Wenda Nel prize money
Wenda Nel has been paid $4,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1189th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 7th | $1,500 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| All three | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,500 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.
Season by season
2019 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | — | Doha Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $2,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $2,500 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Wenda Nel in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $4,500.
Around Wenda Nel on the money list
Ranks 1169 to 1209
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1179 | Nia Akins | Women's 800 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1180 | Ramsey Angela | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1181 | Ruben Verheyden | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1182 | Ryan Gregson | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1183 | Sara Gambetta | Women's shot put | — | $4,500 |
| 1184 | Shu Heng | Men's long jump | — | $4,500 |
| 1185 | Stefan Nillessen | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1186 | Tia-Adana Belle | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1187 | Tiffany Porter | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1188 | Tyus Wilson | Men's high jump | — | $4,500 |
| 1189 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1190 | Aliyah Abrams | Women's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1191 | Bridget Williams | Women's pole vault | — | $4,250 |
| 1192 | Collins Kipruto | Men's 800 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1193 | Gaia Sabbatini | three disciplines | — | $4,250 |
| 1194 | Kevin Borlée | Men's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1195 | Michael Kibet | three disciplines | — | $4,250 |
| 1196 | Olivia Gruver | Women's pole vault | — | $4,250 |
| 1197 | Wilbert London | Men's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1198 | Ahmed Bader Magour | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1199 | Anastasia Le-Roy | Women's 400 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1200 | Andrew Hudson | Men's 200 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1201 | Carolle Zahi | Women's 100 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1202 | Chantel Malone | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1203 | Charlene Lipsey | Women's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1204 | Chen Yang | Women's discus throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1205 | Claudia Salman | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1206 | Ethan Olivier | Men's triple jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1207 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | — | $4,000 |
| 1208 | Fabienne Hoenke | Women's 200 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1209 | Femi Ogunode | Men's 100 m | — | $4,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Wenda Nel is 1189th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $4,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Wenda Nel most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sara Petersen, Linda Olivieri, Ayomide Folorunso, Tia-Adana Belle, Femke Bol and Anna Ryzhykova.
Doha Diamond League 2019 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 400 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Zenéy van der Walt, Yadisleidy Pedroso, Dalilah Muhammad, Ashley Spencer, Anna Ryzhykova and Janieve Russell.
Müller Anniversary Games 2019 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rushell Clayton, Zuzana Hejnová, Tia-Adana Belle, Anna Ryzhykova, Janieve Russell and Meghan Beesley.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Wenda Nel won?
$4,500, which ranks 1189th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2019 and 2021.
What is Wenda Nel's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 4th in the 400 m hurdles at the 2021 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. 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 Wenda Nel 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 Wenda Nel 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 Wenda Nel is Tyus Wilson on $4,500, and one below Aliyah Abrams on $4,250. Wenda Nel is one of 34 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $993,000 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 Wenda Nel 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.