Sylvanie Morandais

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Sylvanie Morandais
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born14 July 1979 (1979-07-14) (age 46)
Pointe-Noire
Years active2000s
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Event
400 m hurdles
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Guadeloupe
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Silver medal – second place1997 Bridgetown400m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place1996 Kingston400m hurdles

Sylvanie Morandais (born 14 July 1979) is a retired French-Guadeloupen athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.

Career

Morandais was born in Pointe-Noire, Guadeloupe.[1] Morandais held the 300 metre hurdles youth record for Guadeloupe between 1996 and 2014.[2] She won the gold medal at the 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie,[3] and the 2005 Mediterranean Games.[4] She also competed without reaching the final at the 2001 World Championships and the 2002 European Championships.[1] In the 4 x 400 metres relay she finished fifth at the 2002 European Championships.[5]

In 2006, she finished third in during the French Athletics Championships in Nancy, where she collapsed in tears after it due to feeling unable to accelerate at the end.[6] In 2007, Morandais had to retire from competing due to an injury. By 2010, she was partaking in athletics competitions in various lengths of running, including 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres and also entered javelin competitions in addition to her traditional 400 metres hurdling discipline.[7] In 2011, she announced she was in training to make a comeback to professional athletics.[8] She started marathon running training whilst looking for athletics funding.[9]


Her personal best times are 55.30 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Baie-Mahault; and 55.49 seconds in the 400 metres hurdles, achieved in July 2001 in Monaco.[1]

Personal life

Outside of athletics, she worked as a Contract Professional in the General Council of Essonne.[9] She moved to Metropolitan France in 2001 to study for a business diploma in Essonne.[10]

References

  1. Sylvanie Morandais at World Athletics
  2. "Sareena Carti beats the record of Guadeloupe for the 300m cadettes". St. Martin News Network. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  3. "Francophone Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  4. "Mediterranean Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  5. "Women 4x400m Relay European Championships 2002 Munich (GER)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  6. Derniaux, Jean-Claude (21 July 2006). "Morandais et Grousselle en pleurs". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  7. "Sylvanie MORANDAIS | Profile | Fédération Française d'Athlétisme". Athle France (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  8. "Le second départ de Sylvanie Morandais". France Antilles (in French). 29 June 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  9. "Sylvanie MORANDAIS : « Je suis déterminée »". France Antilles (in French). 29 June 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  10. Bergognon, Par Julien (3 August 2001). "Sylvanie Morandais, la petite gazelle". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2026.