Lea Meier prize money
€23,350 in World Cup and World Championships prize money across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons, from 10 paid races. The biggest single payday is €6,500, for the women's individual at the Kontiolahti World Cup 2025/26.
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 Lea Meier finished.
Lea Meier prize money by season
World Cup and World Championships, each season in full
season running total
Up €21,550 on the season before, in a year the World Cup ladder rose from €15,000 to €20,000 for a win.
Where Lea Meier's money comes from
The same total split by kind of race
Lea Meier's biggest paydays
The ten races that paid the most
Every paid race
10 of them, newest first
| Race | Date | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oslo Holmenkollen Women's pursuit | 21 March 2026 | 22nd | €1,100 |
| Kontiolahti Women's relay | 8 March 2026 | 6th | €1,750 |
| Kontiolahti Women's mass start | 7 March 2026 | 19th | €1,600 |
| Kontiolahti Women's individual | 5 March 2026 | 7th | €6,500 |
| Nové Město na Moravě Women's short individual | 23 January 2026 | 14th | €2,750 |
| Ruhpolding Women's pursuit | 18 January 2026 | 12th | €3,500 |
| Ruhpolding Women's sprint | 16 January 2026 | 18th | €1,800 |
| Hochfilzen Women's pursuit | 14 December 2025 | 14th | €2,750 |
| Hochfilzen Women's sprint | 12 December 2025 | 26th | €700 |
| Kontiolahti Women's short individual | 4 December 2024 | 23rd | €900 |
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.
Lea Meier at each event
Every stop of the two seasons Lea Meier was paid at
| Event | Paid races | Best | Won there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kontiolahti 2024/25 World Cup round 1 | 1 | 23rd | €900 |
| Hochfilzen 2025/26 World Cup round 2 | 2 | 14th | €3,450 |
| Ruhpolding 2025/26 World Cup round 5 | 2 | 12th | €5,300 |
| Nové Město na Moravě 2025/26 World Cup round 6 | 1 | 14th | €2,750 |
| Kontiolahti 2025/26 World Cup round 7 | 3 | 7th | €9,850 |
| Oslo Holmenkollen 2025/26 World Cup round 9 | 1 | 22nd | €1,100 |
Where Lea Meier sits on the money list
Ranked 106 of 233 across both seasons
| # | Athlete | Country | Wins | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | Marlene Fichtner | Germany | €29,050 | |
| 97 | Lena Repinc | Slovenia | €27,750 | |
| 98 | Venla Lehtonen | Finland | €27,100 | |
| 99 | Anna Weidel | Germany | €26,900 | |
| 100 | Sara Andersson | Sweden | €26,800 | |
| 101 | Juni Arnekleiv | Norway | €26,500 | |
| 102 | Sophie Chauveau | France | €26,100 | |
| 103 | Sophia Schneider | Germany | €24,450 | |
| 104 | Anton Dudchenko | Ukraine | €23,950 | |
| 105 | Antonin Guigonnat | France | €23,900 | |
| 107 | Khrystyna Dmytrenko | Ukraine | €23,300 | |
| 108 | Malte Stefansson | Sweden | €22,450 | |
| 109 | Inka Hamalainen | Finland | €22,100 | |
| 110 | Joanna Jakiela | Poland | €21,150 | |
| 111 | Tamara Steiner | Austria | €20,850 | |
| 112 | Didier Bionaz | Italy | €20,800 | |
| 113 | Thierry Langer | Belgium | €20,100 | |
| 114 | Kamila Zuk | Poland | €19,650 | |
| 115 | Roman Rees | Germany | €17,725 | |
| 116 | David Komatz | Austria | €17,250 |
The rest of the Switzerland team
Every Switzerland athlete the IBU paid, by prize money
| # | Athlete | Paid races | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Amy Baserga | 40 | €121,125 |
| 47 | Lena Häcki-Gross | 32 | €100,325 |
| 48 | Niklas Hartweg | 34 | €99,200 |
| 59 | Aita Gasparin | 27 | €65,550 |
| 68 | Sebastian Stalder | 31 | €48,675 |
| 70 | Joscha Burkhalter | 30 | €47,300 |
| 106 | Lea Meier | 10 | €23,350 |
| 119 | Elisa Gasparin | 9 | €17,000 |
| 136 | Jeremy Finello | 11 | €11,650 |
| 174 | Lydia Mettler | 4 | €4,600 |
| 194 | James Pacal | 2 | €2,600 |
| 226 | Dajan Danuser | 1 | €600 |
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Lea Meier won in biathlon?
€23,350 across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons, from 10 paid races. That is 106th of the 233 athletes the IBU paid, and 60th among the women.
How much did Lea Meier win in 2024/25?
€900 from 1 paid race in the 2024/25 season.
How much did Lea Meier win in 2025/26?
€22,450 from 9 paid races in the 2025/26 season.
What was Lea Meier's biggest payday?
€6,500 at the Kontiolahti World Cup 2025/26 on 5 March 2026, where Lea Meier finished 7th in the women's individual.
How many races has Lea Meier won?
None across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons. Lea Meier's best individual finish in that time was 7th.
How much has Lea Meier won in relays?
€1,750 from 1 paid relay, which is 7% of the total. A relay pays every athlete on a team the full rung for the team's place.
How does Lea Meier compare with the rest of the Switzerland team?
Lea Meier took 4.3% of the €541,975 the IBU paid Switzerland's 12 athletes across the two seasons, 7th of them.
Where to next
The events Lea Meier raced, and the athletes around them