Lissa Labiche Explained

Birth Date:	18 February 1993
Weight:	55kg (121lb)
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	High jump, long jump, heptathlon
Collegeteam:	South Carolina Gamecocks^[1]
Updated:	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 competed for the Seychelles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She finished 29th in the qualifying round for women's high jump and did not advance to the finals.^[2] She was the flag bearer for the Seychelles during the closing ceremony.^[3]

Competition record

Representing
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	20th (q)	High jump	1.74 m
	African Junior Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	bgcolor=gold	1st	High jump	1.69 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Beirut, Lebanon	8th	High jump	1.70 m
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	bgcolor=silver	2nd	High jump	1.70 m
2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	12th	High jump	1.68 m
2011	African Junior Championships	Gaborone, Botswana	bgcolor=silver	2nd	High jump	1.70 m
	African Junior Championships	Gaborone, Botswana	3rd	Heptathlon	4663 pts
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	3rd	High jump	1.80 m
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	9th	Long jump	5.70 m (w)
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	bgcolor=gold	1st	High jump	1.86 m (NR)
	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	12th	Long jump	NM
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	bgcolor=silver	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	bgcolor=gold	1st	High jump	1.91 m
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	3rd	Long jump	6.25 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	10th	High jump	1.89 m
	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=gold	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)

Notes and References

Web site: Lissa Labiche - Track and Field. University of South Carolina Athletics. 22 June 2018 .
Web site: Rio 2016 . Rio 2016 . 2016-08-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826085916/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athletics-standings-at-womens-high-jump . 2016-08-26 .
Web site: The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony. 2016-08-21. 2016-08-23.