Elis Lapenmal (born 6 September 1987 in Malakula) is a Ni-Vanuatu sprinter.
Competing at the World Athletics Championships in 2007, Lapenmal ran the 100 metres in 13.10 seconds."Elis Lapenmal", L'Equipe She won a silver medal at the South Pacific Mini Games, and qualified as a "wildcard entry" to represent Vanuatu in the 100 metres event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing."Vanuatu table tennis gets Olympic invitation", ABC Radio Australia, May 7, 2008
Prior to the Beijing Games, the British newspaper The Guardian described her, along with Palestine's Hamza Abdu, as one of the Games' "underdogs","A to Z of the Olympics", The Guardian, June 29, 2008. The Guardian mistakenly identified Lapenmal as a male athlete. and as such she has also been described as a "potential successor to (Eric) Moussambani"."Lovable losers - the Olympic ideal or waste of space" , AFP, July 6, 2008 In her first round heat in Beijing she placed eighth and last in a time of 13.31 which was not enough to advance to the second round.Athlete biography: Elis Lapenmal , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 27, 2008
References
Biography on the website of the Beijing Olympics
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