Ema Kapustova prize money
€13,250 in World Cup and World Championships prize money across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons, from 9 paid races. The biggest single payday is €2,500, for the women's relay at the Lenzerheide World Championships 2025.
The IBU pays the first 30 in every individual race and the first eight teams in every relay a fixed sum for the place. Each figure on this page is that sum, at the place Ema Kapustova finished.
Ema Kapustova prize money by season
World Cup and World Championships, each season in full
season running total
Up €6,250 on the season before, in a year the World Cup ladder rose from €15,000 to €20,000 for a win.
Where Ema Kapustova's money comes from
The same total split by kind of race
Ema Kapustova's biggest paydays
The ten races that paid the most
Every paid race
9 of them, newest first
| Race | Date | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otepää Women's pursuit | 14 March 2026 | 16th | €2,200 |
| Otepää Women's sprint | 13 March 2026 | 25th | €750 |
| Kontiolahti Women's relay | 8 March 2026 | 7th | €1,150 |
| Kontiolahti Women's mass start | 7 March 2026 | 27th | €600 |
| Kontiolahti Women's individual | 5 March 2026 | 16th | €2,200 |
| Hochfilzen Women's relay | 13 December 2025 | 5th | €2,250 |
| Östersund Women's relay | 29 November 2025 | 8th | €600 |
| Lenzerheide Women's relay, World Championships | 22 February 2025 | 6th | €2,500 |
| Ruhpolding Women's relay | 18 January 2025 | 7th | €1,000 |
Where two athletes tie on a place they share the money for the places they cover, so a tie for 12th pays each the average of 12th and 13th.
Ema Kapustova at each event
Every stop of the two seasons Ema Kapustova was paid at
| Event | Paid races | Best | Won there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruhpolding 2024/25 World Cup round 5 | 1 | relay | €1,000 |
| Lenzerheide 2024/25 World Championships | 1 | relay | €2,500 |
| Östersund 2025/26 World Cup round 1 | 1 | relay | €600 |
| Hochfilzen 2025/26 World Cup round 2 | 1 | relay | €2,250 |
| Kontiolahti 2025/26 World Cup round 7 | 3 | 16th | €3,950 |
| Otepää 2025/26 World Cup round 8 | 2 | 16th | €2,950 |
Where Ema Kapustova sits on the money list
Ranked 130 of 233 across both seasons
| # | Athlete | Country | Wins | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 | Florent Claude | Belgium | €16,750 | |
| 121 | Susan Külm | Estonia | €16,500 | |
| 122 | Rebecca Passler | Italy | €16,250 | |
| 123 | Jonas Marecek | Czechia | €16,050 | |
| 124 | Anna Andexer | Austria | €15,400 | |
| 125 | Lora Hristova | Bulgaria | €14,800 | |
| 126 | Margie Freed | United States | €14,500 | |
| 127 | Vytautas Strolia | Lithuania | €14,250 | |
| 128 | Tuomas Harjula | Finland | €13,800 | |
| 129 | Tuuli Tomingas | Estonia | €13,500 | |
| 131 | Anastasiya Kuzmina | Slovakia | €12,950 | |
| 132 | Tomas Mikyska | Czechia | €12,250 | |
| 133 | Lea Rothschopf | Austria | €12,200 | |
| 134 | Jan Gunka | Poland | €12,100 | |
| 135 | Lucas Fratzscher | Germany | €12,075 | |
| 136 | Jeremy Finello | Switzerland | €11,650 | |
| 137 | Martina Trabucchi | Italy | €11,475 | |
| 138 | Anton Vidmar | Slovenia | €11,400 | |
| 139 | Alina Stremous | Moldova | €11,200 | |
| 140 | Mikulas Karlik | Czechia | €11,200 |
The rest of the Slovakia team
Every Slovakia athlete the IBU paid, by prize money
| # | Athlete | Paid races | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Paulina Batovska Fialkova | 30 | €97,400 |
| 130 | Ema Kapustova | 9 | €13,250 |
| 131 | Anastasiya Kuzmina | 8 | €12,950 |
| 154 | Maria Remenova | 6 | €8,650 |
| 183 | Jakub Borgula | 1 | €3,250 |
| 184 | Martin Matko | 1 | €3,250 |
| 204 | Zuzana Remenova | 2 | €1,750 |
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Ema Kapustova won in biathlon?
€13,250 across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons, from 9 paid races. That is 130th of the 233 athletes the IBU paid, and 73rd among the women.
How much did Ema Kapustova win in 2024/25?
€3,500 from 2 paid races in the 2024/25 season.
How much did Ema Kapustova win in 2025/26?
€9,750 from 7 paid races in the 2025/26 season.
What was Ema Kapustova's biggest payday?
€2,500 at the Lenzerheide World Championships 2025 on 22 February 2025, where Ema Kapustova 6th with the Slovakia team in the women's relay.
How many races has Ema Kapustova won?
None across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons. Ema Kapustova's best individual finish in that time was 16th.
How much has Ema Kapustova won in relays?
€7,500 from 5 paid relays, which is 57% of the total. A relay pays every athlete on a team the full rung for the team's place.
How does Ema Kapustova compare with the rest of the Slovakia team?
Ema Kapustova took 9.4% of the €140,500 the IBU paid Slovakia's 7 athletes across the two seasons, 2nd of them.
Where to next
The events Ema Kapustova raced, and the athletes around them