Yenenesh Shimeket prize money
Yenenesh Shimeket has been paid $2,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2626th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 3000 m, and it was 5th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2026 | 3000 m | 11th | - |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 3000 m | 10th | - |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 3000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All three | Women's 3000 m | - | $2,500 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,500 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. Two of the three starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $2,500 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | - |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $2,500 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Yenenesh Shimeket in 2026, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $2,500.
Around Yenenesh Shimeket on the money list
Ranks 2606 to 2646
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2606 | Samuel Francis | Men's 100 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2607 | Sarah Atcho | Women's 200 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2608 | Sentayehu Lewetegn | Women's 5000 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2609 | Serhiy Nykyforov | Men's long jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2610 | Serita Solomon | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2611 | Sharlene Mawdsley | Women's 400 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2612 | Shinji Takahira | two disciplines | - | $2,500 |
| 2613 | Sief El Islem Temacini | Men's triple jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2614 | Simen Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | - | $2,500 |
| 2615 | Stacey Smith | Women's 1500 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2616 | Stella Akakpo | Women's 100 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2617 | Steve Slattery | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,500 |
| 2618 | Thelma Davies | Women's 100 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2619 | Tora Harris | Men's high jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2620 | Tsanko Arnaudov | Men's shot put | - | $2,500 |
| 2621 | Veronika Semashko | Women's long jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2622 | Veronika Shutkova | Women's long jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2623 | Wojciech Theiner | Men's high jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2624 | Wupin Wang | Women's long jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2625 | Xiaoyi Zhang | Men's long jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2626 | Yenenesh Shimeket | Women's 3000 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2627 | Yordan O'Farrill | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2628 | Maja Nilsson | Women's high jump | - | $2,375 |
| 2629 | Scott Houston | Men's pole vault | - | $2,333 |
| 2630 | Alex Haydock-Wilson | Men's 400 m | - | $2,250 |
| 2631 | Alina Rotaru-Kottmann | Women's long jump | - | $2,250 |
| 2632 | Anicka Newell | Women's pole vault | - | $2,250 |
| 2633 | Annu Rani | Women's javelin throw | - | $2,250 |
| 2634 | Engla Nilsson | Women's high jump | - | $2,250 |
| 2635 | Filip Pravdica | Men's long jump | - | $2,250 |
| 2636 | Ilya Mudrov | Men's pole vault | - | $2,250 |
| 2637 | Jessica Inchude | Women's shot put | - | $2,250 |
| 2638 | Laëticia Bapté | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $2,250 |
| 2639 | Liz Clay | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $2,250 |
| 2640 | Manuel Lando | Men's high jump | - | $2,250 |
| 2641 | Nikolaos Andrikopoulos | Men's triple jump | - | $2,250 |
| 2642 | Noor Vidts | two disciplines | - | $2,250 |
| 2643 | Praveen Chithravel | Men's triple jump | - | $2,250 |
| 2644 | Ryan Willie | Men's 400 m | - | $2,250 |
| 2645 | Sokwakhana Zazini | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,250 |
| 2646 | Tade Ojora | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $2,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yenenesh Shimeket is 2626th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $2,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yenenesh Shimeket most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 3000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marta Alemayo, Aleshign Baweke, Maureen Koster, Janeth Chepngetich, Mekedes Alemeshete and Lemlem Hailu.
Bislett Games 2026 paid $0 for 11th in the 3000 m, one of 17 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hannah Nuttall, Hirut Meshesha, Salomé Afonso, Georgia Griffith, Freweyni Hailu and Likina Amebaw.
Herculis EBS 2026 paid $0 for 10th in the 3000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Bernesh Dessie, Nozomi Tanaka, Birke Haylom, Agnes Jebet Ngetich, Aleshign Baweke and Senayet Getachew.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yenenesh Shimeket won?
$2,500, which ranks 2626th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish between 2025 and 2026.
What is Yenenesh Shimeket's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 3000 m at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Yenenesh Shimeket 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 3000 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.
Has Yenenesh Shimeket 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 Yenenesh Shimeket 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 Yenenesh Shimeket is Xiaoyi Zhang on $2,500, and one below Yordan O'Farrill on $2,500. Yenenesh Shimeket is one of 147 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $5,789,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Yenenesh Shimeket 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.