Benjamin Compaoré

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| birth_place = Bar-le-Duc, France

| height = 1.88 m

| weight = 72 kg

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| 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.{{cite Sports-Reference}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.es/articulos/ana-peleteiro-portada-glamour-noviembre|title=Ana Peleteiro: "En España hay clasismo más que racismo. Y yo como española me incluyo"|date=21 November 2022|website=Glamour España}} He has 3 other daughters from a previous relationship, called Cassandra, Olympia and Iris.

Achievements

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colspan="6" \| Representing {{FRA}}
2005 \| European Junior Championships \| Kaunas, Lithuania \| 5th \| Triple jump \| 15.81 m
2006 \| World Junior Championships \| Beijing, China \| bgcolor="gold" \| 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
rowspan=2 \| 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 \| bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \| Triple jump \| 17.46 m
2015 \| World Championships \| Beijing, China \| 12th \| Triple jump \| 16.63 m
rowspan=3\|2016 \|World Indoor Championships \|Portland, United States \|bgcolor=cc9966\|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
rowspan=2\|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

colspan="6" | Representing {{FRA}}

2005

| European Junior Championships

| Kaunas, Lithuania

| 5th

| Triple jump

| 15.81 m

2006

| World Junior Championships

| Beijing, China

| bgcolor="gold" | 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

rowspan=2 | 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

| bgcolor="gold" | 1st

| Triple jump

| 17.46 m

2015

| World Championships

| Beijing, China

| 12th

| Triple jump

| 16.63 m

rowspan=3|2016

|World Indoor Championships

|Portland, United States

|bgcolor=cc9966|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

rowspan=2|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

References

External links

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{{Olympedia}}
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