Taifeng Sun prize money
Taifeng Sun has been paid $2,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2848th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's discus throw, 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.
The payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | Discus throw | 6th | $2,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Taifeng Sun on the money list
Ranks 2828 to 2868
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2828 | Samuel Abate | two disciplines | - | $2,000 |
| 2829 | Sandra Eriksson | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,000 |
| 2830 | Sanne Verstegen-Wolters | Women's 800 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2831 | Sara Louise Treacy | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,000 |
| 2832 | Scott Lincoln | Men's shot put | - | $2,000 |
| 2833 | Sebastian Ernst | Men's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2834 | Seif Heneida | Men's pole vault | - | $2,000 |
| 2835 | Shona Richards | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2836 | Simo Lipsanen | Men's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2837 | Simoya Campbell-Johnson | Women's 800 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2838 | Sophie Becker | Women's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2839 | Sophie Cook | Women's pole vault | - | $2,000 |
| 2840 | Sophie Duarte | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,000 |
| 2841 | Stephanie Durst | Women's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2842 | Stephen Sambu | Men's 5000 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2843 | Stian Andersen | Men's shot put | - | $2,000 |
| 2844 | Suleiman Kipses Simotwo | Men's 1500 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2845 | Susanne Gogl-Walli | Women's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2846 | Suzy Powell-Roos | Women's discus throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2847 | Sven Martin Skagestad | Men's discus throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2848 | Taifeng Sun | Women's discus throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2849 | Tatjana Mirković | Women's javelin throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2850 | Teddy Tinmar | Men's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2851 | Téo Andant | two disciplines | - | $2,000 |
| 2852 | Tetyana Ptashkina | Women's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2853 | Tilde Johansson | Women's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2854 | Tim van de Velde | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,000 |
| 2855 | Tissanna Hickling | Women's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2856 | Tommy Ramdhan | two disciplines | - | $2,000 |
| 2857 | Traves Smikle | Men's discus throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2858 | Trevor Stewart | Men's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2859 | Uladzimir Kazlou | Men's javelin throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2860 | Valeriy Iordan | Men's javelin throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2861 | Vanya Stambolova | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2862 | Viktoriya Prokopenko | Women's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2863 | Wilfredo Martínez | Men's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2864 | Winnie Jemutai | Women's 5000 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2865 | Wu Yuang | Men's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2866 | Yanan Liu | Women's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2867 | Yanni Sampson | Men's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2868 | Yasmine Regis | Women's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Taifeng Sun is 2848th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $2,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Taifeng Sun most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 paid $2,000 for 6th in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Żaneta Glanc, Becky Breisch, Yanfeng Li, Dani Stevens, Aretha D. Thurmond and Gia Lewis-Smallwood.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Taifeng Sun won?
$2,000, which ranks 2848th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2011.
What is Taifeng Sun's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the discus throw at the 2011 Shanghai Golden 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 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Taifeng Sun 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 discus 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.
Is this everything Taifeng Sun 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 Taifeng Sun is Sven Martin Skagestad on $2,000, and one below Tatjana Mirković on $2,000. Taifeng Sun is one of 114 China athletes athletics has paid, and China athletics prize money adds them up to $1,813,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Taifeng Sun 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.