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| Nationality | German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 October 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 m hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | TV 1861 Neu-Isenburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Christian Kupper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 400 m hurdles 54.29 (Berlin, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eileen Demes (born 13 October 1997) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the 400 m hurdles and the 4 × 400 metres relay. She has competed at multiple major championships including the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]
Biography
[edit]A member of TV 1861 Neu-Isenburg athletics club in Neu-Isenburg, Demes won the German U18 title in 400 m hurdles in 2014.[2] Demes qualified as a semi-final winner for the final of the 400 m hurdles at the 2016 World Athletics U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, as an 18-year-old, improving her personal best twice, from 55.77 in the preliminary heat to 57.13 seconds in the semi-final.[3] She finished fourth in the final.[4]
Demes won the German U23 title over 400 m hurdles in 2018, but her athletic progress was halted by a viral infection that was not initially accurately diagnosed, and from which recovery was not quick.[5]
Demes finished second in the 400 m hurdles at the German national championships in Kassel in July 2023, with a personal best time of 55.72.[6] It was the first competition she has tried out an altered technique, taking fourteen steps before the first hurdle.[7]
Selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, she qualified for the semi-final in a personal best time of 55.29.[8]
She was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, reaching the semifinals and running a personal best 55.25 seconds.[9][10] She was also a member of the Germany Women’s 4 × 400 metres relay at the Championships.[11] She was selected for the Germany relay pool at the 2024 Olympic Games, where she competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the women's 4 × 400 m relay.[12] She also competed in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay at the Games.[13]
She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025.[14] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running 55.03 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals, but did not advance to the final.[15][16]
Demes competed in the German team at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana, running in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay and women's 4 × 400 m relay.[17][18][19]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Eileen Demes". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ↑ "Eileen Demes: "My first German championship title as a youth"". Leichtatgletik. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ↑ "Final! A medal is possible for Eileen Demes". hlv.de. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ↑ Galadima, Yemi (July 22, 2016). "USA's Anna Cockrell powers to PB to win 400mH @ World U20 Championships". Making of Champs. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ↑ "On the road to Munich: Eileen Demes from TV 1861 Neu-Isenburg wants to take part in the European Athletics Championships in Munich in 2022". Frankfurter.de. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ↑ Ricke, Theresa (July 14, 2023). "Hurdler from TV Neu-Isenburg before the World Cup: "It should go faster"". op-online.de. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ↑ Ricke, Theresa (August 16, 2023). "Eileen Demes can't get out of step in preparation for the World Cup". Op-online.
- ↑ "Women's 400m Hurdles Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ↑ "DLV vergibt weitere EM-Startplätze für Rom an Normerfüller und Staffelmitglieder". Leichtathletikaccessdate=29 May 2024. 29 May 2024.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ↑ Lemoncelli, Jenna (August 6, 2024). "German teammate shades 'World's Sexiest Athlete,' Alica Schmidt, after disappointing Olympics start". New York Post. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ↑ "Women's 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ↑ "Mixed 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ↑ "Women's 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 15 Sep 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ↑ "76 für Tokio: Das deutsche WM-Team steht". Leichtathletik.de. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Relays 2026: These stars will start in the relay highlight - German Athletics Federation (DLV) team with top lineup". Olympics.com. 23 April 2026. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "German sprinters shine with bronze". Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
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