Switzerland athletics prize money
Switzerland has taken $1,351,375 out of athletics, 14th of the 121 countries the sport has paid. Audrey Werro is the biggest earner on $376,500, 27.9% of the national total.
All of it belongs to 45 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
45 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 | 30 | 2 | $177,875 |
| 4 | Ditaji Kambundji | 20 | 2 | $160,250 |
| 5 | Mujinga Kambundji | 28 | 2 | $100,250 |
| 6 | Jason Joseph | 19 | 1 | $57,000 |
| 7 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | 12 | 3 | $51,250 |
| 8 | Annik Kälin | 6 | — | $32,000 |
| 9 | Léa Sprunger | 10 | — | $18,750 |
| 10 | Timothé Mumenthaler | 9 | — | $18,250 |
| 11 | Ajla Del Ponte | 10 | — | $17,250 |
| 12 | Veronica Vancardo | 3 | — | $9,000 |
| 13 | Lore Hoffmann | 7 | — | $8,250 |
| 14 | William Reais | 9 | — | $7,000 |
| 15 | Benjamin Gföhler | 4 | — | $6,750 |
| 16 | Ricky Petrucciani | 3 | — | $5,250 |
| 17 | Fabienne Schlumpf | 2 | — | $5,000 |
| 18 | Kariem Hussein | 3 | — | $5,000 |
| 19 | Chiara Scherrer | 2 | — | $4,750 |
| 20 | Léonie Pointet | 3 | — | $4,500 |
| 21 | Fabienne Hoenke | 2 | — | $4,000 |
| 22 | Simon Wieland | 2 | — | $3,500 |
| 23 | Valentina Rosamilia | 2 | — | $3,500 |
| 24 | Julien Bonvin | 3 | — | $3,000 |
| 25 | Salomé Kora | 2 | — | $3,000 |
| 26 | Alex Wilson | 2 | — | $2,750 |
| 27 | Loïc Gasch | 3 | — | $2,750 |
| 28 | Finley Gaio | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 29 | Jonas Raess | 2 | — | $2,000 |
| 30 | Dany Brand | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 31 | Dominik Alberto | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 32 | Ivan Pelizza | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 33 | Lea Bachmann | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 34 | Miryam Mazenauer | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 35 | Sarah Atcho | 2 | — | $1,500 |
| 36 | Selina Büchel | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 37 | Stefan Wieland | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 38 | Salome Lang | 1 | — | $1,250 |
| 39 | Pascale Stöcklin | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 40 | Rachel Klopfenstein | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 41 | Silvan Wicki | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 42 | Lionel Spitz | 1 | — | $750 |
| 43 | Dominic Lobalu | 1 | — | $500 |
| 44 | Rachel Pellaud | 1 | — | $500 |
| 45 | 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. 45 of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 45
Audrey Werro holds 27.9% of everything Switzerland has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 58.9% of it between them, and $30,031 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 | 45 | 18 | $843,375 | — | $843,375 |
| 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 | 45 | 22 | $1,351,375$1.4m | — | $1,351,375$1.4m |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Switzerland on $843,375, 62.4% 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 45: 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 $1,351,375 puts Switzerland
That is 1.8% of the $74,963,667 athletics has paid to a country, and 14th out of 121. Switzerland has Canada above on $1,449,500 and France below on $1,290,042.
The biggest of the 121 is the United States on $16,292,792, which is 21.7% 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
- United States
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Great Britain
- Ethiopia
- Australia
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- Germany
- Norway
- Ukraine
- Canada
- France
- Cuba
- Poland
- Botswana
- South Africa
- Greece
- China
- Brazil
- Spain
- New Zealand
- Dominican Republic
- Portugal
- Japan
- Nigeria
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Slovenia
- Uganda
- Czechia
- Morocco
- Algeria
- Bahamas
- Serbia
- Grenada
- Saint Lucia
- Authorised Neutral Athletes
- Ivory Coast
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Switzerland won in athletics?
$1,351,375 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 14th of the 121 countries athletics has paid, and 1.8% of the $74,963,667 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 27.9% 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 45 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?
45, sharing $1,351,375 between them, which is $30,031 each. Seven of them have won a title, 22 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 120 the sport has paid.