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 Fabrice Lapierre 

Fabrice Lapierre
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Fabrice will compete in the M Long Jump at the 2011 IAAF world championships.

It is hit first major championship hit-out since winning gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi (IND).

Date of Birth:
17.10.1983
Discipline:
Long Jump
Occupation:
Student
Height:
N/A
Weight:
N/A
State:
NSW
Coach:
Jim Vanhootegem
Previous Coaches:
Fred O'Connor
Scholarship:
NSWIS
Club:
Westfields
Place of Birth/Residence:
Reduit, MRI / College Station,USA
Marital Status
Single
Flame Team Number
24
Joined Flame Team On
N/A
Twitter Account
@FabriceLapierre
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Competition Stats

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Long jump: 2002 – 1st (U20), 2003 – DNQ, 2004
– 7th, 2005 – DNC, 2006 – 1st, 2007 – 16th, 2008 –
8th, 2009 – 1st, 2010 – 1st, 2011 – 3rd (7.83m)

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
World Junior Championships: 2002 [Kingston,
JAM] – Long jump 2nd (7.74m), 100m 6th QF
(10.48), 4x100m 10th Ht 5th 40.51
Commonwealth Games: 2006 [Melbourne, AUS]
– Long jump 3rd (8.10m), 2010 – [New Delhi, IND]
Long jump 1st (8.30m)
World Cup/Continental Cup: 2006 [Athens, GRE]
– Long jump 8th (7.58m), 2010 [Split, CRO] – Long
jump 7th (7.70m)
Olympic Games: 2008 [Beijing, CHN] – Long
jump qual round (7.90m)
World Indoor Championships: 2010 [Doha, QAT]
– Long jump 1st (8.17m)
World Championships: 2009 [Berlin, GER] – Long
jump 4th (8.21m)

EVENTS / PERSONAL BESTS
Long jump: 8.40m – Nuoro (ITA), 14/07/2009
Long jump indoor: 8.19m – Doha (QAT), 12/03/10


Honours

World Indoor Championship gold (2010)
Commonwealth gold (2010)
Commonwealth bronze (2006)
3 x national champion (2006, 2009, 2010)
World Junior Championship silver (2002)


Interesting Facts

Born in Mauritius, Fabrice as a junior was a keen soccer player.

During the Sydney Olympics in 2000 he worked as a volunteer media runner.