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]
Career
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]
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