German athlete (born 1999)
Emil Agyekum
![]() Agyekum in 2019 |
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| Nationality | German |
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| Born | (1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 (age 25) |
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| Sport | Athletics |
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| Event | Hurdles |
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| Personal best(s) | 400m hurdles: 48.21 (Berlin, 2024) |
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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]
Career
In Tbilisi in 2016, he was a European U18 Championships bronze medallist in the 400m hurdles.[2] In 2019, he was a European U23 Championships bronze medallist in the 400m hurdles in Gävle, Sweden.[3] In Tallinn in 2021, he was European U23 Championships silver medallist in the 400m hurdles.[4] At the same event he was a bronze medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay.[5]
Agyekum reached the semifinals of the 400m 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 x 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]
Personal life
Born in Germany, Agyekum is of mixed German and Ghanaian descent.[16]
References
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