Lashinda Demus

Lashinda Demus

Demus in 2009
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1983-03-10) March 10, 1983 (age 41)
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	130 lb (59 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 m hurdles
Retired	2016
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2004 Athens 400 m hurdles, 7th (sf) 2012 London 400 m hurdles,  Gold
World finals	2005 Helsinki 400 m hurdles,  Silver 2009 Berlin 400 m hurdles,  Silver 4x400 m relay,  Gold 2011 Daegu 400 m hurdles,  Gold 2013 Moscow 400 m hurdles,  Bronze
Personal bests	400 m hurdles: 52.47 (Daegu 2011) 400 m: 51.09 (Oslo 2010) 200 m: 23.35 (Coral Gables 2008) 100 m hurdles: 12.96 (Walnut 2011) 100 m: 11.61 (Azusa 2013) Indoors 400 m: 51.63i (Fayetteville 2004)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2012 London 400 m hurdles World Championships 2009 Berlin 4x400 m 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 m relay Pan American U20 Athletics Championships 1999 Tampa 400 m hurdles

Lashinda Demus (born March 10, 1983, in Inglewood, California) is a retired American hurdler who specialized in the 400 meter hurdles, an event in which she was the 2011 world champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist, becoming the first woman from the United States to win the Olympic 400 m hurdles title.

Demus' personal best time over 400 m hurdles is 52.47 seconds, set in Daegu, South Korea on September 1, 2011, making her as of December 2022 the seventh-fastest woman in history in the event. At the time it was the American record.^[1] She is a five-time national champion (400 m hurdles), and a four-time NCAA champion (400 m hurdles, 400 m indoors and 4 × 400 m relay out and indoors).