Yelena Kotulskaya prize money
Yelena Kotulskaya has been paid $15,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1336th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 800 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis 2012 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2012 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| DN Galan 2011 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All three | Women's 800 m | - | $15,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $15,000 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.
Season by season
2011 to 2012, in the order it was won
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $14,000 from two starts. Every season from 2011 to 2012 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $15,000.
Around Yelena Kotulskaya on the money list
Ranks 1316 to 1356
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1316 | Steve Mullings | two disciplines | 1 | $15,500 |
| 1317 | Xiangrong Liu | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1318 | Yoann Rapinier | Men's triple jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1319 | Yuliya Golubchikova | Women's pole vault | - | $15,500 |
| 1320 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Men's 100 m | - | $15,250 |
| 1321 | Beth Dobbin | Women's 200 m | - | $15,250 |
| 1322 | Seito Yamamoto | Men's pole vault | - | $15,250 |
| 1323 | Ainsley Waugh | two disciplines | - | $15,000 |
| 1324 | Andrew Bayer | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1325 | Dan Taylor | Men's shot put | - | $15,000 |
| 1326 | James Dasaolu | Men's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1327 | Khaleb McRae | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1328 | Lázaro Borges | Men's pole vault | - | $15,000 |
| 1329 | Margaryta Dorozhon | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1330 | Marina Aitova | Women's high jump | - | $15,000 |
| 1331 | Ngonidzashe Makusha | Men's long jump | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1332 | Obi Igbokwe | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1333 | Schillonie Calvert-Powell | Women's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1334 | Stanley Kebenei | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1335 | Torrie Lewis | two disciplines | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1336 | Yelena Kotulskaya | Women's 800 m | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1337 | Daniel Rowden | Men's 800 m | - | $14,750 |
| 1338 | Genevieve Gregson | three disciplines | - | $14,750 |
| 1339 | Jake Heyward | two disciplines | - | $14,750 |
| 1340 | Jérôme Clavier | Men's pole vault | - | $14,750 |
| 1341 | Alana Boyd | Women's pole vault | - | $14,583 |
| 1342 | Alicia Monson | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1343 | Bernard Nganga | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,500 |
| 1344 | Birtukan Adamu | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,500 |
| 1345 | Caleb Dean | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1346 | Hannah England | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1347 | Harold Correa | Men's triple jump | - | $14,500 |
| 1348 | Jorge Fernández | Men's discus throw | - | $14,500 |
| 1349 | Kendry Menéndez | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $14,500 |
| 1350 | Kristin Gierisch | Women's triple jump | - | $14,500 |
| 1351 | Matic Ian Guček | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1352 | Rhys Williams | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $14,500 |
| 1353 | Richard Kilty | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1354 | Sheena Johnson-Tosta | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $14,500 |
| 1355 | Sinclaire Johnson | three disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1356 | Tim Nedow | Men's shot put | - | $14,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yelena Kotulskaya is 1336th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $15,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yelena Kotulskaya most
Herculis 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Francine Niyonsaba, Alysia Montaño, Molly Ludlow, Marilyn Okoro, Yuneysi Santiusti and Maryam Yusuf Jamal.
Athletissima 2012 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Diane Cummins, Hilary Stellingwerff, Nataliya Lupu, Pamela Jelimo and Mariya Savinova.
DN Galan 2011 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kenia Sinclair, Malika Akkaoui, Yuneysi Santiusti, Alice Schmidt, Alysia Montaño and Halima Hachlaf.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yelena Kotulskaya won?
$15,000, which ranks 1336th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2011 and 2012.
What is Yelena Kotulskaya's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2012 Herculis. 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 Yelena Kotulskaya 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Yelena Kotulskaya won?
One of three, worth $10,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Yelena Kotulskaya 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 Yelena Kotulskaya is Torrie Lewis on $15,000, and one below Daniel Rowden on $14,750. Yelena Kotulskaya is one of 84 RUS athletes athletics has paid, and RUS athletics prize money adds them up to $1,249,167 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 Yelena Kotulskaya 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 Herculis has its own page across every edition of it.