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Emil Agyekum

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Emil Agyekum
BERJAYA
Agyekum in 2019
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 (age 27)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal bests300 m hurdles 34.58 (Oslo, 2025)
400 m hurdles: 47.72 (Stockholm, 2026)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing BERJAYA Germany
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 Rome4 × 400 m relay
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 Tallinn400 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place2021 Tallinn4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2019 Gävle400 m hurdles
European Youth Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 Tbilisi400 m hurdles

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]

Biography

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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]

He was selected for the German team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running on the opening day in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[20][21] He was a finalist in the men's 400 metres hurdles, running a personal best 47.83 seconds in the semi-final before placing sixth overall.[22]

On 7 June 2026, he set a new personal best in finishing third at the 2026 Bauhausgalan in Stockholm in 47.72 seconds.[23]

Personal life

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Born in Germany, Agyekum is of mixed German and Ghanaian descent.[24]

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. ↑ "Men's 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  17. ↑ "Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  18. ↑ "Results - Oslo Diamond League Bislett Games 2025". Watch Athletics. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  19. ↑ "Results - Stockholm Diamond League Bauhaus Galan 2025". Watch Athletics. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  20. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  21. ↑ "76 für Tokio: Das deutsche WM-Team steht". Leichtathletik.de. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  22. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  23. ↑ "Results - Stockholm Diamond League (BAUHAUS-Galan) 2026". Watch Athletics. 7 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  24. ↑ Kattner, Christian (14 August 2020). "Emil Agyekum und der gar nicht so ferne Traum von Olympia". Berliner Zeitung.
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