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Lashinda Demus
Personal information
Born (1983-03-10) March 10, 1983 (age 29)
Height 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country United States
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 400m Hurdles
Medal record[hide]Olympic Games
Silver 2012 London 400 m hurdles
World Championships
Gold 2009 Berlin 4x400 meter relay
Gold 2011 Daegu 400 m hurdles
Silver 2005 Helsinki 400 m hurdles
Silver 2009 Berlin 400 m hurdles
Lashinda Demus (born March 10, 1983 in Inglewood, California) is an American hurdler who specializes in the 400 meter hurdles.
Her personal best time over 400m hurdles is 52.47 seconds in Daegu, South Korea on September 1, 2011, which is currently the women's 3rd fastest time ever.[1] Demus is the American record holder in 400m hurdles.[2]
She is an alumna of Long Beach Wilson High School where she ran and still holds the national high school record for the 300 hurdles,[3] the only girl to break the 40 second barrier. She ran on the 4x400 relay team that set the national record in 1998, ran the second fastest time in history in 1999, and then broke its own national record in 2001[4] (since surpassed by cross town rival Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 2004).[3] She also competed in the 100 meter hurdles, winning the CIF California State Meet in 2001, on the 4x100 relay team, champions in 2001,[5] as well as many of the sprint medley teams. In 1999 and again in 2001 she was named the named the national Girl's "High School Athlete of the Year" by Track and Field News.[6]
After High School, Lashinda attended the University of South Carolina to work under Curtis Frye. Her top times in college were as follows: 55m H: 7.80; 60m H: 8.32; 100m H: 13.35; 400m H: 54.70; 400m: 51.38; 800m: 2:13.77.[7] While at South Carolina, Demus won the world Junior Championship in 2002, the NCAA Indoor Championship at 400 metres in 2004, the first of three National Championships[8] and a silver medal in the 2005 World Championships. Demus also was a member of the school's first NCAA team national championship when the women's track and field team won the 2002 NCAA outdoor national championship.
Demus qualified for the American team at the 2004 Olympics. In the semi-final, she ran exactly the same time as her teammate Sheena Johnson and .7 seconds faster than Brenda Taylor who qualified in the first semi, but Demus had the misfortune to run in the much faster second semi. Her fifth place did not advance her to the final.
Leaving behind the memory of failure to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the 2009 US Championships in the 400 m hurdles, with a world-leading 53.78 seconds, gaining herself a place at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.[9] She improved upon this with a time of 52.63 seconds at the Herculis meeting in July. This was a meeting record and was then the fourth fastest time ever for the event.[10] With that time she was the favorite to win the World Championships but faltered over the last two hurdles as she was passed by Olympic Gold Medalist Melanie Walker of Jamaica who was en route to the #2 time in history, leaving Demus to take home a second silver medal. However, Demus got her revenge at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, when she won the gold medal in 52.47, a new American Record and the third fastest time in history. She beat reigning Olympic Champion and defending World Champion Melaine Walker, who finished second. Heavy favorite Kaliese Spencer who had set the fastest time in 2011, could only finish fourth behind Demus, Walker and 2010 European Champion and former Olympic 400m bronze medalist Natalya Antyukh.[11]
[edit] AchievementsYear Tournament Venue Result Extra
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 1st
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 1st
2006 World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 1st
World Cup Athens, Greece 2nd
[edit] References^ [1][dead link]
^ czatletika (2011-09-01). "Videos - Womens 400 Hurdles Final - Lashinda Demus 52.47 American Record - IAAF World Outdoor Championships 2011". Runnerspace.com. http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=53447-Womens-400-Hurdles-Final-Lashinda-Demus-52-47-American-Record-IAAF-World-Outdoor-Championships-2011. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
^ a b National High School Records
^ Record Progression
^ 2001 State Meet Results
^ Track and Field News High School AOY
^ Retrieved on 2009-08-24.
^ National Championships
^ Morse, Parker (2009-06-28). World season leads for Demus and Merritt as team takes shape in Eugene – USA Champs, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-30.
^ Turner, Chris (2009-07-28). Hurdlers delight on a spectacular evening in Monaco – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-07-31.
^ Berlin results
[edit] External linksIAAF profile for Lashinda Demus
California State Records before 2000
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Yuliya Pechonkina Women's 400m Hurdles Best Year Performance
2006 Succeeded by
Tiffany Williams
[show]v t e World Champions in Women's 400 m Hurdles
1983: Yekaterina Fesenko (URS) 1987: Sabine Busch (GDR) 1991: Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) 1993: Sally Gunnell (GBR) 1995: Kim Batten (USA) 1997: Nezha Bidouane (MAR) 1999: Daimí Pernía (CUB) 2001: Nezha Bidouane (MAR) 2003: Jana Pittman (AUS) 2005: Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) 2007: Jana Rawlinson (AUS) 2009: Melaine Walker (JAM) 2011: Lashinda Demus (USA)
[show]v t e 2004 USA Olympic Track & Field Team
Qualification 2004 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)
Men's track & road athletes Abdihakem Abdirahman Bennie Brazell Derrick Brew Tim Broe Dan Browne James Carter Curt Clausen Shawn Crawford Alan Culpepper Philip Dunn Kevin Eastler Anthony Famiglietti Robert Gary Justin Gatlin Maurice Greene Charlie Gruber Otis Harris Allen Johnson Jonathan Johnson Meb Keflezighi Daniel Lincoln Coby Miller John Nunn Darvis Patton Derrick Peterson Jonathon Riley Dathan Ritzenhein Grant Robison Khadevis Robinson Andrew Rock Duane Ross Tim Seaman Angelo Taylor Terrence Trammell Jeremy Wariner Alan Webb Bernard Williams Darold Williamson Kelly Willie
Men's field athletes Charles Austin Kenta Bell Bryan Clay Walter Davis John Godina Breaux Greer Tora Harris Matt Hemingway Reese Hoffa A. G. Kruger Melvin Lister Timothy Mack Casey Malone Derek Miles John Moffitt Jamie Nieto Tom Pappas James Parker Dwight Phillips Jarred Rome Toby Stevenson Paul Terek Ian Waltz
Women's track & road athletes Hazel Clark Jearl Miles Clark LaTasha Colander Crystal Cox Shayne Culpepper Colleen De Reuck Lashinda Demus Gail Devers Elva Dryer Allyson Felix Shalane Flanagan Joanna Hayes Monique Henderson Monique Hennagan Sheena Johnson Marion Jones Deena Kastor Muna Lee LaShauntea Moore Melissa Morrison Kate O'Neill Jennifer Rhines Sanya Richards Moushaumi Robinson Marla Runyan Brenda Taylor Nicole Teter Carrie Tollefson DeeDee Trotter Teresa Vaill Angela Williams Lauryn Williams
Women's field athletes Amy Acuff Stephanie Brown Shelia Burrell Laura Gerraughty Erin Gilreath Kristin Heaston Aretha Hill Chaunté Howard Tiombe Hurd Jackie Jeschelnig Marion Jones Kim Kreiner Tiffany Lott-Hogan Anna Mahon Yuliana Perez Michelle Perry Rose Richmond Jillian Schwartz Seilala Sua Kellie Suttle Grace Upshaw Tisha Waller
Coaches —
[show]v t e 2012 USA Olympic Track & Field Team
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