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| Full name | Leslie Arthur Copeland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1988-04-23) 23 April 1988 (age 36) Tavua, Fiji | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Fiji | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leslie Arthur Copeland (born 23 April 1988 in Tavua, Fiji) is a javelin thrower from Fiji. His father died when he was nine, but his father's sister aided him in getting an education. He attended Marist Brothers High School and later became a champion thrower. He represented Fiji at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Olympics, he was one place away from making the final. He represented Fiji at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships. In the javelin throw event, he ranked 13th with a seasonal best mark but did not advance to the final. In 2016, he threw a personal best throw of 81.76m in Sydney, Australia.
Personal best
- Javelin throw: 81.76m NR – Sydney, 2016
Achievements
Seasonal bests by year
- 2006 - 73.13
- 2007 - 69.84
- 2008 - 74.40
- 2009 - 76.93
- 2010 - 76.95
- 2011 - 80.45
- 2012 - 80.19
- 2013 - 76.87
- 2014 - 76.10
- 2016 - 81.76
References
- Leslie Copeland - Biography, Commonwealth Games Federation, retrieved 23 May 2015
- "Fiji Times". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- University of Central Lancashire Archived 23 December 2012 at archive.today
- Johnson, Len (5 June 2013). "IAAF: Copeland takes the Javelin plaudits, Gerrard Leads Decathlon: Oceania Area Champs day two report| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
External links
- Leslie Copeland at World Athletics
- Leslie Copeland at Olympedia
- Leslie Copeland at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Leslie Copeland at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leslie Copeland". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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