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Benjamin Compaoré
French triple jumper / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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) |
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Sport | Athletics |
Event | Triple jump |
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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).