Further Information 

Competition Stats

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Long jump: 2002 – 1st (U/20), 2003 – 3 fouls, 2004 - 7th, 2005 - DNC, 2006 – 1st, 2007 - 16th, 2008 - 8th, 2009 - 1st, 2010 - 1st
100 metres: 2002 – 2nd (U/20)
200 metres: 2002 – 1st (U/20)

INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
World junior championships: 2002 – Long jump 2nd (7.74m), 100m 6th qf (10.48)
Commonwealth Games: 2006 – Long jump 3rd (8.10m)
World Cup: 2006 – Long jump 8th (7.58m)
Olympic Games: 2008 - Long jump qual round (7.90m)
World Athletics Final: 2008 - Long jump 1st (8.14m)
World indoor championships: 2009 - Long jump 1st (8.17m), 2010 - Long jump 1st (8.17m)

ANNUAL PROGRESSION:
Long jump:
2000 7.39
2001 7.31
2002 7.74
2003 7.57/7.85w/7.66i
2004 7.52/7.94w/7.61i
2005 7.83/8.15w/7.90i
2006 8.19
2007 7.98
2008 8.15
2009 8.35m

EVENTS / PERSONAL BESTS:
Long jump: 8.35m - Madrid (ESP), 4/7/09
Triple jump: 15.24m - Norman (USA), 1/5/04
100 metres: 10.56/10.48w - both in Kingston (Jamaica), 16/7/02
200 metres: 21.49 - Coral Gables (USA), 16/04/05

Interesting Facts

Fabrice played soccer from U7 – U16 level and also participated in Little Athletics until U15s with Blacktown and Westfields AC. He went to school at Westfield Sports High. During the Sydney Olympics he worked as a volunteer media runner. Fabrice was born in Mauritius.

Sporting Career

2002 – Talented junior who won silver at the 2002 world junior championships in Jamaica.

2003 – Took up a scholarship to US College Texas A&M.

2005 – Won the NCAA long jump title,

2006 – Returned home for the 2006 Commonwealth Games trials and jumped a personal best to win and gain selection for his first senior international team. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games he leapt 8.10m to take home the bronze medal. Produced a personal best of 8.19m in Nuoro, Italy. Concluded his stellar year with selection in the Oceania team for the World Cup in Athens, placing eighth.

2008 – Returned to form and jumped 8.10m on the Gold Coast. Headed to Europe and defeated Olympic finalist James Beckford of Jamaica in Ireland and placed second in Greece with a leap of 8.06m. Fabrice made his Olympic Games debut in Beijing managing a best leap of 7.90m in the first round to finish 16th overall. The 24-year-old was in the top 12 until the final round and missed a place in the final by only five centimetres. One month after his Olympic Games debut Fabrice leapt 8.14m to take gold at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart (GER).

2009 – 2009 has proven a huge year for Fabrice, his campaign commencing with a last-ditch leap of 8.29m to take out the national long jump title in March, the second Australian crown in his collection.Leaping over 8.20m on four occasions in the year so far, Fabrice produced a monster wind-assisted jump of 8.57m in Madrid in July en route to his defeat of reigning Olympic and world champion Irving Saladino. Just days later Fabrice leapt 8.24m to take out the Athens Grand Prix, continuing to build on the good form that has him in hot pursuit of Jai Taurima’s national record.

2010 - Started the year with a bang by taking out the world indoor championships in Doha, Qatar, with a leap of 8.17m in March.