Fabrice Lapierre (born 17 October 1983 in

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) is a Mauritian-born Australian

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er. Lapierre placed 4th at the 2009 World Championships in

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, behind another Australian, Mitchell Watt, who took the bronze. At the 2010 World Indoor Championships in

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, Lapierre won the gold medal with a jump of 8.17 metres, beating both Watt and the defending

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. His personal best jump is 8.40 metres, achieved on 14 July 2010 in

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. 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). On April 18, 2010, at the Australian Athletics Championship in

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, Lapierre grabbed the national title with a last-round jump of 8.78, again with an illegal tailwind of +3.1 metres per second. This was the longest jump in the world under any conditions since

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's 8.96 in

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in 1995. Lapierre competed for

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in college, and was the

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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

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, CA, area with the private coaching service

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* 1983 births Living people Australian male long jumpers Australian people of Mauritian descent Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Australia Texas A&M Aggies men's track and field athletes People from Moka District Mauritian people of French descent Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia World Athletics Championships medalists Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Diamond League winners World Athletics Indoor Championships winners IAAF World Athletics Final winners {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub