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Elodie Menou
Personal information
Born9 March 1971[1]
Paris, France[1]
Sport
Country French Polynesia
SportAthletics
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Tahiti
Pacific Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Port Moresby 10,000m
Pacific Mini Games
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mata Utu Half-marathon
Oceania Athletics Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Rarotonga 5,000m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Rarotonga 10,000m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Papeete 10,000m

Elodie Menou (born 9 March 1971), also known as Elodie Mevel, is a French Polynesian long-distance runner who has represented French Polynesia at the Pacific Games and Pacific Mini Games. She is the mother of runner Loïc Mevel.[1]

Menou was born in Paris, and moved to French Polynesia in the 2000s.[1] She works as a freelance translator.[1]

She won the 10,000 metres at the Polynesian Championships in 2015[2] and 2016.[3] In 2017 she won the half-marathon.[4]

At the 2013 Oceania Athletics Championships in Papeete she won gold in the 10,000 metres and set a new championship record.[5][6] At the 2013 Pacific Mini Games in Mata Utu she won bronze in the half-marathon. At the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, she won bronze in the 10,000 metres after Papua New Guinea's Marie Kua was disqualified.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Challenger #12 : Elodie Menou" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 23 January 2017. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Athlétisme « championnats de Polynésie » : Cédric Wane et Elodie Menou remportent le 10 000m" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Course à pied – Championnat de Polynésie du 10km : Cédric Wane gagne au sprint, Teiva Izal 4e" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Course à pied – Championnat de semi-maraton 2017 : Samuel et Elodie, grands vainqueurs" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Sport: New Oceania athletics records set in Papeete". RNZ. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Océanias D'athlétisme : Des médailles sur fond de drame" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  7. ^ "PNG 2015 « Athlétisme » : Elodie Menou, Gwoelani Patu et Loïc Mevel en bronze" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2022.