 Eileen Demes in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | German |
| Born | 13 October 1997 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 400m hurdles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 400m hurdles 55.25 (Rome, 2024) |
Eileen Demes (born 13 October 1997) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the 400m hurdles. [1]
A member of TV Neu-Isenburg athletics club in Neu-Isenburg, Demes won the German U18 title in 400m hurdles in 2014. [2] Demes qualified as a semi-final winner for the final of the 400m 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 400m 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 400m 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 55.29 seconds. [9] [10]
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