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Lashinda Demus

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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. 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Lashinda Demus is the 5,627th most popular athlete (down from 5,235th in 2024), the 19,153rd most popular biography from United States (down from 18,675th in 2019) and the 686th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Lashinda Demus ranks 5,627 out of 6,025. Before her are Yemisi Ogunleye, Michał Jeliński, Orlando Ortega, Bahri Tanrıkulu, Joe Jacobi, and Miki Kanie. After her are Nikolaos Siranidis, David Smith, Juliet Haslam, Joseph Bell, Sileshi Sihine, and Ellen Hoog.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Lashinda Demus ranks 1,240. Before her are Paul Alo'o, Farid Díaz, Krzysztof Lijewski, Nikola Selaković, Yoshiki Nakai, and Daniele Gastaldello. After her are Sileshi Sihine, Ryosuke Amo, Adaílton, Elrio van Heerden, Priscila Perales, and Makoto Kakuda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lashinda Demus ranks 19,161 out of 20,380. Before her are Gina Tolleson (1969), Jerami Grant (1994), Coryn Labecki (1992), Joe Jacobi (1969), Raini Rodriguez (1993), and Demetri Martin (1973). After her are Travis Schuldt (1974), Erick Green (1991), Mashona Washington (1976), Feargus Urquhart (1970), H.E.R. (1997), and Vic Mignogna (1962).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Lashinda Demus ranks 686. Before her are Andrea Anderson (1977), Wallace Spearmon (1984), LaTasha Colander (1976), Dan Beery (1975), Kim Rhode (1979), and Joe Jacobi (1969). After her are Angelica Moser (1997), Darvis Patton (1977), Elana Meyers (1984), Mike Rodgers (1985), Jenny Kallur (1981), and Regina Jacobs (1963).

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