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Emil Agyekum

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Emil Agyekum
Agyekum in 2019
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 (age 25)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m hurdles: 48.21 (Berlin, 2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Germany
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rome 4×400 m relay
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tallinn 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tallinn 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gävle 400 m hurdles
European Youth Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Tbilisi 400 m hurdles

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

Career

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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 4x400m 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 4x400m relay team and Men’s 4x400m 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

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Born in Germany, Agyekum is of mixed German and Ghanaian descent.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Emil Agyekum". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Emil Agyekum schnappt sich mit starkem Finish Bronze". Leichtathletik. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  3. ^ "European U23 Championships". World Athletics. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Ceh breaks championship record to win in Tallinn". World Athletics. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. ^ "U23 European Championships". World Athletics. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  6. ^ "German duo in semi finals". Sport1.de. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  7. ^ "World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 men's 400m hurdles results". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  8. ^ "German sprinters deliver a string of victories at the ISTAF in Berlin". European Athletics. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Emil Agyekum with Olympic standard". Leichtatgletik. 4 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Mixed 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Zwei deutsche Staffeln schlagen den Weg nach Paris ein". Leichtathletik.de. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  12. ^ "DLV vergibt weitere EM-Startplätze für Rom an Normerfüller und Staffelmitglieder". Leichtathletikaccessdate=29 May 2024. 29 May 2024.
  13. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  14. ^ "11 gold medals! Tortu anchors Italy to 4x100m victory in Roma 2024". European Athletics. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  16. ^ Kattner, Christian (14 August 2020). "Emil Agyekum und der gar nicht so ferne Traum von Olympia". Berliner Zeitung.