Monique Éwanjé-Épée Lewin (née Éwanjé-Épée, formerly Tourret; born 11 July 1967) is a retired French

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athlete who competed in the

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and

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, and is the co-holder (as of 2016) of the French national records for both events. She is the 1990 European Champion and the 1991 World Indoor silver medallist. She also represented

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at the

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in 1988, 1992 and 1996.

Career

Éwanjé-Épée was born in

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. She won the 1985 European Junior Championships 100 metres hurdles title in 13.10 secs. In 1988, she reached the Olympic final in Seoul, finishing seventh. In 1989, she won the 100 metres hurdles titles at both the Jeux de la Francophonie and the Universiade. In March 1990, she won a silver medal in the 60m hurdles at the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow, behind

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of the Soviet Union. Éwanjé-Épée reached her peak in the 1990 outdoor season, improving her own French 100m hurdles record to 12.56 on 29 June. This was the second fastest time in the world for 1990, with only Nataliya Grigoryeva of the Soviet Union going faster with 12.53. On 30 August, Ewanje-Épée won the European title in Split with 12.79. At the end of the 1990 season, both

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magazine and the Athletics International Annual, ranked Ewanje-Épée the number one 100m hurdler on their world merit rankings, ahead of Grigoryeva. In the 1991 indoor season, she won a silver medal in the 60m hurdles at the World Indoor Championships in Seville, narrowly losing out to Narozhilenko by two-hundredths of a second. Outdoors, she finished fourth in the 100m hurdles final at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, behind Narozhilenko, Gail Devers and Grigoryeva. Éwanjé-Èpée won a silver medal in the 60m hurdles at the 1992 European Indoor Championships in Genoa, once again behind Narozhilenko and ahead of

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. Outdoors, she competed at her second Olympics, where she was eliminated in the heats of the 100m hurdles. Having missed the 1993 season through pregnancy, she returned in 1994 competing under her then married name of Monique Tourret, and went on to finish fourth in the 60m hurdles final at the 1995 World Indoor Championships. In 1996, she won a bronze medal in the 60m hurdles at the European Indoor Championships, before going on to compete at her third Olympic Games, where she was eliminated in the quarter-finals. Éwanjé-Épée is still the holder of the French national outdoor record for the women's 100m hurdles (12.56 sec), set on 29 June 1990 in Villeneuve d'Ascq,

. This record was equalled by

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in 2014. Her French national indoor record for the women's 60m hurdles (7.82 sec), set on 23 February 1991 in

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, also still stands. It was equalled on 7 March 2004 by

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at the 2004 World Indoor Championships in

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Personal life

Éwanjé-Épée is married to gospel singer Frederick Lewin, with whom she has a son, Joachim (born 2006). She was previously married to the French pole vaulter Christophe Tourret, with whom she has two daughters, Marylou (1993) and Olivia (1997). Her elder sister,

Maryse Éwanjé-Épée Maryse Éwanjé-Épée (born September 4, 1964, in Poitiers, France) is a retired high jumper from France. Biography Maryse Éwanjé-Épée set her outdoor personal best on July 21, 1985, jumping 1.96 metres at the French National Athletics Cha ...

, is the French record holder in the

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and reached the Olympic high jump final in 1984 and 1988.

Results in international competitions

References

* * * Peter Matthews (Hrsg.): ''Athletics 1997.'' Surbiton 1997, * Ekkehard zur Megede: ''The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics.'' Berlin 1999 (published by ''Deutsche Gesellschaft für Leichtathletik-Dokumentation e.V.'')

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ewanje-Epee, Monique 1967 births Living people French female hurdlers Olympic athletes of France Sportspeople from Poitiers French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent French people of Catalan descent Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for France