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French triple jumper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | 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 |
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).
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.[2] He has 3 other daughters from a previous relationship, called Cassandra, Olympia and Iris.
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