Emil Agyekum

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.

Career
In Tbilisi in 2016, he was a European U18 Championships bronze medallist in the 400m hurdles. In 2019, he was a European U23 Championships bronze medallist in the 400m hurdles in Gävle, Sweden. In Tallinn in 2021, he was European U23 Championships silver medallist in the 400m hurdles. At the same event he was a bronze medalist in the 4x400m relay.

Agyekum reached the semifinals of the 400m hurdles at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. He ran a personal best time of 48.47 in the 400m hurdles in Berlin in September 2023. The time meet the minimum standard for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

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. At the event, both those German teams qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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. At the same championships, he ran the anchor leg for the German 4 x 400 metres team that won the bronze medal.