Fabrice Lapierre (born 17 October 1983) is a Mauritian-born Australian long jumper.
Life Lapierre was born on 17 October 1983 in Réduit, Mauritius.
Career Lapierre placed 4th at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany, behind another Australian, Mitchell Watt, who took the bronze. 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.
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).
On 18 April 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. This was the longest jump in the world under any conditions since Mike Powell's 8.99 in Sestriere in 1992.
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.
Achievement s Representing 2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica14th (qf)100m10.48 w (wind: +3.9 m/s)2ndLong jump7.74 m (wind: -0.8 m/s)10th (h)4 × 100 m relay40.512006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia 3rdLong jump8.10 mWorld CupAthens, Greece 8thLong jump7.58 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China16th (q)Long jump7.90 m World Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany 1stLong jump8.14 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany4thLong jump8.21 mWorld Athletics FinalThessaloníki, Greece 1stLong jump8.33 m w2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar 1stLong jump8.17 mContinental CupSplit, Croatia7thLong jump7.70 mCommonwealth GamesDelhi, India 1stLong jump8.30 m2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea21st (q)Long jump7.89 m2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia —Long jumpNM2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland14th (q)Long jump7.76 mCommonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom4thLong jump8.00 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China 2ndLong jump8.24 m2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States 2ndLong jump8.25 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil10thLong jump7.87 m2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom11thLong jump7.93 m2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia12thLong jump7.56 m
Coaching career Lapierre currently coaches in the Huntington Beach area in California with the private coaching service CoachUp.
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