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Lashinda Demus (born March 10, 1983 in Inglewood, California) is an American hurdler who specializes in the 400 meter hurdles, an event in which she was the 2011 world champion and 2012 Olympic silver medalist. Following the stripping of the 2012 gold medal from Russian hurdler Natalya Antyukh for doping, Demus is in line to receive the gold if the medals are reallocated.[1]

Lashinda Demus

Personal information
Born	(1983-03-10) March 10, 1983 (age 39)
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	130 lb (59 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 m hurdles
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2012 London 400 m hurdles World Championships 2009 Berlin 4x400 meter relay 2011 Daegu 400 m hurdles 2005 Helsinki 400 m hurdles 2009 Berlin 400 m hurdles 2013 Moscow 400 m hurdles World U20 Championships 2002 Kingston 400 m hurdles 2002 Kingston 4x400 meter relay Pan American U20 Athletics Championships 1999 Tampa 400 m 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 7th fastest time ever.[2] At the time it was the American record in 400m hurdles.[3]

Career

1998–2001: High school years

She is an alumna of the Long Beach Wilson High School where she ran and until 2017 held the national high school record for the 300 hurdles,.[4] 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[5] (since surpassed by cross town rival Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 2004).[4] She also competed in the 100 meter hurdles, winning the CIF California State Meet in 2001, on the 4x100 relay team, champions in 2001,[6] as well as many of the sprint medley teams. In 1999 and again in 2001 she was named the national Girl's "High School Athlete of the Year" by Track and Field News. She is the only person to be so honored twice, non-consecutively.[7]

2001–2005: Collegiate years

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.[8] 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[9] 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.

2004 Summer Olympics

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.

2008–2011: World champion at 28 years old

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.[10] 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.[11] 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 Melaine 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 2004 Olympic 400m bronze medalist Natalya Antyukh.[12]

2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Demus won the silver medal in the women's 400 m hurdles behind Natalya Antyukh.[13]

2019–2022

In 2019, following a re-test of doping samples, Antyukh was disqualified with all her results 2013 onward deleted but her 2012 Olympic results were not affected.[14][15][16] In October 2022, Antyukh's results from July 15, 2012 on were retroactively voided following a further investigation, including the 2012 Olympics. If the medals are reallocated, Demus is in line for the gold medal and will be recognized as the first woman from the United States to win the Olympic 400m hurdles.[1][17]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  United States
1999	Pan American U20 Athletics Championships	Tampa, Florida	1st	400 m hurdles	57.04
2001	World University Championships Universiade	Beijing, China	16th	400 m hurdles	60.78
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	400m hurdles	54.70
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.95
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	400m hurdles	53.27
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	1st	400m hurdles	53.37
2006	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	400m hurdles	53.42
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	2nd	400m hurdles	54.06
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd	400 m hurdles	52.96
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:17.83
2011	World Championships	Daegu, Korea	1st	400 m hurdles	52.47
2012	Olympics	London, Great Britain	1st	400 m hurdles	52.77
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	400 m hurdles	54.27

References

External links

• Lashinda Demus at World Athletics
• California State Records before 2000^{[permanent dead link]}

Sporting positions
Preceded by Yuliya Pechonkina	Women's 400m Hurdles Best Year Performance 2006	Succeeded by Tiffany Williams

На других языках

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[de] Lashinda Demus

Lashinda Monique Demus (* 10. März 1983 in Palmdale, Kalifornien) ist eine US-amerikanische Hürdenläuferin, die seit Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts im 400-Meter-Hürdenlauf erfolgreich ist.

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- [en] Lashinda Demus

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[fr] Lashinda Demus

Lashinda Demus (née le 10 mars 1983 à Inglewood) est une athlète américaine spécialiste du 400 mètres haies.

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[it] Lashinda Demus

Lashinda Monique Demus (Inglewood, 10 marzo 1983) è un'ostacolista e velocista statunitense, campionessa mondiale dei 400 metri ostacoli a Taegu 2011.

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[ru] Димус, Лашинда

Лашинда Димус (род. 10 марта 1983 года, Инглвуд, Калифорния, США) — американская легкоатлетка, специализирующаяся в беге на 400 метров с барьерами.

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