Zuzana Hejnová prize money
Zuzana Hejnová has been paid $272,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 59th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 41 paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, sixteen of them wins.
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
The 41 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $272,000 is 41 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | - | British Grand Prix | $21,000 |
| 2011 | 5 | 2 | Bislett Games | $28,500 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | Herculis | $24,000 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | Golden Grand Prix | $70,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Herculis | $1,500 |
| 2015 | 6 | 4 | Meeting Areva | $48,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $3,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $45,500 |
| 2018 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $4,500 |
| 2019 | 5 | - | Athletissima | $26,000 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $70,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2010 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $272,000.
Around Zuzana Hejnová on the money list
Ranks 39 to 79
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
| 42 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 13 | $309,000 |
| 43 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 8 | $307,500 |
| 44 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | 15 | $305,500 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | three disciplines | 20 | $304,000 |
| 46 | Asbel Kiprop | four disciplines | 19 | $302,500 |
| 47 | Hellen Obiri | five disciplines | 13 | $301,000 |
| 48 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 12 | $300,500 |
| 49 | Kaliese Carter | two disciplines | 21 | $297,500 |
| 50 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 11 | $297,000 |
| 51 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 13 | $296,500 |
| 52 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $292,875 |
| 53 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 11 | $287,500 |
| 54 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 55 | Allyson Felix | three disciplines | 19 | $283,250 |
| 56 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $281,750 |
| 57 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $281,250 |
| 58 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 11 | $280,250 |
| 59 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 16 | $272,000 |
| 60 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 11 | $271,000 |
| 61 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 10 | $270,500 |
| 62 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $268,000 |
| 63 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 11 | $266,750 |
| 64 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 13 | $266,000 |
| 65 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $263,500 |
| 66 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 10 | $263,000 |
| 67 | Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | 9 | $262,000 |
| 68 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 69 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $257,500 |
| 70 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 10 | $252,750 |
| 71 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $252,250 |
| 72 | David Oliver | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14 | $247,000 |
| 73 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 14 | $246,750 |
| 74 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $244,917 |
| 75 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 10 | $244,750 |
| 76 | Javier Culson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 13 | $243,500 |
| 77 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 14 | $238,000 |
| 78 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | two disciplines | 10 | $235,000 |
| 79 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 13 | $233,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Zuzana Hejnová is 59th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $272,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Zuzana Hejnová most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ashley Spencer, Eilidh Doyle, Sara Petersen, Janieve Russell, Léa Sprunger and Wenda Nel.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Janieve Russell, Eilidh Doyle, Léa Sprunger, Wenda Nel, Sara Petersen and Cassandra Tate.
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m hurdles, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dalilah Muhammad, Janieve Russell, Eilidh Doyle, Sara Petersen and Shamier Little.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Zuzana Hejnová won?
$272,000, which ranks 59th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 41 paid finishes between 2010 and 2019.
What is Zuzana Hejnová's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m hurdles at the 2017 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Zuzana Hejnová 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 win 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Zuzana Hejnová won?
Sixteen of 41, worth $160,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $26,000.
Is this everything Zuzana Hejnová 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 Zuzana Hejnová is Fred Kerley on $280,250, and one below Dafne Schippers on $271,000. Zuzana Hejnová is one of 30 Czechia athletes athletics has paid, and Czechia athletics prize money adds them up to $1,752,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Zuzana Hejnová 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 Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it.