Elodie Menou Explained

Birth Date:	9 March 1971
Birth Place:	Paris, France
Sport:	Athletics

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Challenger #12 : Elodie Menou . Tahiti Infos . fr . 23 January 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170209185921/https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Challenger-12-Elodie-Menou_a142671.html . 9 February 2017.
2. Web site: Athlétisme « championnats de Polynésie » : Cédric Wane et Elodie Menou remportent le 10 000m . Tahiti Infos . fr . 23 April 2015 . 26 October 2022.
3. Web site: Course à pied – Championnat de Polynésie du 10km : Cédric Wane gagne au sprint, Teiva Izal 4e . Tahiti Infos . fr . 1 February 2016 . 26 October 2022.
4. Web site: Course à pied – Championnat de semi-maraton 2017 : Samuel et Elodie, grands vainqueurs . Tahiti Infos . fr . 3 January 2017 . 26 October 2022.
5. Web site: Sport: New Oceania athletics records set in Papeete . RNZ . 5 June 2013 . 26 October 2022.
6. Web site: Océanias D’athlétisme : Des médailles sur fond de drame . Tahiti Infos . fr . 6 June 2013 . 26 October 2022.
7. Web site: PNG 2015 « Athlétisme » : Elodie Menou, Gwoelani Patu et Loïc Mevel en bronze . Tahiti Infos . fr . 17 July 2015 . 26 October 2022.