Eileen Demes
German athlete
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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]
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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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
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] Competing at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, she was a semi-finalist in the 400 metres hurdles.[20]
