcott-Nolan, Linden Hall, Nadia Battocletti and Nozomi Tanaka.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 paid $0 for 15th in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sarah Healy, Sarah Billings, Abbey Caldwell, Heather MacLean, Susan Ejore and Águeda Marqués.
Bauhausgalan 2024 paid $0 for 10th in the 1500 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hanna Hermansson, Sarah Billings, Laura Muir, Edinah Jebitok, Georgia Griffith and Birke Haylom.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sintayehu Vissa won?
$1,000, which ranks 1916th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish between 2023 and 2025.
What is Sintayehu Vissa's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 6th in the 1500 m at the 2024 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Sintayehu Vissa 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 1500 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 Sintayehu Vissa ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three times. 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 are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Sintayehu Vissa 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 Sintayehu Vissa is Simon Denissel on $1,000, and one below Sunette Viljoen on $1,000. Sintayehu Vissa is one of 69 Italy athletes athletics has paid, and Italy athletics prize money adds them up to $2,130,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sintayehu Vissa 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.