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 long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

. He competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. 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-Compaoré Brión (Birth name, née Peleteiro Brión; born 2 December 1995 in A Coruña, Spain) is a Spanish triple jumper and the current national record holder. She won the gold medal in the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Champio ...

, born in 2022 and called Lua. He has 3 other daughters from a previous relationship, called Cassandra, Olympia and Iris.

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* * * * * * * 1987 births Living people French male triple jumpers People from Bar-le-Duc French sportspeople of Burkinabe descent Sportspeople of Burkinabe 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) Athletes from Grand Est IAAF Continental Cup winners French Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Burkinabe people Diamond League winners 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-triplejump-bio-stub