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Benjamin Compaoré

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Benjamin Compaoré
Compaoré in 2013
Personal information
Born (1987-08-05) 5 August 1987 (age 37)
Bar-le-Duc, France
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country France
SportAthletics
EventTriple jump
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Portland Triple jump
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Zürich 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]

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, Marrakech 2014) and 17.14 metres indoors (Liévin 2012).

Personal life

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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 3 other daughters from a previous relationship, called Cassandra, Olympia and Iris.

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  France
2005 European Junior Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 5th Triple jump 15.81 m
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 1st Triple jump 16.61 m (-0.5 m/s)
2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 13th (q) Triple jump 16.19 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 5th Triple jump 16.99 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 8th Triple jump 17.17 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 6th Triple jump 17.05 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 6th Triple jump 17.08 m
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 10th (q) Triple jump 16.48 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 1st Triple jump 17.46 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 12th Triple jump 16.63 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 3rd Triple jump 17.09 m
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 12th Triple jump 16.12 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10th Triple jump 16.54 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 21st (q) Triple jump 16.46 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 22nd (q) Triple jump 16.59 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 19th (q) Triple jump 16.59 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 25th (q) Triple jump 16.03 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 20th (q) Triple jump 15.17 m
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 8th Triple jump 16.11 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 12th Triple jump 16.05 m

References

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  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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