Zerfe Wondemagegn prize money
Zerfe Wondemagegn has been paid $18,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 622nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase and women's 3000 m, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Athletissima 2023 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2023 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $1,000 |
| Herculis 2022 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $4,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $1,250 |
| Meeting de Paris 2022 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $1,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | 3000 m | 9th | — |
| All eight | two disciplines | — | $18,750 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $18,750 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the eight starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Zerfe Wondemagegn
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | — | 2022 to 2023 | $18,750 |
| Women's 3000 m | 1 | — | 2022 | $0 |
The women's 3000 m steeplechase has paid Zerfe Wondemagegn $18,750 of the $18,750, which is 100% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2022 to 2023, in the order it was won
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $12,250 from five starts. Every season from 2022 to 2023 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $18,750.
Around Zerfe Wondemagegn on the money list
Ranks 602 to 642
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 602 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | — | $19,500 |
| 603 | David Kendziera | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $19,500 |
| 604 | Emil Agyekum | two disciplines | — | $19,500 |
| 605 | Jacious Sears | Women's 100 m | — | $19,500 |
| 606 | Maddi Wesche | Women's shot put | — | $19,500 |
| 607 | Shanice Craft | Women's discus throw | — | $19,500 |
| 608 | Dylan Beard | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $19,250 |
| 609 | Fantu Worku | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 610 | Heather MacLean | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 611 | Lisanne de Witte | Women's 400 m | — | $19,250 |
| 612 | Oliver Helander | Men's javelin throw | — | $19,250 |
| 613 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | — | $19,000 |
| 614 | Cole Walsh | Men's pole vault | — | $19,000 |
| 615 | Jasmine Jones | two disciplines | — | $19,000 |
| 616 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | — | $19,000 |
| 617 | Parker Wolfe | two disciplines | 1 | $19,000 |
| 618 | Robert Gregory | Men's 200 m | — | $19,000 |
| 619 | Lamara Distin | Women's high jump | — | $18,750 |
| 620 | Léa Sprunger | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $18,750 |
| 621 | Mekides Abebe | two disciplines | — | $18,750 |
| 622 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | two disciplines | — | $18,750 |
| 623 | Courtney Frerichs | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $18,500 |
| 624 | Tomáš Staněk | Men's shot put | — | $18,500 |
| 625 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 626 | Laviai Nielsen | Women's 400 m | — | $18,250 |
| 627 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | — | $18,250 |
| 628 | Susan Ejore | Women's 1500 m | — | $18,250 |
| 629 | Timothé Mumenthaler | two disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 630 | Worknesh Mesele | three disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 631 | Ashley Spencer | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $18,000 |
| 632 | Crystal Emmanuel | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 633 | Cyréna Samba-Mayela | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $18,000 |
| 634 | Egide Ntakarutimana | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 635 | Hobbs Kessler | four disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 636 | Jaida Ross | Women's shot put | — | $18,000 |
| 637 | McKenzie Long | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 638 | Roxana Gómez | Women's 400 m | — | $18,000 |
| 639 | Tsigie Gebreselama | two disciplines | 1 | $18,000 |
| 640 | Margaret Akidor | two disciplines | 1 | $17,750 |
| 641 | Shafiqua Maloney | two disciplines | — | $17,750 |
| 642 | Wilhem Belocian | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $17,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Zerfe Wondemagegn is 622nd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $18,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Zerfe Wondemagegn most
Herculis 2022 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Elizabeth Bird, Emma Coburn, Jackline Chepkoech, Courtney Wayment, Marwa Bouzayani and Amy Cashin.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $4,000 for 4th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jackline Chepkoech, Sembo Almayew, Emma Coburn, Nataliya Strebkova, Chiara Scherrer and Daisy Jepkemei.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Beatrice Chepkoech, Alice Finot, Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek, Mekides Abebe, Courtney Wayment and Marwa Bouzayani.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Zerfe Wondemagegn won?
$18,750, which ranks 622nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2022 and 2023.
What is Zerfe Wondemagegn's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2022 Herculis. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Zerfe Wondemagegn 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 steeplechase 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 Zerfe Wondemagegn ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. She is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Zerfe Wondemagegn 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 Zerfe Wondemagegn is Mekides Abebe on $18,750, and one below Courtney Frerichs on $18,500. Zerfe Wondemagegn is one of 95 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,242,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Zerfe Wondemagegn 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.