Fabrice Lapierre
- Born
- Oct 17, 1983 (43 years old)
- Birthplace
- Moka, Mauritius
- Events
- Long Jump
Fabrice Lapierre (born 17 October 1983 in Réduit, Mauritius) is a Mauritian-born Australian long jumper. 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 April 18, 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.
As of Oct 28, 2026: Long Jump 8.40 (#66 all-time), 2018 season best 7.76 (Apr 10, 2018, Gold Coast (AUS)) · Last competition: Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Apr 11, 2018, 7.56 · World Championships: 1 silver · 43 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →* Wind-assisted (> 2.0 m/s)
Medals
| Competitions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | LJ | 7.76 | +1.4 | Apr 10, 2018 | Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast |
| 2017 | LJ | 8.03 | -0.1 | Jun 4, 2017 | Somerville, MA (USA) |
| 2016 | LJ | 8.31 | -0.4 | May 22, 2016 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athletisme de Rabat, Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah, Rabat - Promotional Events |
| 2015 | LJ | 8.29 | +0.0 | Sep 8, 2015 | Sports Park Mladost, Zagreb (CRO) |
| 2014 | LJ | 8.00 | +0.9 | Jul 30, 2014 | Hampden Park, Glasgow (GBR) |
| 2013 | LJ | 8.25 | +1.3 | Jun 20, 2013 | Houston, TX (USA) |
| 2012 | LJ | 8.10 | +2.0 | Jun 9, 2012 | New York adidas Grand Prix, Icahn Stadium, New York, NY - Diamond Discipline |
| 2011 | LJ | 8.02 | +0.7 | Jul 2, 2011 | Sotteville-lès-Rouen (FRA) |