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".

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