Teddese Lemi prize money
Teddese Lemi has been paid $4,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1158th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 | 1500 m | 7th | $750 |
| Athletissima 2023 | 1500 m | 8th | $500 |
| Bislett Games 2023 | 1500 m | 13th | — |
| Doha Diamond League 2022 | 1500 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| All four | Men's 1500 m | — | $4,750 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,750 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2022 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $3,500 |
| 2023 | 2 | — | Athletissima | $500 |
| 2024 | 1 | — | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $750 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $3,500 from one start. Every season from 2022 to 2024 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $4,750.
Around Teddese Lemi on the money list
Ranks 1138 to 1178
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1138 | Steven Richter | Men's discus throw | — | $5,000 |
| 1139 | Su Wen | Men's triple jump | — | $5,000 |
| 1140 | Yasemin Can | two disciplines | — | $5,000 |
| 1141 | Allyson Felix | two disciplines | — | $4,750 |
| 1142 | Beatrice Masilingi | Women's 200 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1143 | Chiara Scherrer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $4,750 |
| 1144 | Christabel Nettey | Women's long jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1145 | Clemens Prüfer | Men's discus throw | — | $4,750 |
| 1146 | Derek Drouin | Men's high jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1147 | Eloisa Coiro | Women's 800 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1148 | Gilles Biron | Men's 400 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1149 | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Women's triple jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1150 | Jessica Woodard | Women's shot put | — | $4,750 |
| 1151 | Joel Clarke-Khan | Men's high jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1152 | Lester Lescay | Men's long jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1153 | Morolake Akinosun | two disciplines | — | $4,750 |
| 1154 | Nawal Meniker | Women's high jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1155 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | — | $4,750 |
| 1156 | Robin Vanderbemden | Men's 200 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1157 | Rosefline Chepngetich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $4,750 |
| 1158 | Teddese Lemi | Men's 1500 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1159 | Valerie Constien | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $4,750 |
| 1160 | Will Williams | Men's long jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1161 | Abdelatif Sadiki | Men's 1500 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1162 | Adelaide Aquilla | Women's shot put | — | $4,500 |
| 1163 | Álvaro de Arriba | Men's 800 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1164 | Bayanda Walaza | Men's 100 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1165 | Benjamin Azamati | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1166 | Bernhard Seifert | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,500 |
| 1167 | Carina Horn | Women's 100 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1168 | Cheickna Traore | Men's 200 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1169 | Deajah Stevens | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1170 | Demish Gaye | Men's 400 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1171 | Dong Bin | Men's triple jump | — | $4,500 |
| 1172 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | — | $4,500 |
| 1173 | Etienne Daguinos | Men's 5000 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1174 | Hélène Parisot | Women's 200 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1175 | Léonie Pointet | Women's 200 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1176 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1177 | Marc Minichello | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,500 |
| 1178 | Matthew Ramsden | four disciplines | — | $4,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Teddese Lemi is 1158th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $4,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Teddese Lemi most
Doha Diamond League 2022 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yomif Kejelcha, Kamar Etyang, Matthew Ramsden, Charles Simotwo, Samuel Abate and Musab Adam Ali.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 paid $750 for 7th in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tshepo Tshite, Kuma Girma, Abdelatif Sadiki, Charles Grethen, Vincent Kibet Keter and Azeddine Habz.
Athletissima 2023 paid $500 for 8th in the 1500 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Pietro Arese, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Lamecha Girma, Josh Kerr, Elliot Giles and Sam Tanner.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Teddese Lemi won?
$4,750, which ranks 1158th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2022 and 2024.
What is Teddese Lemi's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,500, for finishing 3rd in the 1500 m at the 2022 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Teddese Lemi 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 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 Teddese Lemi 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. He is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Teddese Lemi 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 him, 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 Teddese Lemi is Rosefline Chepngetich on $4,750, and one below Valerie Constien on $4,750. Teddese Lemi is one of 95 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,242,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Teddese Lemi has been paid in one 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.