Zigismunds Sirmais prize money
Zigismunds Sirmais has been paid $8,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1699th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's javelin throw, the best of them 6th.
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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muller Anniversary Games 2016 | Javelin throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | Javelin throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 | Javelin throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting Areva 2014 | Javelin throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Monaco 2013 | Javelin throw | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | Javelin throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| All six | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,500 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $8,500 is six 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.
Season by season
2012 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,500 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Monaco | $2,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | - | Glasgow Grand Prix | $2,500 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Muller Anniversary Games | $2,500 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $2,500 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Zigismunds Sirmais in 2015, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $8,500.
Around Zigismunds Sirmais on the money list
Ranks 1679 to 1719
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1679 | José Figueroa | Men's 200 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1680 | Josh Mance | Men's 400 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1681 | LeJerald Betters | Men's 400 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1682 | Lucia Hrivnák Klocová | Women's 800 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1683 | Marija Šestak | Women's triple jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1684 | Meskerem Assefa | Women's 1500 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1685 | Naomi Van den Broeck | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1686 | Nathan Douglas | Men's triple jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1687 | Nicholas Kipkoech | two disciplines | - | $8,500 |
| 1688 | Raymond Richards | Men's high jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1689 | Regina George | Women's 400 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1690 | Roxroy Cato | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1691 | Ruben Ramolefi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
| 1692 | Salim Sdiri | Men's long jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1693 | Sarah Lavin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1694 | Tadese Takele | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
| 1695 | Tasa Jiya | Women's 200 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1696 | Tom Gale | Men's high jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1697 | Tyron Akins | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1698 | Vitória Cristina Rosa | two disciplines | - | $8,500 |
| 1699 | Zigismunds Sirmais | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1700 | Edis Matusevičius | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,250 |
| 1701 | Lore Hoffmann | two disciplines | - | $8,250 |
| 1702 | Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,250 |
| 1703 | Osku Torro | Men's high jump | - | $8,250 |
| 1704 | Yual Reath | Men's high jump | - | $8,250 |
| 1705 | Yupun Abeykoon | Men's 100 m | - | $8,250 |
| 1706 | Bouabdellah Tahri | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1707 | Christina Vukicevic | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1708 | Dedric Dukes | Men's 200 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1709 | Doreen Amata | Women's high jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1710 | Elijah Kipterege | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1711 | Hawi Feysa | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1712 | Irene Ekelund | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1713 | Isaac Updike | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1714 | Jessica Warner-Judd | four disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1715 | Josephus Lyles | Men's 200 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1716 | Karl Taillepierre | Men's triple jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1717 | Kenenisa Bekele | Men's 5000 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1718 | Krystian Zalewski | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1719 | Lenka Masná | Women's 800 m | - | $8,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Zigismunds Sirmais is 1699th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $8,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Zigismunds Sirmais most
Monaco 2013 paid $2,000 for 6th in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Oleksandr Pyatnytsya, Vítězslav Veselý, Dmitriy Tarabin, Andreas Thorkildsen, Roman Avramenko and Kim Amb.
Muller Anniversary Games 2016 paid $1,500 for 7th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Matti Mortimore, Jakub Vadlejch, Keshorn Walcott, Hamish Peacock, Johannes Vetter and Lars Hamann.
Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 paid $1,500 for 7th in the javelin throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Thomas Röhler, Vítězslav Veselý, Tero Pitkämäki, Andreas Hofmann, Antti Ruuskanen and Keshorn Walcott.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Zigismunds Sirmais won?
$8,500, which ranks 1699th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2012 and 2016.
What is Zigismunds Sirmais's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the javelin throw at the 2013 Monaco. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Zigismunds Sirmais gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men's javelin throw 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 Zigismunds Sirmais 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 him, 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 Zigismunds Sirmais is Vitória Cristina Rosa on $8,500, and one below Edis Matusevičius on $8,250. Zigismunds Sirmais is one of 17 Latvia athletes athletics has paid, and Latvia athletics prize money adds them up to $368,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Zigismunds Sirmais has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Muller Anniversary Games has its own page across every edition of it.