Yanmei Li prize money
Yanmei Li has been paid $11,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1548th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the women's triple jump, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | Triple jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2015 | Triple jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2014 | Triple jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | Triple jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All four | Women's triple jump | - | $11,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $11,000 is four 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.
Season by season
2011 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $6,000 |
| 2012 | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Herculis | $1,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $4,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Yanmei Li in 2012 and 2013, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $11,000.
Around Yanmei Li on the money list
Ranks 1528 to 1568
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1528 | Djilali Bedrani | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1529 | Edinah Jebitok | four disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1530 | Fatoumata Binta Diallo | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1531 | Georgi Ivanov | Men's shot put | - | $11,000 |
| 1532 | Ingvill Måkestad Bovim | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1533 | Karyna Demidik | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1534 | Leford Green | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1535 | Madeline Heiner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1536 | Marione Fourie | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1537 | Nicole Leach | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1538 | Nigel Levine | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1539 | Ola Stunes Isene | Men's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
| 1540 | Richard Kiplagat | Men's 800 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1541 | Robby Andrews | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1542 | Robert Sobera | Men's pole vault | - | $11,000 |
| 1543 | Rondel Sorrillo | Men's 200 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1544 | Rondell Bartholomew | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1545 | Tigest Getent | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1546 | Vanessa Kamga | Women's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
| 1547 | Veronica Wanjiru | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1548 | Yanmei Li | Women's triple jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1549 | Maja Åskag | two disciplines | - | $10,750 |
| 1550 | Mohamed Tindouft | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,750 |
| 1551 | Ainars Kovals | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1552 | Anne Zagré | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1553 | Artur Felfner | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1554 | Donn Cabral | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,500 |
| 1555 | Edwin Kurgat | two disciplines | - | $10,500 |
| 1556 | Genki Dean | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1557 | Jarmila Jurkovičová | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1558 | Javianne Oliver | Women's 100 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1559 | Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai | Men's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1560 | Nadine Hildebrand | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1561 | Nataliya Lupu | Women's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1562 | Yuki Hashioka | Men's long jump | - | $10,500 |
| 1563 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Men's 800 m | - | $10,250 |
| 1564 | Hendrik Gruber | Men's pole vault | - | $10,250 |
| 1565 | Malik James-King | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,250 |
| 1566 | Marike Steinacker | Women's discus throw | - | $10,250 |
| 1567 | Adaejah Hodge | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1568 | Apostolos Parellis | Men's discus throw | - | $10,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yanmei Li is 1548th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $11,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yanmei Li most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Olga Rypakova, Natalya Alekseyeva, Snežana Vukmirovič, Mabel Gay, Anna Pyatykh and Yargelis Savigne.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 paid $2,000 for 6th in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rouguy Diallo, Irina Gumenyuk, Caterine Ibargüen, Olha Saladukha, Olga Rypakova and Kristin Gierisch.
Prefontaine Classic 2015 paid $2,000 for 6th in the triple jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amanda Smock, Caterine Ibargüen, Yekaterina Koneva, Olha Saladukha, Keila Costa and Yosiris Urrutia.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yanmei Li won?
$11,000, which ranks 1548th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2011 and 2015.
What is Yanmei Li's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the triple jump at the 2011 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. 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 Yanmei Li 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 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.
Is this everything Yanmei Li 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 Yanmei Li is Veronica Wanjiru on $11,000, and one below Maja Åskag on $10,750. Yanmei Li is one of 114 China athletes athletics has paid, and China athletics prize money adds them up to $1,813,250 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 Yanmei Li 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.