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Born: 17.10.1983
Place: Reduit, Mauritius
Event Long Jump
Height: 179
Weight: 66kg
State NSW
Current coach: Jim Vanhootegem [Texas A & M University]
Previous coach: Fred O'Connor
Scholarship: Texas A&M University
Sydney Club: Westfields
   
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 8.35
2010 8.40/ 8.78w
   
 
 

FASTFACT

Fabrice Lapierre is known in Australia as the man who can leap the length of a stretch hummer. He has won medals at world juniors, Commonwealth Games and Australian championships. He is the world’s reigning indoor champion and has the logest jump in the world in the last 15 years, he is one of the nation’s great athletics hopes.

 

Fabrice Lapierre's mighty leap of faith

Fabrice World indoor championship