Eileen Demes
.jpg) 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 55.29 (Budapest, 2023) |
Eileen Demes (born 13 October 1997) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the 400m hurdles.[1]
Career[edit]
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]
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.
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