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Compaoré in 2013
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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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| Country |  France |
| 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.[1]
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 in 2022.[2]
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European Athletics Championships champions in men's triple jump
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 Onni Rajasaari (FIN) Valdemar Rautio (FIN) Leonid Shcherbakov (URS) Leonid Shcherbakov (URS) Józef Szmidt (POL) Józef Szmidt (POL) Georgi Stoykovski (BUL) Viktor Saneyev (URS) Jörg Drehmel (GDR) Viktor Saneyev (URS) Miloš Srejović (YUG) Keith Connor (GBR) Khristo Markov (BUL) Leonid Voloshin (URS) Denis Kapustin (RUS) Jonathan Edwards (GBR) Christian Olsson (SWE) Christian Olsson (SWE) Phillips Idowu (GBR) Fabrizio Donato (ITA) Benjamin Compaoré (FRA) Max Heß (GER) Nelson Évora (POR) Pedro Pichardo (POR) Jordan Díaz (ESP) |
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IAAF World / Continental Cup champions in men's triple jump
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World U20 Champions in men's triple jump
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Vladimir Melikhov (URS) Sergei Bykov (URS) Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) Larry Achike (GBR) René Hernández (CUB) Ionuț Pungă (ROU) Marian Oprea (ROU) Arnie David Giralt (CUB) Khotso Mokoena (RSA) Benjamin Compaoré (FRA) Teddy Tamgho (FRA) Aleksey Fyodorov (RUS) Pedro Pichardo (CUB) Lázaro Martínez (CUB) Lázaro Martínez (CUB) Jordan Díaz (CUB) Gabriel Wallmark (SWE) Jaydon Hibbert (JAM) |
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