Benjamin Compaoré

French triple jumper

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Benjamin Compaoré

Compaoré in 2013

Personal information
Born|  (1987-08-05) 5 August 1987 (age 37)
Bar-le-Duc, France
Height| 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight| 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country|  France
Sport| Athletics
Event| Triple jump

Medal record

World Indoor Championships
| 2016 Portland | Triple jump
European Championships
| 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

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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.

## External links

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* Benjamin Compaoré at World Athletics
* Benjamin Compaoré at Diamond League
* Benjamin Compaoré at European Athletics (archive)
* Benjamin Compaoré at Olympedia (archive)
* Benjamin Compaoré at Olympics.com
* Benjamin Compaoré at Olympic.org (archived)
* Benjamin Compaoré at Équipe de France (in French)
* Benjamin Compaoré at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)

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European Athletics Championships champions in men's triple jump

* 1934:  Willem Peters (NED)
* 1938:  Onni Rajasaari (FIN)
* 1946:  Valdemar Rautio (FIN)
* 1950:  Leonid Shcherbakov (URS)
* 1954:  Leonid Shcherbakov (URS)
* 1958:  Józef Szmidt (POL)
* 1962:  Józef Szmidt (POL)
* 1966:  Georgi Stoykovski (BUL)
* 1969:  Viktor Saneyev (URS)
* 1971:  Jörg Drehmel (GDR)
* 1974:  Viktor Saneyev (URS)
* 1978:  Miloš Srejović (YUG)
* 1982:  Keith Connor (GBR)
* 1986:  Khristo Markov (BUL)
* 1990:  Leonid Voloshin (URS)
* 1994:  Denis Kapustin (RUS)
* 1998:  Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
* 2002:  Christian Olsson (SWE)
* 2006:  Christian Olsson (SWE)
* 2010:  Phillips Idowu (GBR)
* 2014:  Fabrizio Donato (ITA)
* 2014:  Benjamin Compaoré (FRA)
* 2016:  Max Heß (GER)
* 2018:  Nelson Évora (POR)
* 2022:  Pedro Pichardo (POR)
* 2024:  Jordan Díaz (ESP)

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IAAF World / Continental Cup champions in men's triple jump

* 1977–1981: João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA)
* 1985: Willie Banks (USA)
* 1989: Mike Conley (USA)
* 1992: Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
* 1994: Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)
* 1998: Charles Friedek (GER)
* 2002: Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
* 2006: Walter Davis (USA)
* 2010: Marian Oprea (ROU)
* 2014: Benjamin Compaoré (FRA)
* 2018: Christian Taylor (USA)

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World U20 Champions in men's triple jump

* 1986:  Igor Parygin (URS)
* 1988:  Vladimir Melikhov (URS)
* 1990:  Sergei Bykov (URS)
* 1992:  Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)
* 1994:  Larry Achike (GBR)
* 1996:  René Hernández (CUB)
* 1998:  Ionuț Pungă (ROU)
* 2000:  Marian Oprea (ROU)
* 2002:  Arnie David Giralt (CUB)
* 2004:  Khotso Mokoena (RSA)
* 2006:  Benjamin Compaoré (FRA)
* 2008:  Teddy Tamgho (FRA)
* 2010:  Aleksey Fyodorov (RUS)
* 2012:  Pedro Pichardo (CUB)
* 2014:  Lázaro Martínez (CUB)
* 2016:  Lázaro Martínez (CUB)
* 2018:  Jordan Díaz (CUB)
* 2021:  Gabriel Wallmark (SWE)
* 2022:  Jaydon Hibbert (JAM)
* 2024:  Ethan Olivier (NZL)

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