Elis Lapenmal

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.[1] 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.[2]

Prior to the Beijing Games, the British newspaper The Guardian described her, along with Palestine's Hamza Abdu, as one of the Games' "underdogs",[3] and as such she has also been described as a "potential successor to (Eric) Moussambani".[4] 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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Elis Lapenmal", L'Equipe
  2. ↑ "Vanuatu table tennis gets Olympic invitation", ABC Radio Australia, May 7, 2008
  3. ↑ "A to Z of the Olympics", The Guardian, June 29, 2008. The Guardian mistakenly identified Lapenmal as a male athlete.
  4. ↑ "Lovable losers - the Olympic ideal or waste of space", AFP, July 6, 2008
  5. ↑ Athlete biography: Elis Lapenmal, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 27, 2008