Taresa Tolosa prize money
Taresa Tolosa has been paid $5,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2000th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's mile and men's 1500 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2018 | Mile | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2018 | 1500 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | 1500 m | 10th | - |
| All three | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $5,500 is two 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. One of the three starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Taresa Tolosa ran on the grass
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed relay | - | 22:43 | - | $8,000 |
Taresa Tolosa has run one race here and was paid nothing in his own name. Only the first six across the line are, $30,000 for the win down to $3,000 for 6th, and there is no appearance money underneath it. The team he ran on earned Ethiopia $8,000, all of it from the mixed relay, which is timed rather than scored and pays a country rather than the four who ran it. It is the federation's money rather than his, and it is not added to the $5,500 at the top of this page. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Taresa Tolosa
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's mile | 1 | - | 2018 | $4,000 |
| Men's 1500 m | 2 | - | 2018 | $1,500 |
The men's mile has paid Taresa Tolosa $4,000 of the $5,500, which is 73% of everything the series has given him.
Around Taresa Tolosa on the money list
Ranks 1980 to 2020
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Jacquelyn Coward | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1981 | Janeek Brown | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1982 | Joe Klecker | three disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 1983 | Jonathan Sacoor | Men's 400 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1984 | Kevin López | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 1985 | Leah Nugent | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1986 | Li Lingyu | Women's javelin throw | - | $5,500 |
| 1987 | Luka Bošković | Men's long jump | - | $5,500 |
| 1988 | Mario Pestano | Men's discus throw | - | $5,500 |
| 1989 | Māris Urtāns | Men's shot put | - | $5,500 |
| 1990 | Mike Foppen | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 1991 | Monica Hargrove | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 1992 | Mukhtar Mohammed | Men's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1993 | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | Men's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1994 | Pedrya Seymour | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1995 | Richard Yates | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1996 | Sarah Stevens-Walker | Women's shot put | - | $5,500 |
| 1997 | Shalaya Kipp | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,500 |
| 1998 | Simon Magakwe | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1999 | Tan Jian | Women's discus throw | - | $5,500 |
| 2000 | Taresa Tolosa | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 2001 | Tigst Assefa | Women's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2002 | Tyquendo Tracey | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2003 | Udodi Onwuzurike | Men's 200 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2004 | Victor Hogan | Men's discus throw | - | $5,500 |
| 2005 | Wu Yanni | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 2006 | Yanxi Li | Men's triple jump | - | $5,500 |
| 2007 | Yuki Koike | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2008 | Amere Lattin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,250 |
| 2009 | Brandon Carnes | two disciplines | - | $5,250 |
| 2010 | Chris McAlister | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,250 |
| 2011 | Leandro Ramos | Men's javelin throw | - | $5,250 |
| 2012 | Line Kloster | two disciplines | - | $5,250 |
| 2013 | Luminosa Bogliolo | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,250 |
| 2014 | Marie-Therese Obst | Women's javelin throw | - | $5,250 |
| 2015 | Ricky Petrucciani | Men's 400 m | - | $5,250 |
| 2016 | Timothy Herman | Men's javelin throw | - | $5,250 |
| 2017 | Aaron Cheminingwa | Men's 800 m | - | $5,000 |
| 2018 | Alizée Minard | Women's javelin throw | - | $5,000 |
| 2019 | Alyxandria Treasure | Women's high jump | - | $5,000 |
| 2020 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Taresa Tolosa is 2000th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $5,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Taresa Tolosa most
Bislett Games 2018 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the mile, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Filip Ingebrigtsen, Younès Essalhi, Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Ryan Gregson, Bethwell Birgen and Jake Wightman.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2018 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aman Wote, Timothy Cheruiyot, Elijah Manangoi, Samuel Tefera, Ayanleh Souleiman and Charles Simotwo.
Meeting de Paris 2018 paid $0 for 10th in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Simon Denissel, Timothy Cheruiyot, Ayanleh Souleiman, Charles Simotwo, Aman Wote and Jakub Holuša.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Taresa Tolosa won?
$5,500, which ranks 2000th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes in 2018.
What is Taresa Tolosa's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the mile at the 2018 Bislett Games. 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 Taresa Tolosa gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men's mile 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 Taresa Tolosa ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Taresa Tolosa earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Cross Country Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid him, 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 Taresa Tolosa is Tan Jian on $5,500, and one below Tigst Assefa on $5,500. Taresa Tolosa 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 men's mile prize money and men's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Taresa Tolosa has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the mixed relay page.