Fabrice Lapierre
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Representing  Australia
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2015 Beijing | Long jump |
| World Indoor Championships | ||
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2010 Doha | Long jump |
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2016 Portland | Long jump |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2010 Delhi | Long jump |
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2006 Melbourne | Long jump |
Fabrice Lapierre (born 17 October 1983 in Réduit, Mauritius) is a Mauritian-born Australian long jumper.
Lapierre placed 4th at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany, behind another Australian, Mitchell Watt, who took the bronze.[1] At the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar, Lapierre won the gold medal with a jump of 8.17 metres, beating both Watt and the defending champion Godfrey Mokoena of South Africa.[2]
His personal best jump is 8.40 metres, achieved on 14 July 2010 in Nuoro. Prior to this, his lifetime best was 8.35 metres, achieved on 4 July 2009 in Madrid. He jumped 8.57 metres at the same competition, but there was too much wind (+3.6 metres per second).[3]
On April 18, 2010, at the Australian Athletics Championship in Perth, Lapierre grabbed the national title with a last-round jump of 8.78, again with an illegal tailwind of +3.1 metres per second.[4] This was the longest jump in the world under any conditions since Iván Pedroso's 8.96 in Sestriere in 1995.
Lapierre competed for Texas A&M University in college, and was the NCAA long jump champion at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor National Track and Field Championships.
In 2011, Lapierre competed in the third season of the Channel Seven television series Australia's Greatest Athlete.
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Coaching career
Lapierre currently coaches in the Huntington Beach, CA, area with the private coaching service CoachUp.[5]
References
- ^ Landells, Steve (22 August 2009). "Event Report - Men's Long Jump - Final". IAAF. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ Landells, Steve (13 March 2010). "EVENT REPORT - MEN's Long Jump Final". IAAF. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ^ "Iaaf.org - 2009 - m Results". Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ "Leaping Lapierre steals the show in Perth". Athletics Australia. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ^ "Train with Fabrice, a Track & Field coach on CoachUp".
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