Fabrice Lapierre

2009 World Track and Field Championships - Berlin, Germany When the World Championships commence later this year there will be two Australians who will be hoping to be in the lineup for the final of the men’s long jump. Both Fabrice Lapierre and Mitchell Watt have taken the long jmp in Australia to a whole new level in 2009, with Lapierre producing a huge jump of 8.29m at the Nationals which moved him to no.3 on the Australian all-time list. Over the last 12 months Lapierre has gone from...Read Full Story

2009 Ponce Grand Prix, Puerto Rico - 16th May 2009 With what looks to be a quiet weekend for Australian track and field athletes competing internationally, Fabrice Lapierre will contest the long jump at the Ponce Grand Prix in Puerto Rico. Lapierre has had an amazing 2009 so far, with his PB of 8.29m being achieved when he won the Australian Championships in March. He also won the 2008 World Athletics Final and is a realistic chance to place in the top-5 at the upcoming World...Read Full Story

37th Australian Track and Field Championships - Brisbane, Australia: 19th-21st March 2009 The Australian Track and Field Championships are only days away so we thought it would be good to preview in detail our top-5 events to watch over the three days of competition. It wasn’t easy, but we managed to find 5 events that will hopefully create many great headlines. #1 Men’s Long Jump - Final 6.45pm Saturday 21st March, 2009   Fabrice Lapierre will have some quality opposition to...Read Full Story

87th Australian Track and Field Championships - 19th - 21st March, 2009 Please find below my preview of the men’s jumps events (Pole Vault, Long Jump and Triple Jump) Men’s Pole Vault World Championship qualifying standard: 5.70 (A standard), 5.55 (B standard) Records   2008 Australian Championships finalists 1. Steven Hooker (WAIS) 5.55m, 2. Matt Boyd (QAS) 5.35m, 3. James Filshie (VIC) 5.25m, 4. Joel Pocklington (VIC)5.05m, 5. Aidan Dziubinski (QLD) 5.05m, 6. Blake Lucas...Read Full Story

Event Highlights from Brisbane - 39 Athletes to Make Trip to Berlin When I look back on the three days of competition from the National Championships my number one highlight will be the performance of Fabrice Lapierre in the men’s long jump. The last day of competition also saw the emergence of Tamsyn Lewis in the women’s 400m hurdles and the quality 1500m run from Jeff Riseley . It also saw one of very best athletes perform at her usual high standard - being Sally McLellan in the women’s...Read Full Story