| Medal record | ||
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| Men'sathletics | ||
Representing Australia | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 2015 Beijing | Long jump |
| World Indoor Championships | ||
 | 2010 Doha | Long jump |
| 2016 Portland | Long jump |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| 2010 Delhi | Long jump |
 | 2006 Melbourne | Long jump |
Fabrice Lapierre (born 17 October 1983 inRéduit,Mauritius) is a Mauritian-born Australianlong jumper.
Lapierre placed 4th at the2009 World Championships inBerlin,Germany, behind another Australian,Mitchell Watt, who took the bronze.[1] At the2010 World Indoor Championships inDoha,Qatar, Lapierre won the gold medal with a jump of 8.17 metres, beating both Watt and the defendingchampionGodfrey Mokoena ofSouth Africa.[2]
His personal best jump is 8.40 metres, achieved on 14 July 2010 inNuoro. 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 inPerth, 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 sinceMike Powell's 8.99 inSestriere in 1992.
Lapierre competed forTexas A&M University in college, and was theNCAA long jump champion at the 2005NCAA Outdoor National Track and Field Championships.
In 2011, Lapierre competed in the third season of theChannel Seven television seriesAustralia's Greatest Athlete.
Lapierre currently coaches in theHuntington Beach, CA, area with the private coaching serviceCoachUp.[5]
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