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| 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) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  France | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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
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. He has 3 other daughters from a previous relationship, called Cassandra, Olympia and Iris.
Achievements
References
- 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.
- "Ana Peleteiro: "En España hay clasismo más que racismo. Y yo como española me incluyo"". Glamour España. 21 November 2022.
External links
- 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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| World U20 Champions in men's triple jump | |
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