Viivi Lehikoinen prize money
Viivi Lehikoinen has been paid $9,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 884th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2024 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $500 |
| Athletissima 2023 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2022 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $1,000 |
| All five | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $9,000 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2022 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | — | Bauhausgalan | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | — | Athletissima | $6,500 |
| 2024 | 2 | — | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $1,500 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $6,500 from two starts. Every season from 2022 to 2024 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $9,000.
Around Viivi Lehikoinen on the money list
Ranks 864 to 904
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 864 | Lythe Pillay | Men's 400 m | — | $9,500 |
| 865 | Tarsis Orogot | Men's 200 m | — | $9,500 |
| 866 | Teahna Daniels | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 867 | Tobias Grønstad | Men's 800 m | — | $9,500 |
| 868 | Jeron Robinson | Men's high jump | — | $9,250 |
| 869 | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova | Women's long jump | — | $9,250 |
| 870 | Robbie Grabarz | Men's high jump | — | $9,250 |
| 871 | Rohan Watson | Men's 100 m | — | $9,250 |
| 872 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Men's high jump | — | $9,250 |
| 873 | Zach Bradford | Men's pole vault | — | $9,250 |
| 874 | Adam Kszczot | Men's 800 m | — | $9,000 |
| 875 | Jerome Blake | two disciplines | — | $9,000 |
| 876 | Jonathan Jones | Men's 400 m | — | $9,000 |
| 877 | Karyna Taranda | Women's high jump | — | $9,000 |
| 878 | Kori Carter | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 879 | Mathew Sawe | Men's high jump | — | $9,000 |
| 880 | Milan Trajkovic | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 881 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | — | $9,000 |
| 882 | Valentin Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | — | $9,000 |
| 883 | Veronica Vancardo | Women's 800 m | — | $9,000 |
| 884 | Viivi Lehikoinen | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 885 | Yelena Sokolova | Women's long jump | — | $9,000 |
| 886 | Aynadis Mebratu | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 887 | Elena Bellò | Women's 800 m | — | $8,750 |
| 888 | Lovisa Lindh | Women's 800 m | — | $8,750 |
| 889 | Mouhamadou Fall | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 890 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | — | $8,750 |
| 891 | Saúl Ordóñez | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 892 | Alemnat Walle | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,500 |
| 893 | Alex Rose | Men's discus throw | — | $8,500 |
| 894 | Celera Barnes | Women's 100 m | — | $8,500 |
| 895 | Eduardo Herrera | two disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 896 | José Figueroa | Men's 200 m | — | $8,500 |
| 897 | Laura Weightman | three disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 898 | Naomi Van den Broeck | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,500 |
| 899 | Raymond Richards | Men's high jump | — | $8,500 |
| 900 | Sarah Lavin | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $8,500 |
| 901 | Tadese Takele | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,500 |
| 902 | Tasa Jiya | Women's 200 m | — | $8,500 |
| 903 | Vitória Cristina Rosa | two disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 904 | Edis Matusevičius | Men's javelin throw | — | $8,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Viivi Lehikoinen is 884th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $9,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Viivi Lehikoinen most
Athletissima 2023 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ayomide Folorunso, Jessie Knight, Anna Ryzhykova, Viktoriya Tkachuk, Lina Nielsen and Gianna Woodruff.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 paid $1,000 for 6th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Noura Ennadi, Jessie Knight, Rushell Clayton, Shiann Salmon, Anna Ryzhykova and Zenéy Geldenhuys.
Bauhausgalan 2022 paid $1,000 for 6th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jessie Knight, Cassandra Tate, Femke Bol, Rushell Clayton, Anna Ryzhykova and Ayomide Folorunso.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Viivi Lehikoinen won?
$9,000, which ranks 884th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2022 and 2024.
What is Viivi Lehikoinen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m hurdles at the 2023 Athletissima. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Viivi Lehikoinen 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 400 m hurdles 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 Viivi Lehikoinen 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 her, 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 Viivi Lehikoinen is Veronica Vancardo on $9,000, and one below Yelena Sokolova on $9,000. Viivi Lehikoinen 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 women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Viivi Lehikoinen 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 800 m. Every meeting she 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.