Elis Lapenmal

Elis Lapenmal (born 6 September 1987 in Melekula) is a ni-Vanuatu sprinter.

Competing at the World Athletics Championships in 2007, Lapenmal ran the 100 metres in 13.10 seconds. [ [http://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/AthletismeFicheAthlete11176.html "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. [ [http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2238084.htm?tab=sport "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" [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jun/29/olympicgames2008.olympicgames1 "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". [ [http://www.france24.com/en/20080706-lovable-losers-olympic-ideal-or-waste-space "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. [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/8003858.shtml Athlete biography: Elis Lapenmal] , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 27, 2008]

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* [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/8003858.shtml Biography] on the website of the Beijing Olympics