Zenéy van der Walt prize money
Zenéy van der Walt has been paid $1,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1622nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles and women's 400 m, the best of them 7th.
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 EBS 2023 | 400 m | 7th | $750 |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| All two | two disciplines | — | $1,750 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,750 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Zenéy van der Walt did in Tokyo, 2025
Zenéy van der Walt 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Zenéy van der Walt
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | — | 2019 | $1,000 |
| Women's 400 m | 1 | — | 2023 | $750 |
The women's 400 m hurdles has paid Zenéy van der Walt $1,000 of the $1,750, which is 57% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2019 to 2023, 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 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $1,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Zenéy van der Walt in 2020, 2021 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $1,750.
Around Zenéy van der Walt on the money list
Ranks 1602 to 1642
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1602 | Ama Pipi | Women's 400 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1603 | Andrea Miklós | Women's 400 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1604 | Brahim Kaazouzi | Men's 1500 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1605 | Brian Fay | two disciplines | — | $1,750 |
| 1606 | Briana Williams | Women's 100 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1607 | Cejhae Greene | Men's 100 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1608 | Dani Jones | Women's 1500 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1609 | Gela Hambese | Women's 5000 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1610 | Genevieve Gregson | two disciplines | — | $1,750 |
| 1611 | Helena Ponette | Women's 400 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1612 | Jamal Hairane | Men's 800 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1613 | Jiang Zhichao | Women's discus throw | — | $1,750 |
| 1614 | Joshua Zeller | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $1,750 |
| 1615 | Kevin Mayer | two disciplines | — | $1,750 |
| 1616 | Kristiina Mäkelä | Women's triple jump | — | $1,750 |
| 1617 | Louise Ekman | Women's high jump | — | $1,750 |
| 1618 | Matthew Stonier | Men's 1500 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1619 | PJ Austin | Men's 100 m | — | $1,750 |
| 1620 | Rachel McCoy | Women's high jump | — | $1,750 |
| 1621 | Sofia Ennaoui | three disciplines | — | $1,750 |
| 1622 | Zenéy van der Walt | two disciplines | — | $1,750 |
| 1623 | Zhong Tao | Men's pole vault | — | $1,625 |
| 1624 | Abderrahman El Assal | Men's 800 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1625 | Adam Spencer | two disciplines | — | $1,500 |
| 1626 | Adriaan Wildschutt | two disciplines | — | $1,500 |
| 1627 | Aleksandra Nacheva | Women's triple jump | — | $1,500 |
| 1628 | Alexandra Ștefania Uță | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,500 |
| 1629 | Andreas Ofstad Kulseng | Men's 200 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1630 | Angelina Napoleon | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,500 |
| 1631 | Antoine Gakeme | Men's 800 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1632 | Anyika Onuora | Women's 400 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1633 | Ariana Ince | Women's javelin throw | — | $1,500 |
| 1634 | Ashanti Moore | Women's 200 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1635 | Assinie Wilson | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,500 |
| 1636 | Ben Blankenship | two disciplines | — | $1,500 |
| 1637 | Braxton Brann | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $1,500 |
| 1638 | Camille Laus | two disciplines | — | $1,500 |
| 1639 | Carson Williams | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,500 |
| 1640 | Cian McPhillips | Men's 800 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1641 | Claudio Romero | Men's discus throw | — | $1,500 |
| 1642 | Daniela Ledecká | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Zenéy van der Walt is 1622nd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $1,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Zenéy van der Walt most
Doha Diamond League 2019 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 400 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yadisleidy Pedroso, Dalilah Muhammad, Ashley Spencer, Anna Ryzhykova, Janieve Russell and Lauren Wells.
Herculis EBS 2023 paid $750 for 7th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anna Kiełbasińska, Natalia Kaczmarek, Shamier Little, Lieke Klaver, Rhasidat Adeleke and Sada Williams.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Zenéy van der Walt won?
$1,750, which ranks 1622nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2019 and 2023.
What is Zenéy van der Walt's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 8th in the 400 m hurdles at the 2019 Doha Diamond League. 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 Zenéy van der Walt 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.
Is this everything Zenéy van der Walt earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Zenéy van der Walt is Sofia Ennaoui on $1,750, and one below Zhong Tao on $1,625. Zenéy van der Walt is one of 34 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $993,000 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 van der Walt 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 Herculis EBS 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.