Yelena Soboleva prize money
Yelena Soboleva has been paid $1,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 3520th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 1500 m, and it was 8th.
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.
The payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2013 | 1500 m | 8th | $1,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Yelena Soboleva on the money list
Ranks 3500 to 3540
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3500 | Vashti Thomas | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3501 | Vera Barbosa | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3502 | Vicki Barr | Women's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3503 | Viktoriya Sudarushkina | Women's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3504 | Vincent Kibet Keter | two disciplines | - | $1,000 |
| 3505 | Vincent Kipsegechi Yator | Men's 5000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3506 | Vladimir Vukicevic | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3507 | Walid El Boussiri | Men's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3508 | Whitney Gipson | Women's long jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3509 | Wim Blondeel | Men's shot put | - | $1,000 |
| 3510 | Xiaoling Xu | Women's long jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3511 | Xingyu Jiang | Men's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3512 | Xu Huiqin | Women's pole vault | - | $1,000 |
| 3513 | Yanique Thompson | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3514 | Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3515 | Yann Schrub | Men's 5000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3516 | Yannick Fonsat | Men's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3517 | Yaqoub Al-Youha | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3518 | Yelena Churakova | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3519 | Yelena Korobkina | Women's 5000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3520 | Yelena Soboleva | Women's 1500 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3521 | Yevheniya Snihur | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3522 | Yoann Décimus | Men's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3523 | Yuki Ebihara | Women's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3524 | Yusuf Saad Kamel | Men's 800 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3525 | Zane Robertson | Men's 5000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3526 | Zara Obamakinwa | Women's discus throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3527 | Zhao Jing | Women's 800 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3528 | Zhenwei Yu | Men's long jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3529 | Zhongze Guo | Men's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3530 | Zoe Buckman | Women's 1500 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3531 | Zoë Sedney | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3532 | Zoey Clark | Women's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3533 | Nikki Manson | Women's high jump | - | $875 |
| 3534 | Marion Fiack | Women's pole vault | - | $833 |
| 3535 | Adam Fogg | Men's mile | - | $750 |
| 3536 | Adrianna Topolnicka | Women's 800 m | - | $750 |
| 3537 | Agate Caune | Women's 3000 m | - | $750 |
| 3538 | Amelia Strickler | Women's shot put | - | $750 |
| 3539 | Anasztázia Nguyen | Women's long jump | - | $750 |
| 3540 | Andreas Haara Bakketun | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yelena Soboleva is 3520th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $1,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yelena Soboleva most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2013 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abeba Aregawi, Genzebe Dibaba, Jenny Simpson, Hannah England, Siham Hilali and Mimi Belete.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yelena Soboleva won?
$1,000, which ranks 3520th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2013.
What is Yelena Soboleva's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 8th in the 1500 m at the 2013 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 8th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Yelena Soboleva 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 1500 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.
Is this everything Yelena Soboleva 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 Soboleva is Yelena Korobkina on $1,000, and one below Yevheniya Snihur on $1,000. Yelena Soboleva 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 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Yelena Soboleva 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.