Italy athletics prize money
Italy has taken $2,487,342 out of athletics, 12th of the 130 countries the sport has paid. Larissa Iapichino is the biggest earner on $347,500, 14% of the national total.
$2,443,342 of that belongs to 107 athletes by name. The other $44,000 is the federation's, won by eight teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Italy athlete athletics has paid
107 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larissa Iapichino | 19 | 7 | $347,500 |
| 2 | Gianmarco Tamberi | 32 | 7 | $345,958 |
| 3 | Andy Díaz | 20 | 12 | $298,500 |
| 4 | Mattia Furlani | 14 | 2 | $165,250 |
| 5 | Leonardo Fabbri | 24 | 5 | $165,000 |
| 6 | Nadia Battocletti | 9 | 2 | $121,500 |
| 7 | Zaynab Dosso | 10 | 1 | $77,500 |
| 8 | Marco Fassinotti | 23 | 1 | $61,333 |
| 9 | Roberta Bruni | 19 | - | $50,875 |
| 10 | Ayomide Folorunso | 27 | - | $50,250 |
| 11 | Matteo Sioli | 7 | 2 | $49,750 |
| 12 | Andrea Dallavalle | 5 | - | $41,250 |
| 13 | Alessia Trost | 16 | - | $38,333 |
| 14 | Lorenzo Simonelli | 9 | - | $35,750 |
| 15 | Antonella Palmisano | 1 | - | $35,000 |
| 16 | Filippo Tortu | 14 | - | $29,250 |
| 17 | Elena Vallortigara | 15 | - | $27,800 |
| 18 | Libania Grenot | 13 | - | $24,500 |
| 19 | Alessandro Sibilio | 3 | 1 | $23,000 |
| 20 | Fabrizio Donato | 7 | 1 | $23,000 |
| 21 | Iliass Aouani | 1 | - | $22,000 |
| 22 | Marcell Jacobs | 8 | - | $21,250 |
| 23 | Daniele Greco | 6 | - | $19,500 |
| 24 | Dariya Derkach | 8 | - | $18,250 |
| 25 | Filippo Randazzo | 5 | 1 | $17,000 |
| 26 | Zane Weir | 10 | - | $16,500 |
| 27 | Fabrizio Schembri | 8 | - | $16,000 |
| 28 | Simona la Mantia | 6 | - | $13,500 |
| 29 | Fausto Desalu | 10 | - | $12,000 |
| 30 | Tobia Bocchi | 5 | - | $11,750 |
| 31 | Davide Re | 4 | - | $11,500 |
| 32 | Antonietta di Martino | 3 | - | $11,000 |
| 33 | Yadisleidy Pedroso | 5 | - | $10,000 |
| 34 | Veronica Borsi | 4 | - | $9,000 |
| 35 | Giuseppe Gibilisco | 7 | - | $8,833 |
| 36 | Elena Bellò | 5 | - | $8,750 |
| 37 | Daisy Osakue | 7 | - | $8,500 |
| 38 | Zahra Bani | 4 | - | $7,500 |
| 39 | Jose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon | 3 | - | $7,000 |
| 40 | Yohanes Chiappinelli | 1 | - | $7,000 |
| 41 | Marta Zenoni | 4 | - | $6,500 |
| 42 | Elisa Molinarolo | 5 | - | $6,250 |
| 43 | Manuel Lando | 3 | - | $6,250 |
| 44 | Chituru Ali | 3 | - | $6,000 |
| 45 | Dalia Kaddari | 5 | - | $6,000 |
| 46 | Federico Riva | 1 | - | $6,000 |
| 47 | Nick Ponzio | 5 | - | $6,000 |
| 48 | Sara Fantini | 1 | - | $6,000 |
| 49 | Ahmed Abdelwahed | 5 | - | $5,500 |
| 50 | Elisa Cusma | 3 | - | $5,500 |
| 51 | Luminosa Bogliolo | 3 | - | $5,250 |
| 52 | Andrew Howe | 3 | - | $5,000 |
| 53 | Giada Carmassi | 4 | - | $5,000 |
| 54 | Lorenzo Perini | 4 | - | $5,000 |
| 55 | Paolo Dal Molin | 4 | - | $5,000 |
| 56 | Riccardo Orsoni | 1 | - | $5,000 |
| 57 | Eloisa Coiro | 4 | - | $4,750 |
| 58 | Gloria Hooper | 4 | - | $4,750 |
| 59 | Gaia Sabbatini | 3 | - | $4,250 |
| 60 | Chiara Rosa | 3 | - | $4,000 |
| 61 | Giordano Benedetti | 2 | - | $4,000 |
| 62 | Osama Zoghlami | 4 | - | $3,500 |
| 63 | Stefano Sottile | 2 | - | $3,375 |
| 64 | Marzia Caravelli | 2 | - | $3,000 |
| 65 | Edoardo Scotti | 3 | - | $2,750 |
| 66 | Emmanuel Ihemeje | 2 | - | $2,750 |
| 67 | Laura Strati | 2 | - | $2,750 |
| 68 | Linda Olivieri | 3 | - | $2,500 |
| 69 | Ludovica Cavalli | 2 | - | $2,500 |
| 70 | Claudio Licciardello | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 71 | Emanuele Abate | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 72 | Giovanni Faloci | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 73 | Audrey Alloh | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 74 | Fabio Cerutti | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 75 | Hannes Kirchler | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 76 | Laura Bordignon | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 77 | Margherita Magnani | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 78 | Ottavia Cestonaro | 2 | - | $1,500 |
| 79 | Tania Vicenzino | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 80 | Samuele Ceccarelli | 1 | - | $1,250 |
| 81 | Alice Muraro | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 82 | Anna Polinari | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 83 | Catalin Tecuceanu | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 84 | Daniele Cavazzani | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 85 | Daniele Meucci | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 86 | Diego Marani | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 87 | Elisa Di Lazzaro | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 88 | Elisa Valensin | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 89 | Emanuele Formichetti | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 90 | Francesco Pernici | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 91 | Leonardo Capotosti | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 92 | Magdelín Martínez | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 93 | Marta Milani | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 94 | Michael Tumi | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 95 | Micol Cattaneo | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 96 | Norbert Bonvecchio | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 97 | Sintayehu Vissa | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 98 | Luca Sito | 1 | - | $750 |
| 99 | Vladimir Aceti | 1 | - | $750 |
| 100 | Alice Mangione | 1 | - | $500 |
| 101 | Claudio Michel Stecchi | 1 | - | $500 |
| 102 | Elena Carraro | 1 | - | $500 |
| 103 | Erika Furlani | 1 | - | $500 |
| 104 | Federica Del Buono | 1 | - | $500 |
| 105 | Pietro Arese | 1 | - | $500 |
| 106 | Yemaneberhan Crippa | 1 | - | $500 |
| 107 | Silvano Chesani | 1 | - | $333 |
Career totals across all six competitions, not a single season. PAID is how many finishing places were paid for, which is a different count from wins: a second place in a Diamond League final and a world title are both one payment. 101 of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 107
Larissa Iapichino holds 14% of everything Italy has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 39.9% of it between them, and $22,835 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Italy
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 101 | 34 | $1,588,842$1.6m | - | $1,588,842$1.6m |
| World Championships | 12 | 1 | $274,500 | $10,000 | $284,500 |
| Indoor Championships | 8 | 5 | $280,000 | - | $280,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | 2 | 2 | $300,000 | - | $300,000 |
| World Relays | - | - | - | $34,000 | $34,000 |
| Cross Country | - | - | - | - | - |
| All six | 107 | 42 | $2,443,342$2.4m | $44,000 | $2,487,342$2.5m |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Italy on $1,588,842, 63.9% of the national total. Five of the six have paid Italy. Italy has won nothing at the World Cross Country Championships.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 107: eleven athletes have been paid by more than one of the six, and are counted in every row that paid them and once in the national total. Larissa Iapichino has been paid by three of them: the Diamond League, the World Indoor Championships and the Ultimate Championship.
The cheques that went to the federation
8 team payments, paid to Italy rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2026 | 4th | Alice Pagliarini, Gloria Hooper, Dalia Kaddari, Alessia Pavese | $8,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 5th | Lorenzo Benati, Anna Polinari, Vladimir Aceti, Eloisa Coiro | $6,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 7th | Luca Sito, Anna Polinari, Vladimir Aceti, Alice Mangione | $6,000 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 5th | Fausto Desalu, Matteo Melluzzo, Lorenzo Patta, Filippo Tortu | $6,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 5th | Ilaria Accame, Anna Polinari, Alessandra Bonora, Rebecca Borga | $6,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 6th | Rebecca Borga, Virginia Troiani, Alessandra Bonora, Alice Mangione | $4,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 8th | Anna Polinari, Virginia Troiani, Eloisa Coiro, Alice Mangione | $4,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 5th | Chiara Melon, Gaya Bertello, Roberto Rigali, Stephen Baffour | $4,000 |
None of this is in any athlete's total above, here or anywhere else on the site. A relay purse is paid to the team whole, a World Relays ladder place is a country's, and a cross country team standing pays the federation behind the first four runners home.
Italy against the rest
Where $2,487,342 puts Italy
That is 1.8% of the $135,290,875 athletics has paid to a country, and 12th out of 130. Italy has Sweden above on $2,690,592 and South Africa below on $2,356,250.
The biggest of the 130 is the United States on $29,436,125, which is 21.8% of everything the sport has paid to a country. The full money list ranks every one of them, and the six competitions behind these figures each have a section of their own.
Countries either side of Italy
- United States
- Kenya
- Jamaica
- Great Britain
- Ethiopia
- Germany
- Australia
- France
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Sweden
- South Africa
- Ukraine
- Canada
- Cuba
- Norway
- China
- Czechia
- Botswana
- Greece
- Switzerland
- Spain
- New Zealand
- Brazil
- RUS
- Authorised Neutral Athletes
- Bahamas
- Croatia
- Portugal
- Bahrain
- Nigeria
- Morocco
- Dominican Republic
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Belgium
- Ivory Coast
- Japan
- Qatar
- Serbia
- Colombia
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Italy won in athletics?
$2,487,342 across the six competitions this section holds: the Diamond League, the World Championships, the World Indoor Championships, the Ultimate Championship, the World Relays and the World Cross Country Championships. That is 12th of the 130 countries athletics has paid, and 1.8% of the $135,290,875 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Italy athlete earns the most prize money?
Larissa Iapichino, on $347,500 from 19 paid finishes and seven wins. That is 14% of everything Italy has won. Gianmarco Tamberi is next on $345,958.
Does prize money won by Italy go to the athlete or the federation?
$2,443,342 of that belongs to 107 athletes by name. The other $44,000 is the federation's, won by eight teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from Italy have won athletics prize money?
107, sharing $2,443,342 between them, which is $22,835 each. Twelve of them have won a title, 42 in all. Eleven have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Italy
Every figure on this page comes out of one of the six below, and each has its own section here, event by event and edition by edition, with the full ladder of what each finishing place was worth. The country money list puts Italy against the other 129 the sport has paid. European Championships prize money sits outside those six and none of it is in the figures above: Italy has been paid €200,000 in Gold Crowns there, through Massimo Stano, Sofia Fiorini, Nadia Battocletti and Leonardo Fabbri.