Tero Pitkämäki prize money
Tero Pitkämäki has been paid $6,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1059th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | Javelin throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | Javelin throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| All two | Men's javelin throw | — | $6,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,000 is two 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.
Around Tero Pitkämäki on the money list
Ranks 1039 to 1079
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1039 | Festus Lagat | two disciplines | — | $6,000 |
| 1040 | Innes FitzGerald | two disciplines | — | $6,000 |
| 1041 | Jaheel Hyde | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $6,000 |
| 1042 | Janeth Chepngetich | two disciplines | — | $6,000 |
| 1043 | Jenn Suhr | Women's pole vault | — | $6,000 |
| 1044 | Kim Amb | Men's javelin throw | — | $6,000 |
| 1045 | Kimani Jack | Men's high jump | — | $6,000 |
| 1046 | Kipyegon Bett | Men's 800 m | — | $6,000 |
| 1047 | Kristi Castlin | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $6,000 |
| 1048 | LaShawn Merritt | Men's 400 m | — | $6,000 |
| 1049 | Laura Galván | two disciplines | — | $6,000 |
| 1050 | Lavanya Williams | Women's 100 m | — | $6,000 |
| 1051 | Madara Palameika | Women's javelin throw | — | $6,000 |
| 1052 | Nick Ponzio | Men's shot put | — | $6,000 |
| 1053 | Nicolas-Marie Daru | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $6,000 |
| 1054 | Paulina Guba | Women's shot put | — | $6,000 |
| 1055 | Plamena Mitkova | Women's long jump | — | $6,000 |
| 1056 | Russell Robinson | Men's triple jump | — | $6,000 |
| 1057 | Sadik Mikhou | Men's mile | — | $6,000 |
| 1058 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | Women's 400 m | — | $6,000 |
| 1059 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | — | $6,000 |
| 1060 | Tuğba Danışmaz | Women's triple jump | — | $6,000 |
| 1061 | Tynia Gaither | Women's 200 m | — | $6,000 |
| 1062 | Wesley Vázquez | Men's 800 m | — | $6,000 |
| 1063 | Yulenmis Aguilar | Women's javelin throw | — | $6,000 |
| 1064 | Zarck Visser | Men's long jump | — | $6,000 |
| 1065 | Abraham Kibiwott | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $5,750 |
| 1066 | Aurel Manga | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $5,750 |
| 1067 | Axelina Johansson | Women's shot put | — | $5,750 |
| 1068 | Bassant Hemida | two disciplines | — | $5,750 |
| 1069 | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | Men's pole vault | — | $5,750 |
| 1070 | Cornelius Tuwei | Men's 800 m | — | $5,750 |
| 1071 | Isiah Young | two disciplines | — | $5,750 |
| 1072 | Karissa Schweizer | three disciplines | — | $5,750 |
| 1073 | Meghan Beesley | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $5,750 |
| 1074 | Rohan Browning | Men's 100 m | — | $5,750 |
| 1075 | Ahmed Abdelwahed | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $5,500 |
| 1076 | Alia Armstrong | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $5,500 |
| 1077 | Alonso Edward | Men's 200 m | — | $5,500 |
| 1078 | Aman Wote | two disciplines | — | $5,500 |
| 1079 | Ameer Webb | Men's 200 m | — | $5,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Tero Pitkämäki is 1059th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $6,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Tero Pitkämäki most
Doha Diamond League 2017 paid $3,000 for 4th in the javelin throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ahmed Bader Magour, Hamish Peacock, Julius Yego, Kim Amb, Thomas Röhler and Johannes Vetter.
Meeting de Paris 2017 paid $3,000 for 4th in the javelin throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Neeraj Chopra, Magnus Kirt, Hamish Peacock, Andrian Mardare, Vítězslav Veselý and Johannes Vetter.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Tero Pitkämäki won?
$6,000, which ranks 1059th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes in 2017.
What is Tero Pitkämäki's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the javelin throw at the 2017 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Tero Pitkämäki 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 javelin 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 Tero Pitkämäki 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 Tero Pitkämäki is Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone on $6,000, and one below Tuğba Danışmaz on $6,000. Tero Pitkämäki is one of 19 Finland athletes athletics has paid, and Finland athletics prize money adds them up to $159,500 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Tero Pitkämäki 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.