Veronica Vancardo prize money
Veronica Vancardo has been paid $9,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1649th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 800 m, 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 800 m | 4th | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2026 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All three | Women's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $9,000 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The Ultimate Championship
What Veronica Vancardo did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 800 metres | - | DNS | - |
Veronica Vancardo 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.
Around Veronica Vancardo on the money list
Ranks 1629 to 1669
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1629 | Tobias Scherbarth | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1630 | Zach Bradford | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1631 | Abdelati El Guesse | Men's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1632 | Ben Blankenship | three disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1633 | Birtukan Fente Alemu | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1634 | Gerhard Mayer | Men's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1635 | Helen Clitheroe | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1636 | Henrik Larsson | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1637 | Irina Rodrigues | Women's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1638 | Jerome Blake | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1639 | Jonathan Jones | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1640 | Kim Juhl Christensen | Men's shot put | - | $9,000 |
| 1641 | Lawi Lalang | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1642 | Oscar Pistorius | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1643 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1644 | Shawn Crawford | Men's 200 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1645 | Tatyana Lebedeva | Women's triple jump | - | $9,000 |
| 1646 | Tommi Evilä | Men's long jump | - | $9,000 |
| 1647 | Treniere Moser | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1648 | Veronica Borsi | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $9,000 |
| 1649 | Veronica Vancardo | Women's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1650 | Viivi Lehikoinen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,000 |
| 1651 | Yoann Kowal | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1652 | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Men's pole vault | - | $8,833 |
| 1653 | Arthur Cissé | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1654 | Aurel Manga | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,750 |
| 1655 | Aynadis Mebratu | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1656 | Elena Bellò | Women's 800 m | - | $8,750 |
| 1657 | Gabriel Constantino | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,750 |
| 1658 | Luiza Gega | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1659 | Monika Pyrek | Women's pole vault | - | $8,750 |
| 1660 | Mouhamadou Fall | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1661 | Saúl Ordóñez | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1662 | Alemnat Walle | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
| 1663 | Alex Rose | Men's discus throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1664 | Alexis Brown | Women's long jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1665 | Anna Jagaciak | Women's triple jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1666 | Anna Jesień | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1667 | Asha Philip | Women's 100 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1668 | Ben Bruce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
| 1669 | Brett Morse | Men's discus throw | - | $8,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Veronica Vancardo is 1649th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $9,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Veronica Vancardo most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $4,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Oratile Nowe, Sarah Billings, Addison Wiley, Camille Laus, Prudence Sekgodiso and Audrey Werro.
Athletissima 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Valentina Rosamilia, Addison Wiley, Lilian Odira, Prudence Sekgodiso, Oratile Nowe and Sage Hurta-Klecker.
Weltklasse Zürich 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Eloisa Coiro, Valentina Rosamilia, Jessica Hull, Audrey Werro, Femke Broeders-Bol and Georgia Hunter Bell.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Veronica Vancardo won?
$9,000, which ranks 1649th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes in 2026.
What is Veronica Vancardo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 4th in the Diamond+ 800 m at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Veronica Vancardo 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 800 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.
Is this everything Veronica Vancardo 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 Veronica Vancardo is Veronica Borsi on $9,000, and one below Viivi Lehikoinen on $9,000. Veronica Vancardo is one of 55 Switzerland athletes athletics has paid, and Switzerland athletics prize money adds them up to $1,594,458 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Veronica Vancardo 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 AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it. 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 800 metres page.