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Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics | ||
Representing Australia | ||
World Indoor Championships | ||
Valencia 2008 | 800 metres | |
Maebashi 1999 | 4x400 m relay | |
Commonwealth Games | ||
Kuala Lumpur 1998 | 4x400 m relay | |
Manchester 2002 | 4x400 m relay | |
Melbourne 2006 | 4x400 m relay | |
World Junior Championships | ||
Sydney 1996 | 4x400 m relay |
Tamsyn Carolyn Manou (née Lewis, born 20 July 1978) is an Australian athlete and middle-distance runner, who has won a total of seventeen Australian Championships at 400 metres, 800 metres and 400m hurdles.
An Australian international representative since 1994, Manou won the World Indoor Championship at 800 metres in March 2008.
Tamsyn Manou was born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria and attended Methodist Ladies' College and Caulfield Grammar School.
Her mother Carolyn Wright was a six time national high jump champion, while her father, Greg Lewis, was a semi finalist in the 200 metres at the Mexico City Olympic Games.
Through her career Mrs Manou has been assisted by a number of well-known athletics coaches, including Peter Fortune (Cathy Freeman's coach), Sebastian Coe and Daley Thompson. She married Australian cricketer Graham Manou in May 2011 and now competes under her married name.