Benjamin Compaoré (born 5 August 1987) is a French athlete specialising in the
triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
. 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
Ana Peleteiro Brión (born 2 December 1995 in Ribeira, Galicia, Spain) is a Spanish triple jumper and the current national record holder. She won the gold medal in the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She had previously won bronze ...
in 2022.
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1987 births
Living people
French male triple jumpers
People from Bar-le-Duc
French sportspeople of Burkinabé descent
Sportspeople of Burkinabé descent
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for France
World Athletics Championships athletes for France
European Athletics Championships medalists
Olympic male triple jumpers
Sportspeople from Meuse (department)
IAAF Continental Cup winners
French Athletics Championships winners
21st-century Burkinabé people
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