Slovakia athletics prize money
Slovakia has taken $276,000 out of athletics, 62nd of the 130 countries the sport has paid. Emma Zapletalová is the biggest earner on $193,500, 70.1% of the national total.
$272,000 of that belongs to ten athletes by name. The other $4,000 is the federation's, won by one team whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Slovakia athlete athletics has paid
10 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma Zapletalová | 15 | 5 | $193,500 |
| 2 | Dana Velďáková | 21 | - | $50,500 |
| 3 | Lucia Hrivnák Klocová | 3 | - | $8,500 |
| 4 | Dmitrij Vaľukevič | 3 | - | $6,500 |
| 5 | Dominik Černý | 1 | - | $6,000 |
| 6 | Gabriela Gajanová | 2 | - | $2,500 |
| 7 | Daniela Ledecká | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 8 | Iveta Putalová | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 9 | Patrik Dömötör | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 10 | Ján Volko | 1 | - | $500 |
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. Nine of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
All ten of them
Emma Zapletalová holds 70.1% of everything Slovakia has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 91.5% of it between them, and $27,200 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Slovakia
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 9 | 5 | $169,000 | - | $169,000 |
| World Championships | 2 | - | $28,000 | - | $28,000 |
| Indoor Championships | - | - | - | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | 1 | - | $75,000 | - | $75,000 |
| World Relays | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cross Country | - | - | - | - | - |
| All six | 10 | 5 | $272,000 | $4,000 | $276,000 |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Slovakia on $169,000, 61.2% of the national total. Four of the six have paid Slovakia. Slovakia has won nothing at 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 10: 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. Emma Zapletalová has been paid by three of them: the Diamond League, the World Championships and the Ultimate Championship.
The cheques that went to the federation
1 team payment, paid to Slovakia rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 6th | Daniela Ledecká, Viktoria Korbová, Martina Segečová, Emma Zapletalová | $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.
Slovakia against the rest
Where $276,000 puts Slovakia
That is 0.2% of the $135,290,875 athletics has paid to a country, and 62nd out of 130. Slovakia has India above on $284,000 and Burundi below on $268,500.
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 Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Grenada
- Uganda
- Kazakhstan
- Lithuania
- Algeria
- Saint Lucia
- Finland
- Estonia
- Puerto Rico
- Belarus
- Turkey
- Ireland
- Latvia
- Bulgaria
- Hungary
- Venezuela
- Panama
- Sri Lanka
- India
- Burundi
- Senegal
- British Virgin Islands
- Djibouti
- Mexico
- South Korea
- Tunisia
- Burkina Faso
- Ecuador
- Azerbaijan
- Austria
- Barbados
- Romania
- Dominica
- Denmark
- Israel
- Iran
- Cameroon
- Liberia
- Luxembourg
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Slovakia won in athletics?
$276,000 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 62nd of the 130 countries athletics has paid, and 0.2% of the $135,290,875 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Slovakia athlete earns the most prize money?
Emma Zapletalová, on $193,500 from fifteen paid finishes and five wins. That is 70.1% of everything Slovakia has won. Dana Velďáková is next on $50,500.
Does prize money won by Slovakia go to the athlete or the federation?
$272,000 of that belongs to ten athletes by name. The other $4,000 is the federation's, won by one team whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from Slovakia have won athletics prize money?
10, sharing $272,000 between them, which is $27,200 each. One of them has won a title, 5 in all. One has been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Slovakia
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 Slovakia against the other 129 the sport has paid.