Emil Agyekum

Emil Agyekum (born 22 May 1999) is a German hurdler and sprinter. He won a bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.^[1]

Emil Agyekum

Agyekum in 2019
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 (age 26)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	300m hurdles 34.58 (Oslo, 2025) 400m hurdles: 48.21 (Berlin, 2024)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Germany European Championships 2024 Rome 4 × 400 m relay European U23 Championships 2021 Tallinn 400 m hurdles 2021 Tallinn 4 × 400 m relay 2019 Gävle 400 m hurdles European Youth Championships 2016 Tbilisi 400 m hurdles

Career

In Tbilisi in 2016, he was a European U18 Championships bronze medallist in the 400 m hurdles.^[2] In 2019, he was a European U23 Championships bronze medallist in the 400 m hurdles in Gävle, Sweden.^[3] In Tallinn in 2021, he was European U23 Championships silver medallist in the 400 m hurdles.^[4] At the same event he was a bronze medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay.^[5]

Agyekum reached the semifinals of the 400 m hurdles at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.^[6][7] He ran a personal best time of 48.47 in the 400m hurdles in Berlin in September 2023.^[8] The time meet the minimum standard for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.^[9]

Agyekum ran as part of the German Mixed 4 × 400 m relay team and Men's 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.^[10] At the event, both those German teams qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.^[11]

In May 2024, he was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome and reached the final with a personal best time of 48.36 seconds. He placed sixth overall in the final, running 48.42 seconds.^[12][13] At the same championships, he ran the anchor leg for the German 4 × 400 metres team that won the bronze medal.^[14]

He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, in the 400 metres hurdles, reaching the semi-finals.^[15] He also competed in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the Games.^[16]

He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025.^[17] He ran a personal best of 34.58 seconds for the 300 metres hurdles at the 2025 Bislett Games in Oslo on 12 June 2025.^[18] That month, he finished fourth in the 400 metres hurdles in Stockholm at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan, part of the 2025 Diamond League.^[19]

Personal life

Born in Germany, Agyekum is of mixed German and Ghanaian descent.^[20]