Benjamin Compaoré

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Benjamin Compaoré
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Compaoré in 2013
Personal information
Born (1987-08-05) 5 August 1987 (age 38)
Bar-le-Duc, France
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of France.svg  France
SportAthletics
Event
 Triple jump
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Portland Triple jump
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Zurich Triple jump

Benjamin Compaoré (born 5 August 1987) is a French athlete specialising in the triple jump. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Compaoré won the gold medal at the 2014 European Championships and the bronze at the 2016 World Indoor Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 17.48 metres outdoors (-0.1 m/s, Marrakesh 2014) and 17.14 metres indoors (Liévin 2012).

Personal life

Born in France, Compaoré was born to a Burkinabe father and French mother. He has a daughter with his wife, the Spanish triple jumper Ana Peleteiro, born in 2022 and called Lua. [2] He has three other daughters (Cassandra, Olympia and Iris) from a previous relationship.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
2005 European Junior Championships Kaunas, Lithuania5thTriple jump15.81 m
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China1stTriple jump 16.61 m (-0.5 m/s)
2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom13th (q)Triple jump 16.19 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain5thTriple jump 16.99 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea8thTriple jump 17.17 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey6thTriple jump 17.05 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom6thTriple jump 17.08 m
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden10th (q)Triple jump 16.48 m
2014 European Championships Zurich, Switzerland1stTriple jump 17.46 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China12thTriple jump 16.63 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States3rdTriple jump 17.09 m
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands12thTriple jump 16.12 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil10thTriple jump 16.54 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom21st (q)Triple jump 16.46 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar22nd (q)Triple jump 16.59 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan19th (q)Triple jump 16.59 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States25th (q)Triple jump 16.03 m
European Championships Munich, Germany20th (q)Triple jump 15.17 m
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey8thTriple jump 16.11 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy12thTriple jump 16.05 m

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Benjamin Compaoré". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ana Peleteiro: "En España hay clasismo más que racismo. Y yo como española me incluyo"". Glamour España. 21 November 2022.


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