Switzerland athletics prize money
Switzerland has taken $1,594,458 out of athletics, 22nd of the 130 countries the sport has paid. Audrey Werro is the biggest earner on $376,500, 23.6% of the national total.
All of it belongs to 55 athletes by name. Switzerland 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 Switzerland athlete athletics has paid
55 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audrey Werro | 16 | 8 | $376,500 |
| 2 | Simon Ehammer | 24 | 4 | $241,500 |
| 3 | Angelica Moser | 32 | 2 | $180,875 |
| 4 | Ditaji Kambundji | 20 | 2 | $160,250 |
| 5 | Mujinga Kambundji | 44 | 2 | $135,250 |
| 6 | Jason Joseph | 20 | 1 | $58,500 |
| 7 | Nicole Büchler | 16 | 1 | $58,083 |
| 8 | Léa Sprunger | 20 | 1 | $52,750 |
| 9 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | 13 | 3 | $51,750 |
| 10 | Kariem Hussein | 13 | - | $37,500 |
| 11 | Annik Kälin | 6 | - | $32,000 |
| 12 | Selina Büchel | 9 | - | $21,500 |
| 13 | Timothé Mumenthaler | 9 | - | $18,250 |
| 14 | Irene Pusterla | 7 | - | $17,500 |
| 15 | Ajla Del Ponte | 10 | - | $17,250 |
| 16 | Alex Wilson | 8 | - | $13,750 |
| 17 | Benjamin Gföhler | 6 | - | $9,750 |
| 18 | Veronica Vancardo | 3 | - | $9,000 |
| 19 | Lore Hoffmann | 7 | - | $8,250 |
| 20 | Lisa Urech | 3 | - | $7,000 |
| 21 | William Reais | 9 | - | $7,000 |
| 22 | Ricky Petrucciani | 3 | - | $5,250 |
| 23 | Fabienne Schlumpf | 2 | - | $5,000 |
| 24 | Chiara Scherrer | 2 | - | $4,750 |
| 25 | Léonie Pointet | 3 | - | $4,500 |
| 26 | Noemi Zbären | 3 | - | $4,500 |
| 27 | Fabienne Hoenke | 2 | - | $4,000 |
| 28 | Dominik Alberto | 2 | - | $3,500 |
| 29 | Simon Wieland | 2 | - | $3,500 |
| 30 | Valentina Rosamilia | 2 | - | $3,500 |
| 31 | Julien Bonvin | 3 | - | $3,000 |
| 32 | Salomé Kora | 2 | - | $3,000 |
| 33 | Loïc Gasch | 3 | - | $2,750 |
| 34 | Alexander Hochuli | 2 | - | $2,500 |
| 35 | Sarah Atcho | 3 | - | $2,500 |
| 36 | Beatrice Lundmark | 2 | - | $2,000 |
| 37 | Finley Gaio | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 38 | Géraldine Ruckstuhl | 1 | - | $2,000 |
| 39 | Jonas Raess | 2 | - | $2,000 |
| 40 | Marc Schneeberger | 2 | - | $2,000 |
| 41 | Andreas Kundert | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 42 | Dany Brand | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 43 | Ivan Pelizza | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 44 | Lea Bachmann | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 45 | Miryam Mazenauer | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 46 | Rachel Klopfenstein | 2 | - | $1,500 |
| 47 | Stefan Wieland | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 48 | Salome Lang | 1 | - | $1,250 |
| 49 | Clélia Rard-Reuse | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 50 | Joel Burgunder | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 51 | Pascal Mancini | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 52 | Pascale Stöcklin | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 53 | Silvan Wicki | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 54 | Lionel Spitz | 1 | - | $750 |
| 55 | Yasmin Giger | 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. 55 of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 55
Audrey Werro holds 23.6% of everything Switzerland has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 50.1% of it between them, and $28,990 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Switzerland
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 55 | 20 | $1,086,458 | - | $1,086,458 |
| World Championships | 4 | 1 | $104,000 | - | $104,000 |
| Indoor Championships | 6 | 2 | $174,000 | - | $174,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | 3 | 1 | $230,000 | - | $230,000 |
| World Relays | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cross Country | - | - | - | - | - |
| All six | 55 | 24 | $1,594,458$1.6m | - | $1,594,458$1.6m |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Switzerland on $1,086,458, 68.1% of the national total. Four of the six have paid Switzerland. Switzerland 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 55: six 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. Audrey Werro has been paid by four of them: the Diamond League, the World Championships, the World Indoor Championships and the Ultimate Championship.
Switzerland against the rest
Where $1,594,458 puts Switzerland
That is 1.2% of the $135,290,875 athletics has paid to a country, and 22nd out of 130. Switzerland has Greece above on $1,638,125 and Spain below on $1,462,000.
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 Switzerland
- Kenya
- Jamaica
- Great Britain
- Ethiopia
- Germany
- Australia
- France
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Sweden
- Italy
- South Africa
- Ukraine
- Canada
- Cuba
- Norway
- China
- Czechia
- Botswana
- Greece
- 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
- Slovenia
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Switzerland won in athletics?
$1,594,458 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 22nd of the 130 countries athletics has paid, and 1.2% of the $135,290,875 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Switzerland athlete earns the most prize money?
Audrey Werro, on $376,500 from sixteen paid finishes and eight wins. That is 23.6% of everything Switzerland has won. Simon Ehammer is next on $241,500.
Does prize money won by Switzerland go to the athlete or the federation?
All of it belongs to 55 athletes by name. Switzerland 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 Switzerland have won athletics prize money?
55, sharing $1,594,458 between them, which is $28,990 each. Nine of them have won a title, 24 in all. Six have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Switzerland
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 Switzerland 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: Switzerland has been paid €100,000 in Gold Crowns there, through Audrey Werro and Angelica Moser.