Fabienne St Louis


Fabienne Aline St Louis is a Mauritian professional triathlete, the African U23 Vice Champion, Elite Vice Champion, and U23 African Champion.
St Louis qualified for the London Olympics 2012. She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Despite being diagnosed with cancer in 2015, she qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Education

Fabienne Saint-Louis attended the French school Lycée La Bourdonnais in her hometown Curepipe.
From 2007/08 to 2009/10, as with the French triathletes Laurent Vidal and David Hauss, she took part in an education programme in Paris arranged by the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation and the lifelong learning institution, Sciences Po. This programme is designed to meet the needs of high performance sports people.
Since 2010/11 Fabienne Saint-Louis has studied sports.

French triathlons

Within France, St Louis was primarily known for being the best elite triathlete of Lagardère Paris Racing for several years. She represented the club in the Championnat de France des clubs D2, winning, amongst other achievements, gold medals at St. Cyr, Saint Jean de Monts, and at the D2 finale in Betton.
In 2009, St Louis also took part in two of the Everyman Olympic Distance competitions organized as part of the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux, winning the gold medal in Paris and placing fourth at the Grand Final in La Baule.
In addition to minor competitions like the Triathlon de Pont-Audemer, the Triathlon International de Mimizan, and the Triathlon International de Larmor-Plage, which St Louis won easily, she also won the bronze medal at the French U23 Championships in Belfort on 6/7 June 2009, which, however, caused controversy in the French media because it was not clear whether, as a Mauritian citizen, she could be awarded the bronze medal at the French National Championships.
In 2011, for the first time, St Louis took part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux together with teammates Emmie Charayron and Rebecca Robisch. She won the first triathlon of this French circuit in Nice on 24 April 2011, placing 16th in the individual ranking.

ITU Competitions

Since 2006, St Louis has continuously achieved medal positions at ITU events. The African Cups and Championships, however, can hardly be considered competitive.
From 2009 onwards, however, St Louis did take part successfully in competitive ITU events, namely the European U23 Championships and a World Cup, placing 13th in Tarzo Revine and 11th in Huatulco respectively. At the first ITU triathlon of the 2011 season, Saint Louis placed 12th in Quarteira.
In the five years from 2006 to 2011, Fabienne St Louis took part in 28 ITU competitions and achieved 14 top ten positions.
The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's Profile Page.
Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.
Thanks to a New Flag spot, for which she was the sole contender, St Louis qualified for the London Olympics 2012 although she ranked only 80th in the 2012 ITU Point List / Women's Standing as of 27 May 2012.
In December 2015, St Louis was diagnosed with cancer but despite this she qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
DateCompetitionPlaceRank
2006-09-02 World Championships Lausanne65
2007-03-31 African Championships Le Coco Beach2
2007-08-31 World Championships HamburgDNF
2007-10-06 African CupMariental2
2007-11-03 African CupTroutbeckDNF
2007-11-17 African CupMombasa2
2008-03-08 African Championships Yasmine Hammamet2
2008-09-27 BG World CupLorientDNF
2009-06-20 European Championships Tarzo Revine13
2009-07-04 African Championships Durban2
2009-09-11 Dextro Energy World Championship Series: U23 ChampionshipsGold CoastDNF
2009-11-08 World CupHuatulco11
2009-12-19 African CupMauritius3
2010-05-09 African Championships Durban2
2010-07-10 World CupHolten39
2010-08-08 World CupTiszaújváros40
2010-09-08 World Championships Budapest34
2010-09-19 African CupMombasa1
2010-11-19 African CupTroutbeck1
2010-12-18 African CupMauritius2
2011-04-09 European CupQuarteira12
2011-07-03 African Championships Maputo1
2011-08-14 World CupTiszaújvárosDNF
2011-08-20 Sprint World ChampionshipsLausanne26
2011-09-03 10th All Africa GamesMaputo3
2011-09-09 World Championships BeijingDNF
2011-11-19 African CupTroutbeck2
2011-12-17 African CupMauritius6
2012-03-18 Premium African CupPort Elizabeth15
2012-03-31 African ChampionshipsLe Morne4
2012-04-07 African CupLarache12
2012-05-06 World CupHuatulco24
2012-05-10 World Triathlon SeriesSan DiegoDNF
2012-05-26 World Triathlon SeriesMadrid51

DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start