Sule Utura prize money
Sule Utura has been paid $12,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1462nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 5000 m, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting Areva 2013 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2011 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2010 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All five | Women's 5000 m | - | $12,500 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $12,500 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2013, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | New York adidas Grand Prix | $6,500 |
| 2011 | 2 | - | Meeting Areva | $3,000 |
| 2012 | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $3,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $6,500 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Sule Utura in 2012, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $12,500.
Around Sule Utura on the money list
Ranks 1442 to 1482
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1442 | Iryna Zhuk | Women's pole vault | - | $12,750 |
| 1443 | Joshua Hartmann | two disciplines | - | $12,750 |
| 1444 | Przemysław Czerwiński | Men's pole vault | - | $12,750 |
| 1445 | Mathew Sawe | Men's high jump | - | $12,667 |
| 1446 | Damiel Dossevi | Men's pole vault | - | $12,583 |
| 1447 | Ahmed Bader Magour | Men's javelin throw | - | $12,500 |
| 1448 | Antoine Gakeme | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1449 | Christania Williams | Women's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1450 | Cory McGee | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1451 | Emebet Anteneh | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1452 | Franck Elemba | Men's shot put | - | $12,500 |
| 1453 | Hind Dehiba Chahyd | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1454 | Huang Bokai | Men's pole vault | - | $12,500 |
| 1455 | Jaydon Hibbert | Men's triple jump | - | $12,500 |
| 1456 | Katie Mackey | two disciplines | 1 | $12,500 |
| 1457 | Kethobogile Haingura | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1458 | Lachlan Kennedy | Men's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1459 | Misleydis González | Women's shot put | - | $12,500 |
| 1460 | Rachel Buciarski | Women's javelin throw | - | $12,500 |
| 1461 | Robert Farken | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1462 | Sule Utura | Women's 5000 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1463 | Verena Sailer | Women's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1464 | Yaroslav Rybakov | Men's high jump | - | $12,500 |
| 1465 | Annik Kälin | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1466 | Bram Som | Men's 800 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1467 | Danil Lysenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $12,000 |
| 1468 | Darvis Patton | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1469 | Emily Mackay | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1470 | Fatih Avan | Men's javelin throw | - | $12,000 |
| 1471 | Fausto Desalu | Men's 200 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1472 | Isaac Kimeli | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $12,000 |
| 1473 | Kena Tufa | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1474 | Kristina Gadschiew | Women's pole vault | - | $12,000 |
| 1475 | Lalonde Gordon | Men's 400 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1476 | LaQuan Nairn | Men's long jump | 1 | $12,000 |
| 1477 | Lerone Clarke | Men's 100 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1478 | Lexy Halladay-Lowry | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1479 | Lina Nielsen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $12,000 |
| 1480 | Luka Janežič | Men's 400 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1481 | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Men's 200 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1482 | Milica Gardašević | Women's long jump | - | $12,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sule Utura is 1462nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $12,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sule Utura most
New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sally Kipyego, Amy Yoder Begley, Megan Wright, Pauline Chemning Korikwiang, Aheza Kiros and Tirunesh Dibaba.
Meeting Areva 2013 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Buze Diriba, Molly Huddle, Alemitu Haroye, Genet Yalew, Tirunesh Dibaba and Almaz Ayana.
Shanghai Diamond League 2010 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emebet Anteneh, Mercy Cherono, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Sentayehu Ejigu, Linet Chepkwemoi Masai and Meselech Melkamu.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sule Utura won?
$12,500, which ranks 1462nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2010 and 2013.
What is Sule Utura's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 5000 m at the 2010 New York adidas Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Sule Utura 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 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.
Is this everything Sule Utura 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 Sule Utura is Robert Farken on $12,500, and one below Verena Sailer on $12,500. Sule Utura 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. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sule Utura 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 Meeting Areva has its own page across every edition of it.