Béryl Laramé (born 1 July 1973) is a retired

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female

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athlete who specialised in

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and

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

events. She won two silvers and one bronze medal in the

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between 1993 and 2000. Her personal best in triple jump is 12.62 metres (achieved in 2000), which is still the Seychellois national record. She also competed for Seychelles in the

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, but failed to progress to the final round.

International competitions

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* * 1973 births Living people Seychellois female high jumpers Seychellois triple jumpers Female long jumpers Female triple jumpers Seychellois female athletes Olympic athletes for Seychelles Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Seychelles Commonwealth Games competitors for Seychelles Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games African Games competitors for Seychelles {{Seychelles-athletics-bio-stub