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French triple jumper
Benjamin Compaoré
Compaoré in 2013
Born (1987-08-05 ) 5 August 1987 (age 36)
Bar-le-Duc ,
France Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Weight 72 kg (159 lb) Country
France Sport Athletics Event
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
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 in 2022.
[2]
Achievements
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
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