Eileen Demes

Eileen Demes (born 13 October 1997) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the 400m hurdles and the 4 x 400 metres relay. She has competed at multiple major championships including the 2024 Olympic Games.^[1]

Eileen Demes

Eileen Demes in 2023
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1997-10-13) 13 October 1997 (age 27)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400m hurdles 55.25 (Rome, 2024)

Career

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] She was also a member of the Germany Women’s 4 x 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 x 400 metres relay at the women's 4x400m relay.^[12] She also competed in the mixed 4x400m 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]