Zenéy Geldenhuys prize money
Zenéy Geldenhuys has been paid $11,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1494th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles and women's 400 m, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 7th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $2,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | 400 m | 7th | $750 |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| All seven | two disciplines | - | $11,750 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $11,750 is seven 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.
The World Championships
What Zenéy Geldenhuys did in Tokyo, 2025
Zenéy Geldenhuys went to the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo on a relay and ran no individual final there. She ran on the South Africa team that finished 6th in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, $8,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Athletics Relays
What Zenéy Geldenhuys ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | 3rd | 3:24.84 | $10,000 |
The World Relays have paid $10,000 for the one team Zenéy Geldenhuys ran on in Guangzhou 2025, and all of it went to South Africa rather than to the four who ran. The $11,750 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid her. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. No team she ran on won its final, and the ladder paid the teams anyway: it reaches all eight teams in a final, $40,000 for a title down to $2,000 for 8th, so reaching one is the run that pays. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Zenéy Geldenhuys
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 6 | - | 2019 to 2025 | $11,000 |
| Women's 400 m | 1 | - | 2023 | $750 |
The women's 400 m hurdles has paid Zenéy Geldenhuys $11,000 of the $11,750, which is 94% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2019 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $1,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Herculis EBS | $750 |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $2,000 |
| 2025 | 4 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $8,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $8,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Zenéy Geldenhuys in 2020, 2021 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $11,750.
Around Zenéy Geldenhuys on the money list
Ranks 1474 to 1514
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1474 | Kristina Gadschiew | Women's pole vault | - | $12,000 |
| 1475 | Lalonde Gordon | Men's 400 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1476 | LaQuan Nairn | Men's long jump | 1 | $12,000 |
| 1477 | Lerone Clarke | Men's 100 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1478 | Lexy Halladay-Lowry | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1479 | Lina Nielsen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $12,000 |
| 1480 | Luka Janežič | Men's 400 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1481 | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Men's 200 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1482 | Milica Gardašević | Women's long jump | - | $12,000 |
| 1483 | Nery Brenes | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1484 | Rouguy Diallo | Women's triple jump | - | $12,000 |
| 1485 | Xu Zhuoyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $12,000 |
| 1486 | Yemane Haileselassie | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1487 | Damian Czykier | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $11,750 |
| 1488 | Elise Cranny | four disciplines | - | $11,750 |
| 1489 | Ersu Şaşma | Men's pole vault | - | $11,750 |
| 1490 | Fabian Schulze | Men's pole vault | - | $11,750 |
| 1491 | Marija Vuković | Women's high jump | - | $11,750 |
| 1492 | Olena Holosha | Women's high jump | - | $11,750 |
| 1493 | Tobia Bocchi | Men's triple jump | - | $11,750 |
| 1494 | Zenéy Geldenhuys | two disciplines | - | $11,750 |
| 1495 | Erick Portillo | Men's high jump | - | $11,583 |
| 1496 | Alastair Chalmers | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1497 | Artur Noga | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1498 | Charlie Grice | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1499 | Collis Birmingham | three disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1500 | Daniel Talbot | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1501 | Davide Re | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1502 | Greg Nixon | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1503 | Homiyu Tesfaye | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1504 | Melknat Wudu | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1505 | Natalia Ducó | Women's shot put | - | $11,500 |
| 1506 | Nathon Allen | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1507 | Nickiesha Wilson | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1508 | Paul Kipngetich Tanui | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1509 | Pauline Chemning Korikwiang | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1510 | Priscah Jepleting Cherono | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1511 | Ralf Bartels | Men's shot put | - | $11,500 |
| 1512 | Salima el Ouali Alami | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,500 |
| 1513 | Serhiy Smelyk | Men's 200 m | 1 | $11,500 |
| 1514 | Tatyana Kotova | Women's long jump | - | $11,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Zenéy Geldenhuys is 1494th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $11,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Zenéy Geldenhuys most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 paid $3,000 for 5th in the 400 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fatoumata Binta Diallo, Naomi Van den Broeck, Cassandra Tate, Femke Broeders-Bol, Andrenette Knight and Ayomide Folorunso.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 400 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shiann Salmon, Linda Olivieri, Cassandra Tate, Andrenette Knight, Ayomide Folorunso and Rushell Clayton.
Herculis EBS 2025 paid $2,000 for 7th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gianna Woodruff, Femke Broeders-Bol, Dalilah Muhammad, Anna Cockrell, Emma Zapletalová and Andrenette Knight.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Zenéy Geldenhuys won?
$11,750, which ranks 1494th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2019 and 2025.
What is Zenéy Geldenhuys's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 5th in the Diamond+ 400 m hurdles 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 Zenéy Geldenhuys 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 400 m hurdles 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.
What did Zenéy Geldenhuys's World Relays teams win?
$10,000, across one paid final in Guangzhou 2025. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Zenéy Geldenhuys or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Zenéy Geldenhuys earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Relays money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Zenéy Geldenhuys is Tobia Bocchi on $11,750, and one below Erick Portillo on $11,583. Zenéy Geldenhuys is one of 54 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $2,356,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money and women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Zenéy Geldenhuys has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay page. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the women's 4 × 400 metres relay page.