Thea LaFond prize money
Thea LaFond has been paid $81,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 383rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 26 paid finishes in the women's triple jump, one of them a win.
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
The 26 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $81,500 is 26 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 27 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Thea LaFond did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's triple jump | 2nd | 14.89 | $35,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Thea LaFond $35,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $81,500 from 27 Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. Nine days there paid her more than any whole Diamond League season has. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Thea LaFond did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's triple jump | 4th | 14.47 m | - |
Thea LaFond stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where she finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Thea LaFond did indoors, 2025 and 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's triple jump | 4th | 14.18 | $8,000 |
| Women's triple jump | 5th | 14.38 | $6,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Thea LaFond $14,000 for two finishes across Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026, against $81,500 from 27 Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Thea LaFond won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's triple jump | Gold | $50,000 |
Thea LaFond was paid $50,000 for the women's triple jump in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $5,500 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $17,000 |
| 2023 | 6 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $10,500 |
| 2024 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $15,500 |
| 2025 | 5 | - | Doha Diamond League | $18,500 |
| 2026 | 5 | - | Herculis EBS | $14,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $18,500 from five starts. Every season from 2021 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $81,500.
Around Thea LaFond on the money list
Ranks 363 to 403
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 373 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $83,500 |
| 374 | Georganne Moline | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $83,500 |
| 375 | Janay Deloach | Women's long jump | 3 | $83,000 |
| 376 | Jimmy Vicaut | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 377 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 378 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
| 391 | Jeneba Tarmoh | two disciplines | 2 | $80,500 |
| 392 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | - | $80,000 |
| 393 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 4 | $80,000 |
| 394 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 395 | Lolo Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $79,500 |
| 396 | Virgilijus Alekna | Men's discus throw | 2 | $79,500 |
| 397 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | 3 | $79,000 |
| 398 | Jehue Gordon | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $79,000 |
| 399 | Shawn Barber | Men's pole vault | - | $79,000 |
| 400 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | 1 | $78,875 |
| 401 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $78,750 |
| 402 | Raphael Holzdeppe | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,500 |
| 403 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Thea LaFond is 383rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $81,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Thea LaFond most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the triple jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shanieka Ricketts, Neja Filipič, Patrícia Mamona, Liadagmis Povea, Leyanis Pérez and Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko.
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the triple jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ilionis Guillaume, Tuğba Danışmaz, Neja Filipič, Senni Salminen, Ivana Španović and Diana Ana Maria Ion.
Prefontaine Classic 2024 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shanieka Ricketts, Keturah Orji, Tori Franklin, Jasmine Moore, Kimberly Williams and Ryann Porter.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Thea LaFond won?
$81,500, which ranks 383rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 26 paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Thea LaFond's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the triple jump at the 2022 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Thea LaFond 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 win is worth the same in the women's triple jump 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Thea LaFond won?
One of 27, worth $10,000 between them. Five of her appearances came at a final, which paid $14,000.
Has Thea LaFond 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.
How much did Thea LaFond win at the 2025 World Championships?
$35,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
How much has Thea LaFond won at the World Indoor Championships?
$14,000, from two paid finals across Toruń 2026 and Nanjing 2025. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Thea LaFond earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships, World Indoor Championships and Olympic 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 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 Thea LaFond is Lynsey Sharp on $81,500, and one below Gabby Thomas on $81,250. Thea LaFond is one of 2 Dominica athletes athletics has paid, and Dominica athletics prize money adds them up to $132,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's triple jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Thea LaFond 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 Herculis EBS has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's triple jump page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's triple jump page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the women's triple jump page.