Latvia athletics prize money
Latvia has taken $368,250 out of athletics, 55th of the 130 countries the sport has paid. Madara Palameika is the biggest earner on $142,000, 38.6% of the national total.
All of it belongs to 17 athletes by name. Latvia has never been paid a relay purse, a World Relays ladder place or a cross country team standing, which are the three things that pay a federation rather than a person.
Every Latvia athlete athletics has paid
17 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madara Palameika | 43 | 5 | $142,000 |
| 2 | Anete Sietiņa | 7 | - | $52,000 |
| 3 | Līna Mūze | 19 | - | $47,250 |
| 4 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | 13 | 1 | $40,500 |
| 5 | Ineta Radēviča | 9 | - | $20,500 |
| 6 | Gatis Čakšs | 10 | - | $11,250 |
| 7 | Ainars Kovals | 4 | - | $10,500 |
| 8 | Zigismunds Sirmais | 6 | - | $8,500 |
| 9 | Patriks Gailums | 5 | - | $6,500 |
| 10 | Poļina Jeļizarova | 1 | - | $6,000 |
| 11 | Māris Urtāns | 2 | - | $5,500 |
| 12 | Lauma Grīva | 2 | - | $4,500 |
| 13 | Sinta Sprudzāne | 2 | - | $4,500 |
| 14 | Mareks Ārents | 1 | - | $4,000 |
| 15 | Elvijs Misāns | 2 | - | $2,500 |
| 16 | Aiga Grabuste | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 17 | Agate Caune | 1 | - | $750 |
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. 17 of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 17
Madara Palameika holds 38.6% of everything Latvia has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 65.5% of it between them, and $21,662 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Latvia
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 17 | 6 | $333,250 | - | $333,250 |
| World Championships | 1 | - | $35,000 | - | $35,000 |
| Indoor Championships | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ultimate Championship | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Relays | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cross Country | - | - | - | - | - |
| All six | 17 | 6 | $368,250 | - | $368,250 |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Latvia on $333,250, 90.5% of the national total. Two of the six have paid Latvia. Latvia has won nothing at the World Indoor Championships, the Ultimate Championship, the World Relays and the World Cross Country Championships.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 17: one athlete has been paid by more than one of the six, and is counted in every row that paid them and once in the national total. Anete Sietiņa has been paid by two of them: the Diamond League and the World Championships.
Latvia against the rest
Where $368,250 puts Latvia
That is 0.3% of the $135,290,875 athletics has paid to a country, and 55th out of 130. Latvia has Ireland above on $372,000 and Bulgaria below on $366,333.
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 Latvia
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Belgium
- Ivory Coast
- Japan
- Qatar
- Serbia
- Colombia
- Slovenia
- Grenada
- Uganda
- Kazakhstan
- Lithuania
- Algeria
- Saint Lucia
- Finland
- Estonia
- Puerto Rico
- Belarus
- Turkey
- Ireland
- Bulgaria
- Hungary
- Venezuela
- Panama
- Sri Lanka
- India
- Slovakia
- Burundi
- Senegal
- British Virgin Islands
- Djibouti
- Mexico
- South Korea
- Tunisia
- Burkina Faso
- Ecuador
- Azerbaijan
- Austria
- Barbados
- Romania
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Latvia won in athletics?
$368,250 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 55th of the 130 countries athletics has paid, and 0.3% of the $135,290,875 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Latvia athlete earns the most prize money?
Madara Palameika, on $142,000 from 43 paid finishes and five wins. That is 38.6% of everything Latvia has won. Anete Sietiņa is next on $52,000.
Does prize money won by Latvia go to the athlete or the federation?
All of it belongs to 17 athletes by name. Latvia has never been paid a relay purse, a World Relays ladder place or a cross country team standing, which are the three things that pay a federation rather than a person.
How many athletes from Latvia have won athletics prize money?
17, sharing $368,250 between them, which is $21,662 each. Two of them have won a title, 6 in all. One has been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Latvia
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 Latvia against the other 129 the sport has paid.