Benjamin Compaoré
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| Born | 5 August 1987 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(s) | 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).
Achievements[]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2005 | European Junior Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 5th | Triple jump | 15.81 m |
| 2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 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 |
| 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 | 1st | Triple jump | 17.46 m |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 12th | Triple jump | 16.63 m |
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 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 |
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Benjamin Compaoré". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
External links[]
- Benjamin Compaoré at World Athletics
- Benjamin Compaoré at European Athletics (archived)
- Benjamin Compaoré at the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (in French)
- Benjamin Compaoré at the International Olympic Committee
- Benjamin Compaoré at Olympics.com
- Benjamin Compaoré at Olympedia
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- People from Bar-le-Duc
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of France
- World Athletics Championships athletes for France
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Olympic male triple jumpers
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