Florence Edem Apefa Ezeh (born December 29, 1977 in Lomé) is a female

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er from

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, who previously represented

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during her career. She set her personal best (68.03 metres) on August 9, 2002 at the European Championships in

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. Ezeh attended the

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Biography

A student at the

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, she won the

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championships in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Competing for Athlé 78 up to 1995, then the

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from 1996 to 2004, then the CA Montreuil 93 at the end of 1995, she had an outstanding season in 1999 by winning the Hammer Throw at the 1999 European Championships U23s, at

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, with a hurl of 64.56m. She set six times the Senior French record of the Hammer Throw: 56.52m 8 July 1995 at Bondoufle, 57.74m 29 June 1996 at

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, 58.28m 31 July 1996 at

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, 65.15m and 65.41m 20 March 1999 at Austin (Texas) and 66.13m 7 May 1999 at Denton. In 2001, she won the Gold Medal at the

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, and made the final of the World Championships at

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(7th). The following year, she was fourth at the

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and established the best hurl of her career (68.03m). Possessing double nationality, (Franco-Togolese), she decided to compete for her country of birth at the end of season 2005. Seventh at the Games of the Francophony, she placed third representing Togo at the 2007 All-Africa Games with a medal winning distance of , but was given the silver medal after second placed Funke Adeyoye was disqualified after testing positive in a dope test. She subsequently placed third at the 2007 African Games, second at the 2008 African Championships, then third at the following African Championships, in 2010. She holds the Togo record for the Hammer Throw (62.75m).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ezeh, Florence 1977 births Living people French female hammer throwers Togolese hammer throwers Sportspeople from Lomé Togolese emigrants to France SMU Mustangs women's track and field athletes Southern Methodist University alumni Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Championships athletes for France World Athletics Championships athletes for Togo Togolese female athletes African Games silver medalists for Togo African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games

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