Wilma Heltelä prize money
Wilma Heltelä has been paid $37,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 789th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the women's pole vault, 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2026 | Pole vault | 8th | $1,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | Pole vault | =11th | - |
| London Athletics Meet 2023 | Pole vault | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2023 | Pole vault | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | Pole vault | 4th | $4,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | Pole vault | 4th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | Pole vault | 6th | $1,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2023 | Pole vault | 9th | - |
| Athletissima 2022 | Pole vault | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| Anniversary Games 2021 | Pole vault | 3rd | $3,500 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2016 | Pole vault | 8th | $1,000 |
| All thirteen | Women's pole vault | - | $37,000 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $37,000 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the thirteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Indoor Championships
What Wilma Heltelä did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's pole vault | 11th | 4.55 | - |
Wilma Heltelä stood in one World Indoor Championships final and finished outside the money. The championships pay six places, $40,000 for a title down to $4,000 for 6th, and nothing at all below that. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2016 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $3,500 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - | Anniversary Games | $3,500 |
| 2022 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $6,000 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | London Athletics Meet | $23,000 |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $1,000 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $23,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Wilma Heltelä in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $37,000.
Around Wilma Heltelä on the money list
Ranks 769 to 809
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 769 | Sally Kipyego | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 770 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 771 | Alessia Trost | Women's high jump | - | $38,333 |
| 772 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $38,250 |
| 773 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 774 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | - | $38,250 |
| 775 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | - | $38,000 |
| 776 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $38,000 |
| 777 | Sha'Keela Saunders | Women's long jump | - | $38,000 |
| 778 | Julian Forte | two disciplines | 1 | $37,750 |
| 779 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | - | $37,625 |
| 780 | Femi Ogunode | two disciplines | - | $37,500 |
| 781 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | - | $37,500 |
| 782 | Kariem Hussein | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $37,500 |
| 783 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | - | $37,500 |
| 784 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 785 | Damar Forbes | Men's long jump | 2 | $37,000 |
| 786 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 787 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $37,000 |
| 788 | Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 789 | Wilma Heltelä | Women's pole vault | 1 | $37,000 |
| 790 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | - | $36,750 |
| 791 | Marcin Krukowski | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $36,750 |
| 792 | Sofie Skoog | Women's high jump | - | $36,633 |
| 793 | Natalya Antyukh | two disciplines | - | $36,500 |
| 794 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | - | $36,250 |
| 795 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 796 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $36,000 |
| 797 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 798 | Jason Young | three disciplines | - | $36,000 |
| 799 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | - | $36,000 |
| 800 | Liu Shiying | Women's javelin throw | - | $36,000 |
| 801 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 802 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | - | $36,000 |
| 803 | Whitney Ashley | Women's discus throw | - | $36,000 |
| 804 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $35,750 |
| 805 | Mateusz Przybylko | Men's high jump | - | $35,750 |
| 806 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 807 | English Gardner | two disciplines | 1 | $35,500 |
| 808 | Goldie Sayers | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $35,500 |
| 809 | Jamile Samuel | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Wilma Heltelä is 789th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $37,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Wilma Heltelä most
London Athletics Meet 2023 paid $10,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Katie Moon, Tina Šutej, Nina Kennedy, Katerina Stefanidi, Sandi Morris and Roberta Bruni.
Athletissima 2023 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Eliza McCartney, Tina Šutej, Margot Chevrier, Holly Bradshaw, Nina Kennedy and Angelica Moser.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $4,000 for 4th in the pole vault, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nina Kennedy, Roberta Bruni, Katie Moon, Tina Šutej and Sandi Morris.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Wilma Heltelä won?
$37,000, which ranks 789th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2016 and 2026.
What is Wilma Heltelä's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the pole vault at the 2023 London Athletics Meet. 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 Wilma Heltelä 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 pole vault 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 Wilma Heltelä won?
One of thirteen, worth $10,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $6,500.
Has Wilma Heltelä ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Wilma Heltelä 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 Wilma Heltelä is Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet on $37,000, and one below Andrian Mardare on $36,750. Wilma Heltelä is one of 33 Finland athletes athletics has paid, and Finland athletics prize money adds them up to $513,750 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Wilma Heltelä 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 Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it. 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 pole vault page.