Lissa Labiche

Lissa Labiche

Labiche holding the Seychelles female athlete of the year trophy for 2015
Personal information
Born	(1993-02-18) February 18, 1993 (age 32)
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Seychelles
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	High jump, long jump, heptathlon
College team	South Carolina Gamecocks [1]
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing   Seychelles African Games 2015 Brazzaville High jump 2011 Maputo High jump 2015 Brazzaville Long jump African Championships 2012 Porto-Novo High jump 2016 Durban High jump 2010 Nairobi High jump
Updated on 26 August 2016

Lissa Mary Audrey Labiche (born February 18, 1993) is Seychellois athlete competing in the high jump and occasionally long jump.

Career

In the Women's high jump event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished tied for 20th place and did not advance to the final.

She represented the Seychelles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She finished 29th in the qualifying round of the women's high jump and did not advance to the finals. ^[2] She was the flag bearer for the Seychelles at the closing ceremony. ^[3]

Competition record

Lissa Labiche winning the gold medal in the high jump at the Indian Ocean Island Games in 2015.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Seychelles
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	20th (q)	High jump	1.74 m
	African Junior Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	1st	High jump	1.69 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Beirut, Lebanon	8th	High jump	1.70 m
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	2nd	High jump	1.70 m
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	12th	High jump	1.68 m
2011	African Junior Championships	Gaborone, Botswana	2nd	High jump	1.70 m
			3rd	Heptathlon	4663 pts
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	3rd	High jump	1.80 m
			9th	Long jump	5.70 m (w)
2012	African Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	1st	High jump	1.86 m (NR)
			12th	Long jump	NM
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	High jump	1.88 m (NR)
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	20th (q)	High jump	1.85 m
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	18th (q)	High jump	1.71 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	21st (q)	High jump	1.89 m
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	1st	High jump	1.91 m
			3rd	Long jump	6.25 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	10th	High jump	1.89 m
	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	1st	High jump	1.85 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	29th (q)	High jump	1.85 m
2017	Jeux de la Francophonie	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	1st	High jump	1.91 m

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 800 m – 2:47.15 (Gaborone 2011)
• 100 m hurdles – 15.59 (-0.8 m/s) (Gaborone 2011)
• High jump – 1.92 m (Potchefstroom 2015) NR
• Long jump – 6.28 m (-4.6 m/s) (Windhoek 2012)
• Shot put – 9.85 m (Gaborone 2011)
• Javelin throw – 24.49 m (Gaborone 2011)
• Heptathlon – 4663 pts (Gaborone 2011)

Indoor

• High jump – 1.89 m (Portland 2016)

References

1. "Lissa Labiche - Track and Field". University of South Carolina Athletics. 22 June 2018.
2. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
3. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-23.

External links

• Lissa Labiche at World Athletics