Benjamin Compaoré
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Born | Bar-le-Duc, France | 5 August 1987||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | France | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[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 |
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Representing France | |||||
2005 | European Junior Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania
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5th | Triple jump | 15.81 m |
2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China
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1st | Triple jump | 16.61 m (-0.5 m/s) |
2007 | European Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom
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13th (q) | Triple jump | 16.19 m |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain
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5th | Triple jump | 16.99 m |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea
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8th | Triple jump | 17.17 m |
2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey
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6th | Triple jump | 17.05 m |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom
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6th | Triple jump | 17.08 m | |
2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden
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10th (q) | Triple jump | 16.48 m |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 1st | Triple jump | 17.46 m |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China
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12th | Triple jump | 16.63 m |
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 3rd | Triple jump | 17.09 m |
European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands
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12th | Triple jump | 16.12 m | |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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10th | Triple jump | 16.54 m | |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom
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21st (q) | Triple jump | 16.46 m |
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar
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22nd (q) | Triple jump | 16.59 m |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan
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19th (q) | Triple jump | 16.59 m |
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 25th (q) | Triple jump | 16.03 m |
European Championships | Munich, Germany
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20th (q) | Triple jump | 15.17 m | |
2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey
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8th | Triple jump | 16.11 m |
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
- 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)
- Benjamin Compaoré on Twitter